PPT-2 Corinthians: Suffering and Glory

The Temple of Apollo in Corinth Corinth was a prominent Greek citystate dating back to the 8th cent BC Corinth was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC and lay in ruins until 44 BC when it was . Why Christianity is Rejected Today…. Statement Implies…. Only . innocent . suffer . – Exodus . 7-12; . Genesis . 19:24-25. Only . wicked . prosper . – . Genesis . 41:39-41. God shows no partiality. It’s a brand new year; I am going to be a brand new person!. Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right. – Oprah Winfrey. THE CYNIC. A new year is not a life changing event; if your life sucked last year, it will suck this year too. . 1 . Peter 4:12-19 . Dec. 9, 2012. 1 Peter 3:13-22. Suffering For Righteous Causes. Suffering For Doing Good. Suffering for doing good occurs in the world all around us.. Suffering for doing good will bring immeasurable blessing. “honor, admiration, fame, adoration, prosperity. ”. Glorying in the Cross. Galatians 6:12-14. Not possible to trust in the flesh. Philippians 3:4-11. Affections to be on heavenly things. Colossians 3:1-3. TEXT: Romans 8:23-25. THEME: The believers hope for the future is more than wishful thinking.. What is the nature of the believers hope?. I. It saves us from hopelessness that comes from suffering. (18-24). But... No pain no gain. Romans 8:18-30 Suffering now, glory . then. 8:17 provided we suffer with him. 8:18 the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us. Assurance of Things to Come. Romans 8:18-28. Future glory outweighs our present suffering. Romans 8:18. Romans 8:18–30 (ESV) . 18 . For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. . of Glory. The Weight . of Glory. The saved are promised a glorious eternity. It has been God’s plan since before the beginning . (Romans 9:23; 1 Corinthians 2:7-8) . It is why Christ suffered and died. . LOCATION / REGION. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES. Year of Full Restoration. . 18 . JUNE. , . 2017. . LESSON. . 647: . COMFORT FOR SUFFERING BELIEVERS. MEMORY VERSE. : . “. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who . WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SO MUCH EVIL?. God’s . original plan . was for us to live in a garden of Eden with . no thorns and no . suffering – Genesis 1-3. Why is their so much suffering. ??. (. 1)Free will (2)sin . ”. Glorying in the Cross. Galatians 6:12-14. Not possible to trust in the flesh. Philippians 3:4-11. Affections to be on heavenly things. Colossians 3:1-3. Matthew 6:19-21. Futile to glory in wealth. Lesson . 4.8. Matthew 6:13-7:13. The Transfiguration of Jesus teaches us that the path to glory always leads through suffering.. This is not for Jesus only, but for every one of his disciples and followers.. 2 Corinthians . 4:6. For . it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. .. MEMORY VERSE:. ”In weariness and painfulness, in . watchings. often, in hunger and thirst, in . fastings. often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all churches.” .