1. Suffering for the Glory of God John 9:1–7

2. THE QUESTION OF SUFFERING

3. Sin is connected to suffering Sin can lead to suffering Sin is not the cause of all suffering.

4. AND HE ANSWERED THEM, “DO YOU THINK THAT THESE GALILEANS WERE WORSE SINNERS THAN ALL THE OTHER GALILEANS, BECAUSE THEY SUFFERED IN THIS WAY? NO, I TELL YOU; BUT UNLESS YOU REPENT, YOU WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH. OR THOSE EIGHTEEN ON WHOM THE TOWER IN SILOAM FELL AND KILLED THEM: DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WERE WORSE OFFENDERS THAN ALL THE OTHERS WHO LIVED IN JERUSALEM? NO, I TELL YOU; BUT UNLESS YOU REPENT, YOU WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH.” LUKE 13:2–5

5. THE PURPOSE OF SUFFERING

6. “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or dear, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?” - Exodus 4:11 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. - Romans 8:28

7. THE ANSWER TO SUFFERING

8. JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO OUR SUFFERING

9. HE WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES, AND DEATH SHALL BE NO MORE, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE MOURNING, NOR CRYING, NOR PAIN ANYMORE, FOR FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY. REVELATION 21:4

10. AND NOT ONLY CREATION, BUT WE OURSELVES, WHO HAVE THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THE SPIRIT, GROAN INWARDLY AS WE WAIT EAGERLY FOR ADOPTION AS SONS, THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODIES. ROMANS 8:23

11. “I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE MINUTE, FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WHERE I DESIRED TO LIVE ONE MINUTE LONGER, FOR THE SAKE OF ANY OTHER GOOD, EXCEPT LIVING TO GOD AND DOING WHAT MIGHT BE FOR HIS GLORY.” JERUSHA EDWARDS