We Must Endure!
A. ENDURE, hupomeno, "to abide under, to bear up courageously (under suffering)."
B. CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED ON TO SUFFER MANY THINGS.
C. THERE IS A BLESSING IF WE WILL SEE IT.
A. WHAT IS TEMPTATION?( James 1:13-15 ).
B. TEMPTATION WORKS PATIENCE/STRENGTH( James 1:2-4 ).
C. TEMPTATION HELPS TO PURIFY( 1 Pet. 1:6-9 ).
D. THE RESULT OF ENDURING( 1 Pet. 1:9; James 1:12 ).
A. SOME SIN HAS IMMEDIATE TEMPORAL CONSEQUENCE.
B. CHASTENING IS A PRODUCT OF LOVE( Heb. 3:4-6 ).
C. WHAT DOES CHASTENING PRODUCE?
1. Respect( vs. 7-9 ).
2. Righteousness( vs. 10-11 ).
2. Joy( vs. 12-13 ).
A. kakopatheo, "to suffer evil." Seems to apply to evil of circumstance or persecution.
B 2 Tim. 1:8; 2:3; 2:9; 4:5; James 5:13.
C. ADMONITIONS POINT TO THIS PROMISE( 2 Tim. 4:6-8 ).
A. WE ALL WILL BE PERSECUTED LIKE PAUL( 2 Tim. 3:10-12 ).
B. GOD WILL AVENGE( 2 Thess. 1:5-9 ).
C. MORE IMPORTANT GOD WILL REWARD( Matt. 5:11-12 ).
A. IT'S SOMETIME TOUGH.
1. The cost of obedience( Luke 14:26; 9:23 ).
2. Repentance, a change of life( Col. 3:5 ).
B. SOME WILL NOT ENDURE EVEN THIS( 2 Tim. 4:3-4 ).
A. PRAY( James 5:13 ).
B. STUDY( Eph. 6:16; Rom. 10:17; Matt. 4:1-11 - "it is written." ).
C. LOOK TO JESUS( Heb. 11:27; 12:1-2 ).