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Sep 13, 2024 · The Bible provides us with insights into this complex issue, outlining seven key reasons why God allows suffering. In this article, we will delve into these reasons, bringing light to the often misunderstood correlation between suffering and divine purpose.
- Lachlan Brown
Jan 31, 2012 · John Piper explains how suffering can be a call for repentance, reliance, righteousness, reward, and reminder of God's love and grace. He cites biblical passages to support each purpose and offers a way to remember them.
Apr 10, 2018 · Sean McDowell, a professor of Christian Apologetics, explores 10 ways the Bible addresses the problem of suffering. He cites biblical passages and explains how suffering relates to sin, faith, character, repentance, and glory.
- Introduction
- Suffering Defined
- Illustrations of Suffering
- General Causes of Suffering
- The Nature of Suffering
- Purposes and Reasons For Suffering
Why me? Why now? What is God doing? Suffering is a tool God uses to get our attention and to accomplish His purposes in our lives. It is designed to build our trust in the Almighty, but suffering requires the right response if it is to be successful in accomplishing God’s purposes. Suffering forces us to turn from trust in our own resources to livi...
What is suffering? What are these bends in the road that God puts in the path of life that we are to carefully consider? Simply stated, suffering is anything which hurts or irritates. In the design of God, it is also something to make us think. It is a tool God uses to get our attention and to accomplish His purposes in our lives in a way that woul...
“It may be cancer or a sore throat. It may be the illness or loss of someone close to you. It may be a personal failure or disappointment in your job or school work. It may be a rumor that is circulating in your office or your church, damaging your reputation, bringing you grief and anxiety.”40 It can be anything that ranges from something as small...
(1) We suffer because we live in a fallen world where sin reigns in the hearts of men. (2) We suffer because of our own foolishness. We reap what we sow (Gal. 6:7-9). (3) We sometimes suffer because it is God’s discipline. “For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He scourges every son He receives.” (Heb. 12:6). (4) We may suffer persecuti...
Suffering is Painful
Suffering is hard. It is never easy. Regardless of what we know and how hard we apply the principles, it is going to hurt (cf. 1 Pet. 1:6--“distressed” is lupeomeaning “to cause pain, sorrow, grief”).
Suffering is Perplexing
Suffering is somewhat mysterious. We may know some of the theological reasons for suffering from Scripture, yet when it hits, there is still a certain mystery. Why now? What is God doing? In this, it is designed to build our trust in the Almighty.
Suffering is Purposeful
Suffering is not without meaning in spite of its mystery. It has as its chief purpose the formation of Christ-like character (Rom. 8:28-29).
(1) We suffer as a testimony, as a witness (2 Tim 2:8-10; 2 Cor. 4:12-13; 1 Pet. 3:13-17). When believers handle suffering joyfully and with stability, it becomes a marvelous testimony to the power and life of Christ that we claim and name. Suffering provides key opportunities to manifest and magnify the power of God through His servants in order t...
Nov 6, 2013 · Here are five important biblical truths about suffering every Christian should have ready: 1. Suffering is multifaceted. Suffering has many faces. The Bible doesn’t whitewash our experience of suffering by saying that it’s all of one stripe. Rather, it recognizes the multifaceted ways that suffering can come upon us.
- Suffering has many faces. The Bible doesn’t whitewash our experience of suffering by saying that it’s all of one stripe. Rather, it recognizes the...
- The church is not meant to be a loosely bound association of functional Lone Rangers. Paul confronts that type of thinking when he writes, “Bear on...
- Firsthand experience in suffering is essential in equipping us for ministry. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 1:4 that God “comforts us in all our affl...
- Wherever there is suffering, there is a battle — a battle for your soul. The book of Job shows us there can be two ways to respond to suffering: on...
- One of the counterintuitive truths about suffering is that it prepares Christians for more glory. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 4:17–18, “This light...
The Bible teaches that much of humanity’s suffering is a result of this breaking of humankind’s relationship with God and spoiling of His perfect world. This brokenness is evident all around us, from natural disasters to the fact that we cannot trust other people.
Jul 28, 2024 · While suffering is a reality of our present world, the Bible also promises an ultimate victory over suffering through Jesus Christ. The resurrection of Jesus is a powerful testimony to God's ability to conquer death and suffering.
