Sermon 2-29-04 John 9……..
Sermon Series on tough questions……Why do bad things happen…..
What is your pain
What is your bad news….sick child, parents died, brain tumor
Problems are not just for people with problems but for everyone who wants to believe in a good and loving God
Human responses to bad things in the world
I challenge you to think differently
Ego is involved….why did this happen to me?
In Russia they would never say this……
These are ideas to defend our image of God
Job’s Friends
This is punishment for something you did or did not do
Assume that we are responsible we skipped church last week
It is a punishment
See Hebrews 11…it goes both ways
Be righteous and you will flourish….it doesn’t work in Russia
This was gods will
God must have his reasons
Everything happens for a purpose
All things work together for good
Life is a tapestry …we cant see it but from the other side it is beautiful
Harding…it was his time
Not even a sparrow falls to the ground
Liberates us from this world and takes us to a better place….
Doesn’t work for 5 year old kids
God wont give yo more than you can handle
[if only I were a weaker person, my son would be alive]
We can learn from suffering
A child falls into a pool and drowns, what is the lesson there?
Ideas above assume god is the cause of our suffering
There is a truth that we must know
Randomness in universe…if not, your choices do not matter
Free will matters, you have a chance to glorify God
There are some things in the world that God has chosen to let happen….laws of nature
Pg 72 god leaves room for us to be human
He cant take away the opportunity for us to choose evil
A murder does God cause it/No we choose
Transition
I am done…none of my human explanations work I am ready to call upon the lord I am broken
God is not primarily concerned with your comfort but with your salvation
There is no justice, only Love
Conclusion
Page 45
When we come to believe that god does not control everything, we begin to see him as a place of help…psalm 121
0. Stop hurting yourself………..Self fulfilling prophecies
1. There is more good in gods world than bad
2. He inspires people to help each other to be his vessels
We are not promised a life free from pain, we are promised that we will not be alone in our pain
3. God gives us the ability to overcome
The flood of 93 was not caused by God
The determination to overcome is given by him
??????????
See closing chapter
Page 30
Pg 85 closing
There is a purpose to our suffering………No
P 136 138
The sole surviving son does not go into combat….why, we cannot trust circumstances to be just
Sermon Series on tough questions……Why do bad things happen…..
What is your pain
What is your bad news….sick child, parents died, brain tumor
Problems are not just for people with problems but for everyone who wants to believe in a good and loving God
Human responses to bad things in the world
I challenge you to think differently
Ego is involved….why did this happen to me?
In Russia they would never say this……
These are ideas to defend our image of God
Job’s Friends
This is punishment for something you did or did not do
Assume that we are responsible we skipped church last week
It is a punishment
See Hebrews 11…it goes both ways
Be righteous and you will flourish….it doesn’t work in Russia
This was gods will
God must have his reasons
Everything happens for a purpose
All things work together for good
Life is a tapestry …we cant see it but from the other side it is beautiful
Harding…it was his time
Not even a sparrow falls to the ground
Liberates us from this world and takes us to a better place….
Doesn’t work for 5 year old kids
God wont give yo more than you can handle
[if only I were a weaker person, my son would be alive]
We can learn from suffering
A child falls into a pool and drowns, what is the lesson there?
Ideas above assume god is the cause of our suffering
There is a truth that we must know
Randomness in universe…if not, your choices do not matter
Free will matters, you have a chance to glorify God
There are some things in the world that God has chosen to let happen….laws of nature
Pg 72 god leaves room for us to be human
He cant take away the opportunity for us to choose evil
A murder does God cause it/No we choose
Transition
I am done…none of my human explanations work I am ready to call upon the lord I am broken
God is not primarily concerned with your comfort but with your salvation
There is no justice, only Love
Conclusion
Page 45
When we come to believe that god does not control everything, we begin to see him as a place of help…psalm 121
0. Stop hurting yourself………..Self fulfilling prophecies
1. There is more good in gods world than bad
2. He inspires people to help each other to be his vessels
We are not promised a life free from pain, we are promised that we will not be alone in our pain
3. God gives us the ability to overcome
The flood of 93 was not caused by God
The determination to overcome is given by him
??????????
See closing chapter
Page 30
Pg 85 closing
There is a purpose to our suffering………No
P 136 138
The sole surviving son does not go into combat….why, we cannot trust circumstances to be just
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