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THE PURPOSE OF PAIN AND ILLNESS IN THE LIFE OF A BELIEVER -- Genesis 3:16-19
Have you ever felt that because you are a child of God your life should be a “bed of roses?” No problems, no pain, no difficulty? Were you disappointed when it wasn’t? Our text reveals what we can look forward to in this life -- sorrow, toilsome labor, pain, etc. Pain and suffering are a fact of life! We don't have to be in this body long until we learn this. Childhood illnesses (measles, mumps, chicken pox, etc.), skinned knees, broken bones, etc. all serve to acquaint us with this fact. Growing older does not help. Pain and illness usually increase with age. And look at Job’s observation in Job 14:1: “Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.” And these effects of sin will remain with the human race until the end of the age. Even God’s children are not immune from pain, illness, and suffering -- Psalm 34:19: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.” Therefore, all believers need to learn how to deal with both physical and mental suffering. Job is a prime example of the things we may endure in this life. He suffered as much as a man could and not die. Not only did he suffer physically, but he suffered mentally as we see his “friends,” even his wife deserted him. (But God never deserted him!) Did you ever say, especially as a child, “I wish I had never been born?” Look at what Job said in Job 3:11: “Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?” In the New Testament we know that the Apostle Paul suffered a thorn in the flesh. Epaphroditus (Philippians 2:26-27) was sick almost to the point of death. Timothy apparently had a stomach problem along with, as Paul called them, “thine often infirmities” (I Timothy 5:23). In this message we will examine some of the reasons people, even God’s people, suffer pain and illness and suggest how we may deal with it. However, we must remember we may not always know the why of the suffering - especially in others. That is for God. The only one we might be sure of is the one that looks back at us from the mirror. In other words, learn from Job’s friends and be careful about judging why someone other than you may be sick or hurting.
I. WHY DO SAVED PEOPLE SUFFER?
II. HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH PAIN AND SICKNESS.
II. HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH PAIN AND SICKNESS.
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By JWHHave you ever felt that because you are a child of God your life should be a “bed of roses?” No problems, no pain, no difficulty? Were you disappointed when it wasn’t? Our text reveals what we can look forward to in this life -- sorrow, toilsome labor, pain, etc. Pain and suffering are a fact of life! We don't have to be in this body long until we learn this. Childhood illnesses (measles, mumps, chicken pox, etc.), skinned knees, broken bones, etc. all serve to acquaint us with this fact. Growing older does not help. Pain and illness usually increase with age. And look at Job’s observation in Job 14:1: “Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.” And these effects of sin will remain with the human race until the end of the age. Even God’s children are not immune from pain, illness, and suffering -- Psalm 34:19: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.” Therefore, all believers need to learn how to deal with both physical and mental suffering. Job is a prime example of the things we may endure in this life. He suffered as much as a man could and not die. Not only did he suffer physically, but he suffered mentally as we see his “friends,” even his wife deserted him. (But God never deserted him!) Did you ever say, especially as a child, “I wish I had never been born?” Look at what Job said in Job 3:11: “Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?” In the New Testament we know that the Apostle Paul suffered a thorn in the flesh. Epaphroditus (Philippians 2:26-27) was sick almost to the point of death. Timothy apparently had a stomach problem along with, as Paul called them, “thine often infirmities” (I Timothy 5:23). In this message we will examine some of the reasons people, even God’s people, suffer pain and illness and suggest how we may deal with it. However, we must remember we may not always know the why of the suffering - especially in others. That is for God. The only one we might be sure of is the one that looks back at us from the mirror. In other words, learn from Job’s friends and be careful about judging why someone other than you may be sick or hurting.
I. WHY DO SAVED PEOPLE SUFFER?
II. HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH PAIN AND SICKNESS.
II. HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH PAIN AND SICKNESS.