How We Profit From Suffering - Part 1

Welcome to the intact podcast the tile family for Thursday, August 4. Most Christians did their consistent faith is the adversity development. It is hard to fathom that we will learn how we profit from suffering. How do we profit throughout so will the truth is that some people don't they profit not at all because they do not learn how to respond to this suffering. They know profit through it and peters. He wrote this book to people who were about to undergo persecution. Those who were had already begun to be persecuted showing them how to try out through the times of difficulty and heartache. He concludes this with a wonderful message of how we prosper through suffering. Now the truth is, all of those should be able to but some folks know and most of us want to wake up everyday to the sunshine. I like to frankly but most of us want to wake up every day of sunshine in our life we want in the heart aches no troubles no trials and somehow we have the attitude we get through a day without hardship always had a wonderful day and sometimes God must think you really missed it today because the hardship and the heart ache when responded to properly our most profitable days that we think we've had a wonderful day.

If everything goes right. The truth is our best days may be when everything goes wrong that we do like to look at it that way. But if I should ask you have maybe if you had the right would involve about three days a week of suffering in your life is what I thought. We don't like it.

We don't want it retail guy would rather read a book that the supper you just tell me what to do. A lot. I'll do it. Don't make me go through it, but God knows better and so he sends us through.

He allows us to do things and say things that bring on our own heartache and suffering, but is Peter concludes this epistle.

He tells us how we prosper now suffering so let's begin with verse nine. Remember he's been talking about victory through over Satan. But he says in verse nine resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world than verse 10 is our verse for this text.

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. To him be dominion forever and ever.

Amen. That's interesting that that term, the God of all grace is not used anywhere else in the Bible, but you and I know him as the God of all grace he says after you've suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory will himself and then he uses full words to describe how God will prosper us in our suffering but wants to look at this first part of the verse when he talks about the God of all grace, because what he saying here is this three things I want you notice in this passage. First of all, he says we profit from our suffering because the God of all grace controls that suffering the God of all grace is in control of our suffering God is in control. He knows exactly what we need and he knows exactly how long we need. He says the God of all grace that you remember, he's just been talking about Satan, be sober, have a sober spirit, be on the alert.

Your adversary the devil prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he made a vow resist him. He says in faith. It is God who is our security and no mother what happens.

He's there in absolute control of whatever may be going on in their life when he says the God of all grace now when you think about grace mainly about three songs about grace number one what's one level, amazing Grace, what else wonderful grace of Jesus. What else grace greater than all of our sins we think about the grace of God. He says the God of all grace, sustaining grace, what else all sufficient grace abundant grace overflowing grace, comforting grace, we can just go old and only known because were describing the infinite grace of God. He says we can profit throughout suffering because the God of all grace, what did Paul say he says when I asked God to remove this thorn in my flesh.

He said my grace is what sufficient my grace is sufficient so that no matter what you and I are facing. One thing for certain, the God of all grace and that's Peter's way of reminding those who undergoing persecution, reminding us that the God who is in control is a God of all grace, that is, we're not going to face any kind of suffering any kind of heartache that he does not wrap us up in his all sustaining overflowing abounding grace and loving us through it.

No matter what happened. Now we need to be reminded of that that would not adhere suffering alone and undergoing hardship and wondering if God knows what's going on. He says the God of all grace after you something for little while. He is the one who calls you to his eternal glory. I want to see me calling us to his eternal glory well if you think about the calls of God in your life for a moment. I one regional something that probably best describes in a comprehensive form what he means here, but we says called us to his eternal glory. What is one of God's calls Eli. First of all, he called you to salvation, to receive him as your Savior he calls you to sanctification, to be set apart a holy life. He calls this the service. He calls this the many things but he says he has called us to his eternal glory that is in the Lord Jesus Christ came in this world, he made it very clear that not only was he going to leave but we were one day would share in his glory. He speaks about that in the 17 chapter John and Paul says in Romans chapter 8 that we are joint heirs with participators in the glory that is his and Jesus spoke about sharing that glory.

And we said they that no one can share the glory of God. But when you and I get to heaven. We are going to share in the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. He says it is his eternal glory which in essence is the summation of everything the Jesus Christ accomplished for us at the cross. He says we going to share and that's why he says that you and I are his trophies of grace and that we are going to be a part of his eternal glory because all of us who been saved the grace of God are are the gifts of God the father to the son, and as the sun gives us back to him. We are an expression of his glory but elicited as we think about his eternal glory what's wrapped up in that. I love that cannot be fathomed a life that cannot die a righteousness that cannot be tarnished, a piece that cannot be understood arrested cannot be disturbed.

I joy that cannot be diminished, and a whole that cannot be disappointed. This is what we going to have a light that cannot be darkened.

Happiness that cannot be interrupted is strengthened cannot be enfeebled appear to that cannot be defiled, a beauty that cannot be borrowed and the wisdom that cannot be baffled resources that cannot be exhausted. Amen. He says that is what God has called us to his eternal glory. Everything that God has provided through the Lord Jesus Christ will be ours in an inexhaustible fashion.

