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INTRODUCTION:
When we were newly married,
many times my wife and I would go downtown to the Aloha towers in Honolulu.
There are several nice restaurants and shops to visit down there…
- One of my favorite shops was a painter who painted historical paintings of the discovery and settling of the Hawaiian Islands.
One of my favorite shops was a painter who painted historical paintings of the discovery and settling of the Hawaiin Islands.
- There was one restaurant that served really good pizza on a surf board, stacked with two Dole pineapple cans.
- We also made a tradition that every time we would stop by and we would go to one particular shop.
We also made a tradition that every time we would stop by and we would go to one particular shop.
It was a shop full of all kinds of magnets with different sayings.
One of the magnets we picked up said this – we plan and God laughs.
One of the magnets we picked up said this – we plan and God laughs.
That magnet may not be the most theologically sound saying we have in our house,
After all … if you understand the grace and goodness of God … God is not mocking us.
But it did communicate sometimes how we felt.
But it did communicate sometimes how we felt.
>>>Most of our marriage we have planned … only to see our plans frustrated.
>>> And so it has become a joke … We plan and God laughs.
Most of our marriage we have planned … only to see our plans suddenly change.
Have you ever felt like that?
Have you ever struggled with why God
allows us to suffer?
or people to hurt us?
Or feel like your work is pointless.
Our Scripture this morning - is a verse many of us know very well.
And it is a text that has enormous importance in our lives.
But it is a text that has enormous importance in our lives.
(PAUSE)
The greatest difficulty of this text is not knowing what it says, but allowing it to change how we think.
very few of us live with it’s truth
Letting Scripture renew our minds … and change how we think.
PROP: All things have a Good Purpose in our lives because they all help us be transformed into Christlikeness.
According to Scripture,
PROP: God works all things in our lives for our Good.
TRANS: And we will examine 3 questions that will help us understand how this text teaches us that God works all things in our lives for our Good.
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As we begin with our text,
let me emphasize that we should have a trust and confidence that - God works all things in are lives for our Good.
Life teaches us that a 100% of Christians face suffering.
All of us face trials, and struggles, and ultimately death.
100% there are no exceptions.
And experience has taught me that all of us struggle with why God would allow that suffering.
Some of us struggle with it more then others,
but given the right amount pain … we all cry out with that question.
But Paul reminds us of a truth every Christian should know.
A truth that we should be confident of.
Our text starts out with saying -
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1) Who can be confident that all things are the very best things for us?
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
So what he is sharing with us is a truth,
that everyone of us should be confident of.
The first question I want us to ask from this text is -
1) Who can be confident that - God works all things in our lives for our Good?
So often … a hurting Christian
Who does this apply to?
Who does Paul promise this too?
Does this apply to everybody - even the lost?
One one hand … this is a question of salvation.
In my experience … I h
Life teaches us that a 100% of Christians face suffering.
All of us face trials, and struggles, and ultimately death.
100% there are no exceptions.
And experience has taught me that nearly all of us struggle with why God would allow that suffering.
Some of us struggle with it more then others,
but given the right amount pain … we all cry out with that question.
But Paul reminds us of a truth every Christian should know.
A truth that we should be confident of.
If we were to consider the struggle the average Christian has in suffering… we might think there is no way to be confident.
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After - all - Christian and
(ESV)
1) Who can be confident that - God works all things in are lives for our Good?
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28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Our text clarifies two qualifications for those who can claim this promise.
a) We must love God.
b) We must be the called believers of Christ.
One one hand … this is a question of salvation.
But again … who can have this confidence?
(ESV)
1) Who can be confident that all things are the very best things for us?
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Only those who love God can claim this promise.
By definition, the lost are not the lovers of God, but the enemies of God.
Yet, on the other hand - this a statement of confidence.
Who are the called?
All those who have heard and believed in Jesus Christ.
So often we question in suffering … if God really cares?
we question in suffering if God really loves me?
if God really loves me?
if God really cares?
if he even hears my prayers?
But if you believe that
Jesus was born,
to die on the cross,
and pay for the wages of our sins
And you trust in his work, and not yours.
… then we can be confident that God does care for us.
So,
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