Exploring Suffering and Christianity at the 2024 Living for God Conference

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Dive into the profound discussions on suffering and Christianity at the 2024 Living for God Conference, where experts explore the world's view, biblical perspective, key truths, defined categories and causes of suffering, offering insights to navigate a comfort-obsessed world.

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2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE 2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING AND CHRISTIANITY IN A COMFORT-OBSESSED WORLD

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 9:00 || Session 1: The World s View of Suffering 10:30 || Session 2: The Biblical View of Suffering 11:30 || Panel 1 12:00 || Lunch 1:00 || Session 3: Equipped to Suffer 2:30 || Session 4: The End of Suffering 3:30 || Panel 2

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE THE WORLD S VIEW OF SUFFERING Lawson Hembree

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE KEY TRUTHS ABOUT SUFFERING Suffering entered the world with sin Suffering is universal Suffering happens within the providence of God Suffering is temporary Suffering has an expiration date

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING DEFINED Suffering is the experience of unpleasantness, discomfort, pain, or misery caused by real or perceived threats, circumstances, injury, illness, or loss.

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE CATEGORIES OF SUFFERING Physical Mental Emotional Spiritual Relational Financial

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE CAUSES OF SUFFERING Consequence of personal choices or sin Consequence of someone else's choices or sin Consequence of living in a fallen world Consequence of living a godly life

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE THE WORLD'S VIEW OF SUFFERING "You never just suffer the thing that you re suffering, but you always also suffer the way that you re suffering that thing." -Paul David Tripp

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE CONFERENCE BIG IDEA Living for God prepares people to suffer well

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE THE WORLD'S VIEW OF SUFFERING The world's view of suffering prioritizes escape, enmity, and ease over endurance

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE A WRONG VIEW OF SUFFERING MORALISM Doing wrong Doing good Good outweighs bad Live differently CAUSE SOLUTION OUTCOME SUMMARY *Adapted from Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering by Tim Keller

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE A WRONG VIEW OF SUFFERING MORALISM TRANSCENDENCE Illusion of individualism Detachment CAUSE Doing wrong SOLUTION OUTCOME Doing good Good outweighs bad Live differently Enlightenment SUMMARY Think differently *Adapted from Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering by Tim Keller

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE A WRONG VIEW OF SUFFERING MORALISM TRANSCENDENCE Illusion of individualism Detachment FATALISM CAUSE Doing wrong Destiny SOLUTION OUTCOME Doing good Good outweighs bad Endurance Enlightenment Glory and honor SUMMARY Embrace your destiny Live differently Think differently *Adapted from Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering by Tim Keller

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE A WRONG VIEW OF SUFFERING MORALISM TRANSCENDENCE Illusion of individualism Detachment FATALISM DUALISM CAUSE Doing wrong Destiny Cosmic conflict SOLUTION OUTCOME Doing good Good outweighs bad Endurance Purification Enlightenment Glory and honor Triumph of good SUMMARY Embrace your destiny Live differently Think differently Hope in the future *Adapted from Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering by Tim Keller

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE A WRONG VIEW OF SUFFERING MORALISM TRANSCENDENCE Illusion of individualism Detachment FATALISM DUALISM SECULARISM CAUSE Doing wrong Destiny Cosmic conflict Accident SOLUTION OUTCOME Doing good Good outweighs bad Endurance Purification External help Enlightenment Glory and honor Triumph of good Better technique SUMMARY Embrace your destiny Live differently Think differently Hope in the future Avoid at all costs *Adapted from Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering by Tim Keller

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE A WRONG RESPONSE TO SUFFERING Escape (Heb 12:15) Enmity (Heb 12:15) Ease (Heb 12:16-17)

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE THE WORLD'S VIEW OF SUFFERING "Suffering is spiritual warfare." -Paul David Tripp

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE THE WORLD'S VIEW OF SUFFERING The world's view of suffering prioritizes escape, enmity, and ease over endurance

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE THE WORLD S VIEW OF SUFFERING Lawson Hembree

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE 2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING AND CHRISTIANITY IN A COMFORT-OBSESSED WORLD

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE PANEL 1 Text questions to 479.462.2620

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE 2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING AND CHRISTIANITY IN A COMFORT-OBESESSED WORLD

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF SUFFERING Garrett Plunkett

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE CONFERENCE BIG IDEA "Living for God prepares people to suffer well"

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF SUFFERING "Suffering is framed within living for God, focused on the cross, and transformed for those 'in Christ'."

