1 Corinthians 2:6-10
Colossians 1:25
Ephesians 3:2-13
Titus 1:3
2 Timothy 1:8-12
Romans 16:25
Revelation 13:8
Colossians 3:3, “For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”
Colossians 2:15
2 Corinthians 2:14
2 Peter 2:4
Jude 6
1 Peter 3:18-4:2
1 - Suffering teaches us by providing an opportunity to learn
Hebrews 2:10-11
2 - Suffering demonstrates our faith in the character of God to Angels and Men
1 Corinthians 4:9 “We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to
men.” “spectacle” is Greek “theater”(“theatron”); ,
Job 1:8, 11; 2:3
3 - Suffering is the price we pay in our human nature to achieve God’s plan for our lives
Matthew 16:24-28
Colossians 1:24
Ephesians 3:13
4 – Suffering is the doorway to the power of God in our lives
2 Corinthians 12:10
A
Life of Faith and not Sight:
Trusting and Seeking the Creator and not the Creation
The
Final
a. Revelation 20:1-10
b. 2 Peter 2:4
c. Jude 6
d. Zechariah 3:1-7
e. Daniel 7:9-14
f. Philippians 2:10-11
g. Believers will be witnesses in this particular court case. They will testify:
1 Corinthians 6:3 (Witness to men: John 1:7,8; 15:27; Acts 1:8; 5:32
Hebrews 2:5,6
Hebrews 12:1
Revelation 12:9
Jude 14
Revelation 1:1,2 Isaiah 43:10, 12; 44:8