"Why God?"
Job 1. 13-22; 2 Corinthians 12. 7-10
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WHY GOD?
Job 1. 13-22; 2 Corinthians 12- 7-10
I. HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE _________?
A. Losses abound…Heartaches seem to come in waves
B. The response of unbelievers- pain is ______ there is no God.
II. MANY OF US DO NOT SEE PAIN AS PROOF OF NO GOD, BUT STILL WE WONDER _______?
A. Job did not lose his integrity- did not curse God- Still wanted to know why.
B. Pain destroys some of our grandest ___________, and causes us to face some realities.
III. FOR EXAMPLE: Many Live Under the Illusion that ALL IS ______
A. We can coast along in life feeling strong, and secure and in control of life
B. _______ shatters the illusion that “all is well.”
IV. 2nd GRAND ILLUSION: I Have All I ______(I can do it on my own).
A. I am strong enough to get through this…it will be ____
B. But when our “enough” does not include God we will eventually discover that what we have in neither enough, nor how we thought it would be.
V. WE KNOW THAT GOD’S DESIGN FOR OUR LIVES INCLUDES A ____________ SEASON HERE ON EARTH.
A. God has better, more blessed for us…but in order to have His better we must surrender our will, and our way to God’s ways.
B. So if pain is the only way, God can get us to let go of our will, and our pride, and surrender our will to His… Then is it cruel- OR IS IT _______?
VI. THINGS I AM LEARNING ABOUT PAIN:
A. God does not save us FROM pain, but __________ pain.
B. If tribulation and suffering is necessary…I must anticipate that it will _______ CEASE- until Jesus redeems or judges the world.
C. Though Pain may result in good, as a Christian I am still called to seek to care for those in pain, and to help alleviate human suffering.
D.Although God withholds the “utopia” that I desire to have here on earth- he does still provide some blessings.
VII. A PURPOSE FOR OUR SUFFERINGS
A. He will see us through
B. There are abundant blessings just ahead, on the other side.
C. His purpose for us through the heartaches and trials is our ___________
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