God Is Present When His People Suffer

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

God never promised His people a life free from suffering and sorrow in this world. But He has promised to be with us when we hurt. In this episode, R.C. Sproul invites us to take courage in the presence of the Lord.

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0:00.0	Jesus not only says that suffering is possible for his people, but it is certain.
0:09.0	God never promises that we can live the Christian life without difficulty, without peril,
0:17.0	without danger, without suffering, without calamity.
0:22.0	It drives me crazy when I hear these television preachers stand up
0:25.4	there and promise that if the Christian just has enough faith they'll never
0:28.9	suffer, they'll never be sick, they'll never experience death and all that sort of thing because it's simply
0:34.6	not true.
0:35.6	The Bible repeatedly describes the history of God's people as a suffering people and as I've
0:41.8	said many times Jesus not only says that suffering is possible for his people but it is certain in the world you will have tribulation you will have affliction you will have pain and great have God to have a life free of suffering or free of death or free of peril or danger.
1:08.9	What God does promise categorically and what he does promise absolutely promise,
1:14.1	absolutely, to us through Jesus is his presence, I will not be with you and the negative I will not forsake you.
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