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE MAIN POINT OUTLINE OF SESSION 2 I. II. III. Suffering is Transformed for those 'in Christ' Suffering is Framed within Living for God Suffering is Focused on the Cross of Christ

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING FRAMED WITHIN LIVING FOR GOD A. B. C. D. E. F. Suffering exists because sins exists Suffering brings about God's good purposes Suffering is seen by the God who sees Suffering caused by sin brings God's wrath Suffering is under God's sovereignty Suffering 'ends' when reconciliation begins

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING EXISTS BECAUSE SIN EXISTS Genesis 3:16-19 The LORD God said... "Because you have done this...I will multiply your pain...cursed is the ground because of you...you are dust...to dust you shall return."

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING BRINGS GOD'S GOOD PURPOSES Genesis 37:9; 50:15-21 "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, that many should be kept alive, as they are today."

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING IS SEEN BY 'THE GOD WHO SEES' Exodus 2:23-24 "The people of Israel groaned because of their slavery...and God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant...God saw the people of Israel and God knew"

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING CAUSED BY SIN BRINGS WRATH Deuteronomy 28:15-20 "But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God...all these curses shall come upon you...on account of your evil deeds, because you have forsaken me."

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING IS UNDER GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY JOB 1:21; 42:5-6 "The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away, blessed be the name of the LORD" "I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, now my eye sees you, therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING 'ENDS' WHEN REDEMPTION BEGINS Isaiah 40:1-11 "Comfort, Comfort my people, says your God...that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity is pardoned...a voice cries in the wilderness... Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news...Behold the LORD comes with might."

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING IS FOCUSED ON THE CROSS A. Suffering Experienced by the Servant B. Suffering is Transformed by the Gospel

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY 'THE SERVANT' Isaiah 53:5-6;11 "He was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace...with his wounds we are healed...for we have turned...each to his own way...the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all...by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous"

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE THE HEART OF SUFFERING IN THE BIBLE Through the Suffering of the Servant of Yahweh: We have Peace with God We are Healed from Sin's Power We are made Righteous

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING TRANSFORMED BY THE GOSPEL Luke 7:18-22 "Go tell and tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them."

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING IS TRANSFORMED 'IN CHRIST' A. B. C. D. E. F. Suffering shows us the nature of God's kingdom Suffering happens in life but shows God's glory Suffering identifies us with the name of Christ Suffering allows us to experience God's comfort Suffering tests our faith and should bring us joy Suffering ends when sin ends and Christ reigns

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING SHOWS US GOD'S KINGDOM Matthew 5:11-12 "Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you."

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING IDENTIFIES US WITH CHRIST Acts 5:40-42 "They left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name. And every day, in the temple, and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING IN LIFE SHOWS US GOD'S GLORY John 9:1-3 "As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him."

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING BRINGS US GOD'S COMFORT 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 "Blessed be God...the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction...for as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too."

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING TESTS OUR FAITH, BRINGS JOY James 1:2-4 "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE SUFFERING ENDS WHEN SIN ENDS Revelation 21:1-4 "I saw a new heaven and a new earth...and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man...He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."

2024 LIVING FOR GOD CONFERENCE REVIEW OF SESSION 2 MAIN POINTS I. II. III. Suffering is Transformed for those 'in Christ' Suffering is Framed within Living for God Suffering is Focused on the Cross of Christ