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Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard
Thursday, February 4, 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 Part 6

5. A. Introduction: Suffering acts as a guardian or parent in life. B
A. Introduction: Suffering acts as a guardian or parent in life. B. Suffering is used as a measure ment of life. C. Suffering for Blessing Rationale. D. Five categories of suffering in the spiritual life.

6. E. Definition of the three stages of Spiritual Adulthood and accompanying Suffering for Blessing. F. Suffering and Spiritual Adulthood.

7. G. Providential Preventative Suffering

8. SSE + PPS = SA + MT = SM + ET = Glorification of God John 15:2-8

9. Four Warm Up Tests 2 Cor 12:10 1) People testing, 2) Thought testing, 3) System testing, 4) Disaster testing.

10. 1) People Testing - “insults”: HUBRIS = “insolence, mental injury, insult or mistreatment.”

11. 1) People Testing - “insults”: HUBRIS = “insolence, mental injury, insult or mistreatment.” “All the more serious injuries done to the person”, cf. Acts 27:10 (damage).

12. 2) Thought Testing - “distresses”: ANAGKE = “compulsion, constraint, distress. A state of distress or trouble, calamity or pressure.”

13. “Of necessity as a result of calamity, distress or persecutions
“Of necessity as a result of calamity, distress or persecutions. The mental anguish that is brought on by outward troubles.” 2 Cor 6:4-5; 1 Thes 3:7; Philemon 1:14

14. 3) System Testing – “persecutions”: DIOGMOS
3) System Testing – “persecutions”: DIOGMOS. “A program or process designed to harass and oppress someone.” 2 Thes 1:4; 2 Tim 3:10-11

15. 4) Disaster Testing - “difficulties”: STENOCHORIA = “narrowness of space”, figuratively “difficulties or distresses, dire calamity or extreme affliction.”

16. “A set of stressful circumstances, anguish or trouble
“A set of stressful circumstances, anguish or trouble.” Compare with Rom 8:35-39; 2 Cor 6:4-5

17. Rom 8:35, “Who will separate us from the love of Christ
Rom 8:35, “Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”

18. Rom 8:37, “But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.”

19. 3. PPS is the provision of the sovereignty of God in compatibility with His grace to provide the power for advancement to SM.

20. 4. PPS propels you to SA which is SSE with muscle minus arrogance
4. PPS propels you to SA which is SSE with muscle minus arrogance. Therefore, PPS provides both muscle and humility.

21. 5. SSE can only function on humility which includes authority orientation. To the extent that you reject any authority in life, your SSE is parlayed into a system of arrogance.

22. 6. It prevents, restrains, intercepts, and insulates against sin and evil in life while challenging your SSE to suffer for blessing and profit. Prov 19:8; Phil 1:29; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 1:6-8

23. Prov 19:8, “He who gets wisdom (metabolized doctrine) loves his own soul (SSE). He who cherishes understanding (SA) prospers.”

24. Phil 1:29, “For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake.”

25. Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, February 4, Tape # Suffering for Blessing, Pt 6 Providential Preventative Suffering, Pt 2 Upper Room Discourse, Part John 15:2-8; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 1:6-8 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010