Welcome to Bergfeld Church for February 7, 2021
Program:
Opening — Bill P
Singing — DH & Jessalyn H
Devotional — Bill P
Children's feature — Ang D, Althea F & Matt G
Missions report — Chris Harms, Pembina Valley Bible Camp
Message — Pastor James F — Job 3 continued
Check out this week's bulletin here.
Sermon notes:
Scripture passages that speak to suffering.
1)Suffering to show us His strength and power and that He supports us.
Exodus 14:13-14 As the Israelites flee the hand of the Egyptians, Pharaoh is closing in, the Israelites are beginning to panic…
“Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. 14 The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
2)Suffering gives God opportunity to draw near.
Psalm 147:3 – “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
Psalm 34:18 – “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
3)Suffering allows God to be at His work.
Psalm 34:19 – “The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all;”
4)Suffering teaches us about God.
Psalm 119:71 – “It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.”
5)Suffering Allows God’s Promises to be revealed and affirmed
Isaiah 43:2- “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.”
6)Christ suffered for our example. In Christ’s suffering, He revealed how deep His love for us was. He continued to love us despite it not being reciprocated always.
Isaiah 53:3- “He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.”
7)Suffering offers opportunity for later reward.
James 1:12 - “Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.”
8)Suffering brings us to the point of trust. In Christ who conquers all we may have peace even though there will be trials.
John 16:33 – “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
9)Suffering gives opportunity to live and strive to be more like Christ.
Philippians 3:10 – “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death…”
10)Through suffering, Christ accomplished our salvation
Hebrews 2:10 – “In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.”
11)Suffering is given, to fulfil the Law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2 – “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
12)Suffering for Christ, is a part of the completion in following Christ.
Colossians 1:24 – “Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.”
13)Suffering is a part of what it means to follow Christ.
2 Timothy 3:10-13 “You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, I
