WHAT
IS GOD’S PURPOSE
IN ALLOWING CHRISTIANS TO SUFFER?
Greek:
Affliction
thlipis=pressure; kakopatheia=suffering evil
Burden
baros=weight; phortion=load to be borne
Chasten
paideno=to instruct, train up
Persecution
dokimos=pursuit
Suffering
stego=to endure, to cause loss, dishonor
Temptation
peirasmos=trial, proving
Trials
dokime=tested;
purosis=a burning, trial by fire;
peira=a piercing through
Tribulation
thlipsis=pressure, distress, to be pressed, squeezed
Trouble
tarthlipsis=trembling, agitation, disturbance
1.
John 16:33 “ In the
world, you have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome
the world.”
2.
I Corinthians 11:31-32
“For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we
should not be condemned with the world.”
3.
II Timothy 3:12
“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution.”
4.
I Corinthians 10:13
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:
but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above
that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape,
that ye may be able to bear it.”
5.
I Peter 4:12-14
“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which
is to try you, as though some strange things happened unto you:
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings;
that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye;
for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you:”
6.
Hebrews 5:8 “Though Jesus
were a Son, ye learned he obedience by the things which he suffered.”
7.
Hebrews 12:5-11
“Despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art
rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth. Now no
chastening for the resent seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless
afterward it yeildeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are
excercised thereby.”
8.
I Peter 2:21
“For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for
us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow in his steps.”
9.
Philippians 3:10
“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection
and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto
his death;”
10.
I
Peter 5:10
“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto
his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while,
make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”
11.
II
Peter 1:5-9
“Giving
all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to
patience godliness; and godliness brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness love. For
if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall
neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
12.
James
1:2-4 “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall
into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of
your faith worketh patience. But
let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and
entire, wanting nothing.”
13.
Romans
5:3-5 “We glory in tribulations also:
knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience;
and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love
of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto
us.
14.
II
Corinthians 12:9-10
“My grace is sufficient for thee: for
my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my
infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches,
in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for
Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”
15.
Romans
8:18 “For I reckon that the sufferings of this
present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory
which shall be revealed in us.”
16.
I
Peter 1:7 “The trial of your faith, being much
precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire,
might be found unto praise and honor, and glory at the
appearing of Jesus Christ:”
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