BIBLICAL Counsel ing Help and hope from the Word of God

BIBLICAL Counsel ing “A conversation with a friend helping you to apply the truths of Scripture to your life” The Biblical Counseling Experience…

“a process by which people become more and more like Jesus in how they live and love, both inside and out” The Biblical Counseling Goal… Progressive Sanctification

BIBLICAL Counsel ing What kinds of issues are addresses? Suffering & Sin

BIBLICAL Counsel ing What kinds of issues are addresses? Suffering & Sin The relationship between

The relationship between suffering & sin Suffering:

The relationship between suffering & sin Suffering: “Is allowed to intersect our life for our good and for God’s glory.”

James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Romans 5:3-4 Let us glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

The relationship between suffering & sin Suffering Suffering that leads to sin

The relationship between suffering & sin Psalm 13

The relationship between suffering & sin Suffering Suffering that leads to sin Sin that causes suffering 1. natural consequences

The relationship between suffering & sin Suffering Suffering that leads to sin Sin that causes suffering 2. Physical consequences

The relationship between suffering & sin Suffering Suffering that leads to sin Sin that causes suffering 3. God’s loving correction

The relationship between suffering & sin Suffering Suffering that leads to sin Sin that causes suffering Sin without suffering

BIBLICAL Counsel ing Help and hope from the Word of God