COMMON GROUND II - SUFFERING

I PETER 4:12-19

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. COMMON SUFFERING [v. 12, Job 5:7]

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

1. Because of the Wages of Sin [Rm. 6:23, 5:12-14]

2. Because of the World of Sin [Rm. 8:18-23]

3. Because of the Way of Sin [Proverbs 14:12]

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

II. CARNAL SUFFERING [v. 15]

1. Because of Sin [4:15]

2. Because of Faults [I Pet. 2:20, Rm. 3:23]

3. Because of the Law [Gal. 6:7-8]

III. CHRISTIAN SUFFERING [v. 12-19]

1. For the Lord [v. 12-14, 16]

2. For the Joy [v. 13-14]

3. For the Glory [v. 13-16, 19]