Outline SESSION 1 I. Introduction: Paul Tripp’s suffering story II. There are moments when life doesn’t make sense. A. We all live in two worlds: 1. God’s grace 2. Suffering B. It feels impossible to hold these two worlds together.
III. The gospel we preach to ourselves affects the way we suffer. A. You always preach to yourself a gospel: the true love of Christ or a false gospel.
B. You are the preacher that you listen to more than anyone else. C. Our response to suffering affects our experience of suffering. 1. Suffering is never a neutral experience.
2. What you bring to your suffering shapes the way you suffer. 3. Most of us suffer both the situation and the way we suffer it. 4. Preaching a false gospel to ourselves can deepen our discouragement. IV. Abraham’s suffering story: Genesis 22:1–8 A. The situation: 1. Abraham waited past human possibility for God to fulfill his promise. 2. God fulfilled the promise, but God asks him to sacrifice. B. Abraham’s response: 1. Obeying and trusting God will provide 2. Laying the stones neatly in order: a heart at rest 3. Being convinced he wasn’t alone 4. Trusting God could resurrect Isaac V. Two responses in suffering that shape the way we suffer:
A. Worship God B. Accuse God
SESSION 2 I. Preparing grace: Romans 8:18–25 A. God wants us to be prepared for the life he has chosen for us between the already of our
conversion and the not yet of our homegoing. B. What the Apostle Paul assumes suffering is:
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