Title: Christians and Suffering

Text: Colossians 1:24-2:5

Notes:

The universality of suffering: Suffering was what the church shared in Christ, the leadership, and one another.

If I become a Christian, will I suffer? Maybe

If I become a Christian who is committed to Christ and His people,

• preserves, protects, and proclaims the Word of God,
• seeks to grow deeper in relationship to Christ,
• and remains steadfast in the faith, then will I suffer? Yes!!

Why do Christians suffer?

• Because of who Christ is and what he has done.
• Because people still need to hear the gospel of Jesus.

What are the incentives for becoming a Christian?

• Future outcomes outweigh present suffering.
• Christ's sufficiency enables us to suffer.
• God changes us in the presence of suffering.
• God uses suffering to build His church.
• Consider the suffering involved by not becoming a Christian

Will you become a Christian today?