True Grit

Christian Suffering | Sunday, October 20, 2024

Grit

A person of endurance & perseverance. Patience under duress.
Never quit at the site of danger or opposition. Exhibits courage in the face of fear.

Doesn’t back down from a spiritual battle.

Endures hardship as a good solider of Jesus.

Acts 14:21-22 (NKJV)

We enter the kingdom with opposition.

• –  Matthew 11:12
• –  John 16:38
• –  2 Timothy 3:12
• –  Matthew 5:10

  3 Areas of Christian Suffering

  1. Jesus as a substitute
  a. Our sins & God’s wrath.

o Galatians 3:13
o 2 Corinthians 5:21

b. Our sickness and disease o Isaiah 53
o Matthew 8:17
o 1 Peter 2:24

c. Our poverty
o 2 Corinthians 8:9 o 3 John 1:2

2. Sowing and reaping

• –  Galatians 6:7-10 (NKJV)
• –  Bad choices (ours and others)

o Romans 13:10 3. Jesus as our example

• –  1 Peter 2:18-23 (NKJV)
• –  Persecution
• –  Rejection
• –  False Accusations

  Romans 8:16-18 (NKJV)