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INTRODUCTION:
I would like to begin by asking you to reflect on a question: How do you react when you suffer?
I want you to keep that in mind as we consider this text, but may I suggest that many people react to suffering in these ways.
They get
angry
bitter
envious
depressed
confused
overwhelmed
horrified
violent
silent
venting, complaining, and grumbling
obsession into work - they try to forget by distracting themselves.
selfish behavior - because I feel cruddy I deserve .
drinking
medications
And the list could go on.
Now this is the normal way people respond to suffering.
And we can understand why.
Suffering people are hurting people.
- If you were one of the Victims of the recent Vegas shootings; wouldn’t you be hurting.
- If one of your friends or family members were one of the people hurt during the recent shooting, wouldn’t you be hurting.
So from a human perspective, we can understand why people might react in these ways.
But may I suggest our text tells how we can have a Christ-Exalting God-dependent response to suffering; especially when that suffering is persecution for believing in the name of Christ.
Now,
Let us consider how this text calls us to respond to suffering,
May say that is exactly the way we are not react to suffering.
certainly we ought to have compassion on the hurting.
Yet, as Christians who enjoy the blessings of Christ’s resurrection we should be mindful for how to endure suffering in a way that Honors God.
I think of Peter’s own suffering.
Shortly after had had seen Christ as a wr
1 Peter
May I suggest Peter tells us from this text,
Instead of sinfully responding to suffering,
PROPOSITION: We ought to Joyfully Obediently Entrust Ourselves to God in Suffering
Transitional Statement: And this text gives us 3 ways we should do this.
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First, We ought to entrust ourselves to God by:
1. Rejoicing in Suffering.
Our natural reaction to suffering is to be surprised by trials.
To consider them to be strange and out of place.
ILLUSTRATION:
And understandably.
We were not created to experience sin, disease, and death.
ILLUSTRATION:
A few years ago, a friend of mying had their father pass way quite suddenly.
Within about a week their father went from perfectly healthy to on their death bed.
And the loss was surprising and unexpected.
And even to this day, that person struggles with the absence of their father.
As they go about their life; they remember the instruction, advice, and love of their father.
Most of us are that way.
We are caught by surprise when we suffer.
It doesn’t matter what that suffering is, we are in general are caught by surpise.
And because it sees strange and out of place - we react in a certain way.
ILLUSTRATION:
ILLUSTRATION:
Remember that question I asked you to consider earlier: How do you react when you suffer?
Remember that question I asked you to consider earlier.
I want you to consider the relationship of your natural reaction to v. 12 and 13.
And
Because we often are surprised by suffering, and find it out of place in our lives - many times we each react in our own instinctive way.
And that natural reaction is not always a Biblical reaction.
In fact - it may just inflame your sinful nature.
So, in advance each of us should consider why we should
- not be surprised by suffering
- and how we should Biblically react to suffering.
ILLUSTRATION:
A few years ago, a friend of mying had their father pass way quite suddenly.
Within about a week their father went from perfectly healthy to on their death bed.
And the loss was surprising and unexpected.
And even to this day, that person struggles with the absence of their father.
As they go about their life; they remember the instruction, advice, and love of their father.
Peter does not give us the exact reason for not being surprised, so let’s do some theological imagination this morning.
When we suffer we questions why we suffer - and in various ways respond in confusion over suffering.
Why do we consider suffering strange?
Yet, Peter tells us not be surprised or consider it strange.
Why should we not consider suffering strange?
I have already alluded to one reason - God did not design or create humanity to experience sin and a sin cursed world.
- Because of the sin of Adam and Eve;
we suffer sin, disease, and death.
But I also believe were surprised because we fail to understand God sovereignty over suffering.
As we have considered this letter; we have come to understand that God allows suffering in our lives.
- Because of the sin of Adam and Eve;
we do suffer because of sin, disease, and death.
- Further,
as we have considered this letter; we have come to understand that God allows suffering in our lives.
He allowed it for Christ.
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If God the Father could allow His son to suffer for Good; should we be surprised when in his goodness he wills for his adopted children to suffer
So he allows it for us.
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1 Peter 3:1
This is why we so often react to
Peter commends us not to be surprised OR
Right there in the text we learn,
our Good, gracious, merciful God sometimes wills or plans for us to suffer.
Which means our Good gracious merciful God
Thus, we should not be surprised or consider it strange to suffer in this life.
But instead consider as Part Gods loving plan for us.
It is on this basis, that Peter can command us not to be surprised, but rejoice at suffering.
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