Finally conclusions...
Remember...
This is NOT a complete outline. Some of this stuff might
not make sense in this context. These are just PIECES of the outline
and study that I underlined and thought were good!
"God is the highest good of reasonable creature, and the enjoyment of him is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers
and mothers, husbands, wives, children, or the company of earthly
friends, are but shadows. But the enjoyment of God is the substance.
These are but scattered beams, but God is the sun. These are but
streams, but God is the fountain. These are but drops, but God is the
ocean." Johnathan Edwards
There is nothing which shows
our ignorance so much as our impatience under trouble. We forget that
every cross is a message from god, and intended to do us good in the
end. Trials are intended to make us think- to wean us from the world- to
send us to the Bible- to drive us to our knees. Health is a good thing
but sickness if far better if it leads us to God. Prosperity is a great
mercy; but adversity is a greater one if it brings us to Christ. Anything, anything is better than living in carelessness and dying in sin. JC Ryle
We are different from violent criminals in degree, not in kind.
A
humble view of man- his sinful depravity and small perspective- is
essential for understanding suffering in your life and in this world.
God permitted sin and suffering in the world ultimately in order to make Good Friday a reality.
This ultimate reason we have suffering in the world: to exalt the glory of God's grace through the suffering of God's Son for the salvation of undeserving sinners.
Satan intends every type of suffering to sabotage us.
God intends every type of suffering to sanctify us.
The completion of the Great Commission will include great suffering, but eternity will prove it was worth the price!!
The claim of Christ...
I am coming soon!
The cry of the church...
Amen, Come, Lord Jesus!
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