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Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard
Sunday, January 24, 2010

2. The Doctrine of Suffering for Blessing John 15:1-8

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

4. 1. What your parents did for you in childhood, suffering does for you as adults.

5. 2. Suffering is a warning that you are doing it wrong, or when undeserved, it is a means of greater blessing.

6. 3. Suffering is a guardian, a referee that always makes good calls
3. Suffering is a guardian, a referee that always makes good calls. It is designed to challenge you to grow in grace, in the fulfillment of the Plan of God.

7. 4. While punitive suffering is a restrainer in life, preventative suffering is designed for accelerating the positive believer’s momentum to spiritual adulthood. Rom 5:1-5

8. 5. Suffering for blessing is another guarantee from God that the believer can and does fulfill the Plan of God, by advancing to spiritual maturity.

9. 6. Suffering for blessing becomes a major system for Divine good production and for the glorification of God. John 15:2b-5, 7-8

10. 7. As a guardian in your life, suffering is designed by God for your good because it does two things.

11. a) It restrains you from sin, human good, and evil, just as your parents restrained you.

12. b) It challenges you to advance in the Plan of God, just as your parents challenged you to grow up.

13. 8. No suffering for blessing is beyond what you are able to handle or endure through the utilization of God’s Word and the Filling of the Holy Spirit. 1 Cor 10:13

14. 1 Cor 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.”

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16. Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, January 24, Tape # Suffering for Blessing, Part 2 Upper Room Discourse, Part John 15:2-8; Rom 5:1-5; 2 Peter 1: James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010