Read 1 PETER 4
Have you ever said to God … Why Me?
Perhaps there has been an .. Accident … Argument … Death …
Problem with Family or at work …Sickness … Sin …
And you’ve said, Why Me God?
Think of Missionaries who have died while serving God in another country.
Some of disease and even some murdered.
Of young Believers, who have everything going for them .. Why God?
The sufferings of Christ come to mind … His words “ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46
Is it wrong to ask WHY GOD?
All unbelievers and believers suffer because of SIN.
Unbelievers suffer:
To show them their need for God
As a result of their own folly
Believers suffer:
Because of spiritual Conflict. Satan vs God — Job 1-2, 1 Peter 5:8-9
To teach obedience. Hebrews 5:8
To teach us God’s Grace. 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
So, we can relate to others. 2 Corinthians 1:3-24 (vs 4-6)
To witness to others. 2 Timothy 2:8-10
To discipline us. Hebrews 12:6-11
Why suffering? 1 Peter 4:10-11 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.