Nature of suffering
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· 13 viewsSince the fall, human beings have suffered in various ways. Scripture provides insights into the nature and place of suffering both in the world and in the lives of believers.
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Suffering began with the fall
Suffering began with the fall
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Suffering is universal
Suffering is universal
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Different kinds of suffering
Different kinds of suffering
Physical pain and illness
Physical pain and illness
After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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Emotional stress
Emotional stress
My heart is in anguish within me;
the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Fear and trembling come upon me,
and horror overwhelms me.
See also “Ben-Oni” means “son of my trouble”; ; ;
Spiritual suffering
Spiritual suffering
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
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The prospect of death
The prospect of death
By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”
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Major causes of suffering
Major causes of suffering
The disorder in creation
The disorder in creation
And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
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Human cruelty
Human cruelty
For strangers have risen against me;
ruthless men seek my life;
they do not set God before themselves. Selah
Murder:
Murder:
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“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons of violence are their swords.
Let my soul come not into their council;
O my glory, be not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.
Oppression:
Oppression:
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Family troubles
Family troubles
For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
but the Lord will take me in.
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Old age
Old age
Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength is spent.
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Satan’s activity
Satan’s activity
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
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Aggravations to suffering
Aggravations to suffering
Memories
Memories
“Oh, that I were as in the months of old,
as in the days when God watched over me,
Fears
Fears
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Resentment
Resentment
Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.”
Sin and suffering
Sin and suffering
They are not necessarily related
They are not necessarily related
Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.
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They are sometimes closely related
They are sometimes closely related
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
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God’s final judgment
God’s final judgment
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
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Effects of suffering
Effects of suffering
Hardness of heart
Hardness of heart
They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.
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Repentance
Repentance
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Blessing
Blessing
It is good for me that I was afflicted,
that I might learn your statutes.
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