That is when you and I get to heaven we not going to be able to tap into resources of God have to ask some angel to please go tell Jesus we drunk anything drive all that we have exhausted anything that he had because it is all the grace of God is God of all grace has called us under his eternal glory which you and I are an eternal participated in and will never be able to Drink Anything Dr. in God's provided knowledge known as one of these phrases is very important. Listen at you sufferable, while the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory. How in Christ, if you recall, that is Paul's key phrase because what he saying is this, that everything you and I have wrapped up in relationship, not in things not in promises that relationship, the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ, my friend everything we have is because we have him because he has us and anyone who is not in him. In reality has nothing if the only thing you can take with you is what you own.

You not going to have much in heaven and the truth is you not going take any of so what is this you know you come in this world shirt on your back. Sure do when you die, they may dress you up in all kind of things you leave. And just like you came. Nothing you didn't bring anything you not take anything with a list of what he says.

He says he has called us to his eternal glory.

Listen what we're going to enjoy in heaven is not just what you and done down here it is his eternal glory.

He talks about rewards based on our life and our obedience to him. But he says he's called us to that eternal glory in his son the Lord Jesus Christ and the second thing what you notice he says in verse 10, but after you've suffered a while, so what I want you to see is this God of all grace limits the amount of suffering that you and I go through the sometimes we say Lord I believe that your overdue. I believe that your clock is running a little slow. God, why don't you do something and he most probably smile and say I'll we just don't like what he's doing the God of all grace to set a time and he says after you have suffered what a little while and what we want to ask sometime is what you call a little while yet a little while for me is about 39 minutes and I'm finished with God. It may be 39 hours 39 days 39 months 39 years and I think of some folks who are bedridden for years and years and years and years. However, they must ask God. Lord, how long, how much longer how long does God allow to turn the second drink is for a moment in second with his chapter 4 let's go back if you will traverse to verse 12 he says so death works in us, but life in you. But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written.

I believe therefore I spoke.

We also believe, therefore, also we speak. Knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us up also with Jesus, and will present us with you for all things are for your sake that the grace which is spreading to more and more people because the giving of thanks. The sound of the glory of God and listen.

Therefore, we do not lose heart. Though our outer man. This old physical body is decaying, yet are in a manner spirit is being renewed day by day and then listen these verses for momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison. That is speaking of our inheritance, the abundance of our inheritance producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison access with access while we look not at the things which are seen because if we do will get discouraged. But at the things which are not seen the invisible the things the real somebody should say what's real well if it's real. I can touch it. Not necessarily the most real things there are the things that are invisible master question was more real this poop in the God God KC helmet you can see the Pope so therefore everything that's real isn't necessarily physical and material some finite I object. Notice he says verse 18, and any is upon you and I watch this while we look not at the things which are seen because if we look at our body and say God I'm suffering. I'm hurting I'm damage. Look at me, God, while we look not at the things which seem of the things which are not seen what's going on inside of the person who suffering what is God doing to their spirit which cannot be seen.

What's he doing to their character which we cannot see you seek suffering is God's cabinets to build character that you know where much more interested in what people consumed outside God's much more interested in what he sees on the inside he sees the spirit he sees character he sees motivations he sees desires and dreams and ambitions and goals.

God's interested on the inside we're interest on the outside so he says while we look not at the things which are seen, but if we are wise will look at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are temporal, they pass away, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

They go on for eternity.

Now God subliminally go back if you will, for momentary, light affliction, that when you and I think of something momentary when we think about why can't let, suffer and get you all over momentary, light affliction is the only difference is when I say momentary I'm thinking about this clock click click click click seconds momentary that is momentary, compared to this watch, you know what God compares momentary with eternity that means God's moments a little bit longer than mine, and sometimes I like to compress his just get a loan down here for I can handle the Lord God says no we not going by your watch.

We going by my timepiece momentary affliction now 10 years doesn't seem like momentary 20 years 30 years is not momentary, but God says it is against the background of eternity. Anything you and I can think about momentary so he says this is the way we look about. Look at our suffering, the season of the God of all grace, who has it under control.

Don't lose heart. Look, he says don't lose heart.

Sure you out of man. The old physical body is decaying, but the inner man. The something going on and listen. There is something good going on in the inner man. If the inner man is learning to respond to difficult and hardship and suffering we can profit throughout suffering. If we learn to respond master something has gone ever come to you in Princeton. How would you like to suffer, we usually come to him and tell him what we prefer, but it doesn't work because you see God in his infinite wisdom, no what kind of suffering and how long the suffering is to be in Paulison for saying here from God's point of view it's a lot affliction what God is up to is renewing the inner man we profit from our suffering and he says the truth is, when we're going through suffering and hardship and difficulty.

We are not to look at what is seen. If we do, we gotta get off the discourage with a look at what is not seen because that which is seen is passing and that which is not seen on the inside of me is eternal father, thank you for not listening to some of the prayers we pray, but what we're looking for is an escape route out of the very channels that will make us become everything that your heart desires for us. I pray tonight in Jesus name.

First of all, that all of us would be willing to submit ourselves to your suffering, whatever it may be because more than ease, comfort and pleasure we want to be Christlike in our spirit.

I pray for somebody of this evening who really does need help, not to be too proud to ask for. Speak to the heart is my prayer in Jesus name, amen. Thank you for listening to how we profit from suffering.

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