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Sermons on Suffering
John 19:28-30
Three questions:
1. What was finished?
2. What did the atonement accomplish?
3. How then shall we live?
Matthew 26:36-46
Luke 22:39-46
The One Big Idea: Jesus, in His humanity, struggled with the cost of dying for our sins, but found victory over His struggle through prayer to the Father.
1. Jesus Goes to Gethsemane
2. Jesus Prays to the Father
3. Jesus Encourages Prayer
Applications: The wonder of Christ’s love for us, the need for fervent prayer, and the need to share our burdens with others.
John 16: 16-22
1. Jesus’ Warning
2. The Disciples’ Confusion
3. Sorrow Turned to Joy
a. Sorrow at the cross
b. Joy at the resurrection
The instrument of sorrow becomes the instrument of joy.
Job 1:20-22, James 1:2, John 11:35
1. God is always worthy of worship
2. God allows His peope to suffer to refine and strengthen them
3. Everything God does is based on His infinite knowledge of all things.
God’s compassion and mercy are woven through all He does.
God’s glory is not served by denying the reality of grief and tragedy, but by passing through tragedy with the hope of resurrection.