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What suffering occurs in ?
Death * Sickness * Starvation * Storms
Is God concerned when we deal with death, ()?
Why are their
Is God concerned when we are sick ()?
Is God concerned when people starve, ()?
What is his plan to take care of this?
Is God concerned when we are caught in a storm (14:22–36)?
He walks on water (14:22–36).
1. Events preceding his walk (14:22–24)
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The command () * Jesus instructs his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.
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The communion () * He then retires to a hill and prays.
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The crisis () * A violent storm suddenly threatens the disciples’ boat.
2. Events during his walk (14:25–33)
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The approach () * In the middle of the night, Jesus comes to the disciples, walking on the water.
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The alarm () * The disciples are terrified, thinking Jesus is a ghost!
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The assurance () * Jesus tells them who he is.
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The attempt () * Peter tries to walk to Jesus but soon begins to sink and cries out for help.
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The awe () * At Jesus’ command, the wind stops, causing the disciples to worship him.
Application Questions
Clarity from parallel text: ,
Was Jesus going to let them suffer?
Was Jesus going to let them suffer?
Why does suffering occur and why does God allow it?
Do you think God has a divine purpose in pain?
Do you think faith will eventually (with patience) reveal suffering’s fruit?
Read the following scripture and discuss the fruit:
Does the Bible promise a life free from suffering?
Will Jesus be with us in our “storms”?
T/F Jesus meets us in storms, teaches us to worship God in spirit and truth, leading to our faith being built up?
Take Home Study for the advanced student:
How does suffering increase our awareness of God’s sustaining power ()?
How does God use suffering to refine, perfect, strengthen, and keep us from falling (; )?
2. God uses suffering to refine, perfect, strengthen, and keep us from falling (Ps 66:8-9; Heb 2:10).
3. Suffering allows the life of Christ to be manifested in our mortal flesh (2 Cor 4:7-11).
How does suffering allow the life of Christ to be manifested in our mortal flesh ()?
4. Suffering bankrupts us, making us dependent upon God (2 Cor 12:9).
How does suffering make us dependent upon God ()?
5. Suffering teaches us humility (2 Cor 12:7).
How does suffering teaches us humility ()?
How does suffering teaches us that God is more concerned about character than comfort (; )?
6. Suffering imparts the mind of Christ (Phil 2:1-11).
7. Suffering teaches us that God is more concerned about character than comfort (Rom 5:3-4; Heb 12:10-11).
Suffering teaches us that God is more concerned about character than comfort (; ).
8. Suffering teaches us that the greatest good of the Christian life is not absence of pain, but Christlikeness (2 Cor 4:8-10; Rom 8:28-29).
Can suffering can be a chastisement from God for sin and rebellion ().
9. Suffering can be a chastisement from God for sin and rebellion (Ps 107:17).
Suffering can be a chastisement from God for sin and rebellion ().
How does suffering connect with obedience and self-control (; ; ; ; ).
10. Obedience and self-control are from suffering (Heb 5:8; Ps 119:67; Rom 5:1-5; James 1:2-8; Phil 3:10).
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Voluntary suffering is one way to demonstrate the love of God (2 Cor 8:1-2, 9).
Is it true that voluntary suffering is one way to demonstrate the love of God (, ).
Is suffering is part of the struggle against sin ()?
12. Suffering is part of the struggle against sin (Heb 12:4-13).
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Suffering is part of the struggle against evil men (Ps 27:12; 37:14-15).
Is suffering is part of the struggle against evil men (; )?
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Suffering is part of the struggle for the kingdom of God (2 Thess 1:5).
Is suffering part of being a member of the kingdom of God ().
Is suffering a by-product of faithfully sharing the gospel ()?
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Suffering is part of the struggle for the gospel (2 Tim 2:8-9).
Is suffering is part of the struggle against injustice ()?
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Suffering is part of the struggle against injustice (1 Pet 2:19).
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Suffering is part of the struggle for the name of Christ (Acts 5:41; 1 Pet 4:14).
What should be your attitude if you suffer for the Gospel (; )?
What is the benefit of abundantly sharing Christ’s suffering (; )?
18. Suffering indicates how the righteous become sharers in Christ’s suffering (2 Cor 1:5; 1 Pet 4:12-13).
What will happen if we endure suffering with Christ (; )?
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Endurance of suffering is given as a cause for reward (2 Cor 4:17; 2 Tim 2:12).
How does suffering forces community and sharing ()?
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Suffering forces community and the administration of the gifts for the common good (Phil 4:12-15).
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Suffering binds Christians together into a common or joint purpose (Rev 1:9).
How does suffering bind Christians together into a common or joint purpose ()?
22. Suffering produces discernment, knowledge, and teaches us God’s statutes (Ps 119:66-67, 71).
Does suffering produces discernment, knowledge, and teaching about God’s statutes (, )?
After David’s sin with Bathsheba, how did God use suffering to recreate a broken and contrite spirit ()?
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Through suffering God is able to obtain our broken and contrite spirit which He desires (Ps 51:16-17).
How does suffering prepare our minds for the hope of grace to be revealed at the revelation of Jesus Christ (, )?
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Suffering causes us to discipline our minds by making us focus our hope on the grace to be revealed at the revelation of Jesus Christ (1 Pet 1:6, 13).
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God uses suffering to humble us so He can exalt us at the proper time (1 Pet 5:6-7).
Does God use suffering to humble us so He can exalt us at the proper time ()?
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Suffering teaches us to number our days so we can present to God a heart of wisdom (Ps 90:7-12).
Does suffering teaches us to number our days so we can present to God a heart of wisdom ()?
Is suffering sometimes necessary to win the lost (; )?
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Suffering is sometimes necessary to win the lost (2 Tim 2:8-10; 4:5-6).
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Suffering strengthens and allows us to comfort others who are weak (2 Cor 1:3-11).
Does suffering strengthens and allows us to comfort others who are weak ()?
Is suffering is small compared to the surpassing value of knowing Christ ()?
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Suffering is small compared to the surpassing value of knowing Christ (Phil 3:8).
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God desires truth in our innermost being and one way He does it is through suffering (Ps 51:6; 119:17).
What is the connection between inner peace and suffering (; ).
When will the value of suffering be known ()?
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The equity for suffering will be found in the next life (Ps 58:10-11).
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