Why Suffering?

• 2 Corinthians 1:3 (NLT)
• 2 Corinthians 1:4 (NLT)
• 2 Corinthians 1:5 (NLT)
• 2 Corinthians 1:6 (NLT)
• 2 Corinthians 1:7 (NLT)

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God turned the cross, the symbol of greatest suffering, into the symbol of greatest aid.

Sanctified Suffering can Produce:

Greater compassion
Christlikeness
A witness
Eternal Perspective

Hebrews 11: the heroes of the faith had the ability to SEE things from an eternal perspective.  Look at all the times in this chapter where it says someone 'saw' or was 'looking ahead'.  

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