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Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

2. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.—Amen.

3. Memory Verse John 15:13, “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.”

4. John 15:2 Suffering for Blessing

5. A. Introduction: Suffering acts as a guardian or parent in life
A. Introduction: Suffering acts as a guardian or parent in life. Rom 5:1-5; 2 Peter 1:1-11

6. B. Suffering is used as a measurement of life.

7. 1. Suffering never leaves the Christian as it found him; you are either the better or the worse for it.

8. 2. No one stands still under pressure
2. No one stands still under pressure. You either move forward or regress.

9. 3. If during suffering, the believer reacts through some form of sin, he starts to go backward.

10. 3. If, during suffering, the believer reacts through some form of sin he starts to go backward. Respond with Doctrine, don’t react.

11. 4. If you respond through the application of metabolized doctrine and are O. with J.C., you will advance in the spiritual life.

12. C. Suffering for Blessing Rationale.

13. 1. For the believer inside GPS, all suffering is designed for blessing in terms of enhancing your wisdom and common sense in regards to God’s Word. Rom 8:28; James 1:2-4

14. Rom 8:28, “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”

15. James 1:2-4, “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”

16. 2. When you are out of fellowship with God, all suffering is punitive in nature and designed for blessing on a limited scale:

17. To bring you back to reality, to the point of rebound and fellowship with God, to the point of recovery, and to show you that your scale of values is wrong and you must change your priorities.

18. Whatever suffering comes into your life, it is designed for blessing
Whatever suffering comes into your life, it is designed for blessing. Job 5:17; Prov 12:1; 15:32; Heb 12:5-11

19. Job 5:17, “Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.”

20. 3. Punitive suffering is resolved by the confession of your sins and remaining inside GPS. Then all punitive suffering left over is converted to preventative suffering for blessing.

21. In addition, the suffering may be cut down or removed, since what you brought on yourself was more than you could handle, 1 Cor 10:13.

22. What God does not remove, he intends for us to bear, to endure, to handle, and to solve with Bible doctrine.

23. 4. There are two applications from Punitive Suffering.

24. 4. There are two applications from Punitive Suffering
4. There are two applications from Punitive Suffering. a) The resistance of future temptations.

25. 4. There are two applications from Punitive Suffering
4. There are two applications from Punitive Suffering. a) The resistance of future temptations. b) The application of 1 John 1:9, when a sin occurs.

26. 5. All suffering for blessing is designed for your advance to spiritual maturity, and the glorification of God by putting muscle on your spiritual life. Prov 3:11-12

27. 6. There is no suffering too great for the Plan of God to resolve
6. There is no suffering too great for the Plan of God to resolve. 2 Cor 12:9-10

28. Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday, January 26, Tape # Suffering for Blessing, Part 3 Upper Room Discourse, Part John 15:2-8; Job 5:17; Prov 3:1-26; James 1:2-4 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010