[Isaiah 53:3-5] He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. [4] Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! [5] But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.
[Matthew 8:16-17] That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed all the sick. [17] This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who said, “He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases.”
Jesus didn't come as a conquering ____________ but as a suffering __________________.
[Luke 9:23-24] Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. [24] If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
How well do we handle __________________?
Jesus calls us not just to join in his ________________, but also to join in his suffering.
[Romans 8:17] And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.
2 DIFFERENT KINDS OF SUFFERING
1. __________________
The kind of suffering we don't __________________ to.
[James 1:2] Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.
We need to grow to the place where trials don't DESTROY us but we meet them with JOY.
2. __________________
The kind of suffering we __________________.
We need to learn to be __________________________ with being uncomfortable.
[1 Timothy 4:8] “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.”
