Finding Hope in Suffering Through Eternal Perspective

"Paul really does experience not losing heart because of truths realities that he puts into his head day by day day by day for renewal now one more step what about the four at the beginning of verse 17 like we're going to beat verse 16 to death if we don't move on but ma there's a lot of life in there he doesn't give up easy I love to pound on verses till they're dead." [00:01:07]

"This light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison as we look not to the things that are seen but the things that are unseen for the things that are seen are transient but the things that are unseen are eternal verse 17 is the main argument it's the main because the main thing this light momentary affliction is doing something it's working for us an eternal weight of glory." [00:02:00]

"If you look at the fallenness of man coming at you with his guns or the the fallen nature coming at you with his tsunamis all you got to do is lose heart stop looking at that look at the unseen the guy said what what unseen you talking about and how do you look at something that's unseen that's a contradiction can't look at what you can't look at you said it's unseen stop telling me to see it." [00:02:34]

"Paul suffered until the sword severed his head from his body there was no year or two of fishing if if Paul was going to have a retirement it would be post beheading so if he didn't have this he had nothing he said if there's no resurrection from the dead I'm an idiot that's what he said first Corinthians 15." [00:03:47]

"He called his lifelong beatings and shipwreck and sleepless nights and agony for the church he called it momentary you see that there in verse 17 this light momentary he called it light and he called it momentary that's crazy that's not what you see you look at it 60 years 50 I'm not sure how old he was when he died long time 20 30 years of relentless imprisonments and persecution and he calls it momentary." [00:04:20]

"Not only is all your affliction momentary not only is all your affliction light in comparison to eternity and the glory there but all of it is totally meaningful now that is a very controversial statement because of how much insane suffering there is in the world every time something horrific happens an interviewer will say meaningless and that is what it looks like." [00:06:34]

"This text says our light momentary affliction is preparing for us and eternal weight it doesn't say will be followed by an eternal weight of glory that would be good enough that would be good enough that's not what it says caught air godzilla forgive the Greek I just love it gotta like dump it out every now and then you don't need to know that the word means produced prepare cause to bring about." [00:07:43]

"Every millisecond of your pain from the fallen nature or fallen man every millisecond of your misery in the path of obedience is producing a peculiar glory you will get because of that that's a very controversial statement and I believe it so that if anybody says to me that a believer's suffering was meaningless I'll I'll I'll be quiet probably because they're they're probably hurting really bad right now." [00:08:26]

"Therefore do not lose heart but take these truths all the ones you've heard in every message and day by day focus on them preach them to yourself every morning get alone with God and preach his word into your mind until your heart sings with confidence that you are new and cared for." [00:14:37]

"Come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest take my yoke upon you and learn from me from my yoke is easy and my burden is light you are kidding me you gotta die for Jesus you're gonna call that light yes why because I look to the unseen what glory glory be on the grave that's going to so make up for this brief life it will look momentary and it will look light that's the unseen you got to look at." [00:06:04]

"John's sitting there in the cell wondering how the kingdom is going to come and the door opens and two guys are standing there one with a sword this is a moment of silence doesn't know what's going on and the one with the sword says come over here and kneel down and if you struggle we'll bind you and Joseph what what what happened what what's going on and the executioner says king's daughter danced in the party and uh she asked for your head and we've come to get it we're going to take your head." [00:11:55]

"God in his mercy put into John's head in those 20 seconds this light momentary affliction is working for you an eternal weight of glory and so I I believe the main because for not losing heart in this text is that none of your suffering is meaningless it'll feel that way that's why verse 18 says don't look at what's seen I mean you just stand there watching that happen you just stand there watching that happen he's like you're gonna kill him he's doing his thing she just danced don't do that it's meaningless this is totally crazy this is a absurd novel this doesn't happen that's that's the way you talk right what you what your eyes are telling you is meaningless don't look to what is seen when your mom dies when your kid dies when you've got cancer at 40 when a car careens into the sidewalk and takes her out don't say it's meaningless it's not it's working for you an eternal weight of glory." [00:13:20]