Why Does Jesus Allow the Good, the Innocent, the Godly to Suffer? Oh Abba!!!! I hurt! My heart is breaking!

My loved one is suffering so much! Are You there? Do You care? *Why the Suffering of the Innocent In This World? *If Jesus really compassionately and kindly loves me, why does He let me and min e suffer so? *Why does Jesus let me suffer interracially/interethnically? *Why does Jesus let me suffer when I follow His lead into a controversial & unpo pular marriage? *Why did Jesus let me suffer so much loss/grief? *I've prayed so why am I still su ffering? *Why did Jesus let me get my STD? *Why did He let them imprison me and what am I supposed to do here? *Why did Jesus let them separate me from my family, lea ving them to suffer alone? The Bible Gives 25 Reasons Why God Lets His Children, His Disciples and The Inno cent Suffer in This Life. COPYRIGHT JANUARY 14, 1996; Revised 10/10/08; 01/14/10; 08/09/10; 03/16/11; 8/1/1 1; 2/25/12 By L. Tyler, http://biblicalmarriagepolygyny.yuku.com/topic/130#.T0qlQhyPZwc; http://biblicalmarriagepolygyny.yuku.com/forums/66; http://www.scribd.com/Elkanah21stCent; http://groups.google.com/group/polygamous _friends_of_tyler; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/polygynousfriendsofTyler/; www. facebook.com/ronnie.l.tyler San Diego, CA 91976 All rights reserved.This file, in its entirety, may be posted on or copied off of computer networks like Internet or WWW by anyone so incline d as long as it is not changed. CONTENTS: [1.] I have found 25 reasons explaining why Jesus allows His own to suffer [2.] A Letter to a Suffering Friend about Suffering [3.] The 25 Reasons Jesus Allows His Own to Suffer [4.] How Should Jesus' Disciples Act Towards Those Who Make Them Suffer? [5.] WARNING! SUFFERING AHEAD! World suffering will rise to a whole new level [6] Why Would Jesus Let America Suffer? >>>>>>>>>>[1.] 25 reasons explaining why Jesus allows suffering<<<<<<<<<< I have found 25 reasons, from the Bible, that Jesus allows the innocent and the godly to suffer in this world and in this life. They are found below in this fil e. Please read on. First, a letter to a friend about suffering: >>>>>>>>>>[2.] A Letter to a Suffering Friend about Suffering<<<<<<<<<<. Dear Friend, In the last two thirds of this document I list 23 reasons the Bible gives for th e suffering experienced in this world. But before we get to them, we must deal w ith the One we feel is responsible for the suffering in this world. The God who t he Most High God in our universe characterizes Himself as Father and Love, the L ove described in 1 Cor 13. That means the One who has allowed your suffering, th e suffering you are concerned about, the One who controls the extent of the suff ering, is One who is characterized by longsuffering, patience, kindness; who is free of envy, evil jealousy, vain boasting, vainglory, haughtiness, conceit, evi l pride, rudeness, and selfishness. He is not touchy or fretful or resentful; doe s not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and trut h prevail, and bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, hopes under all circumstances, endures ever ything [without weakening], and never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. He has promised that He will work all things together for t he good of those who obediently love Him and are called according to [His] desig n and purpose. Any suffering He allows His children to endure is under His contr

ol for the good of His Children. According to Eph. 1:11 everything is under His control because He works EVERYTHI NG according to His own will. The world is never out of control. Even though Satan is allowed to be ruler of this world, and he and his demonic angels work and wi ll in people to do the evil they want to do, the book of Job shows us that Satan can't do anything to God's people without God's permission. You may ask, "Why do es Jesus let Satan do evil things and work in people to do evil?" How would you f eel if your mom said not to taste the desert she just made, and you tried to dis obey her but every time you tried you couldn't move? How would you feel if your bu ddy hit you too hard, and every time you tried to hit her back, you froze? How wo uld you feel if some little kid cussed you out, trash talked you and ridiculed y ou in public in front of your best friends, and ever time you tried to say somet hing hard back or do something to the kid you froze? How would you feel if someon e you thought was your friend ruined your best coat and then stole money out of your wallet, thinking you wouldn't see, and you tried to get even but when you t ried to do something to your buddy, you became paralyzed? You wouldn't like that kind of world, where you couldn't do the bad things you w ant to do. You would feel like a prisoner, or like you were tied up. Jesus made t his world so you could choose to not do His will, and choose to do the bad thing s you want to do, or if you wanted to, you could choose to obey Jesus because yo u Love Him. This world is made so that you can choose between doing the good and doing the evil, because He doesn't want robots or slaves. He wants people to cho ose Him because they Love Him. In the meantime, dads will choose to do evil to t heir daughters, Hitler chose to have killed 20 million people, Stalin chose to h ave killed 30 million and Mao chose to have killed over 50 million. American moth ers have chosen to kill by abortion over 40 million babies since 1960. The beauty is that He has promised that every human being who comes into the world will be enlightened by Jesus before they die (Jn 1:9), even if they haven't been born y et. So everyone has a chance to choose Jesus before they die. He gives us all th e opportunity to choose (John 16:7-11). Dear friend, please remember the point about 1 Cor. 10:13*, He doesn't allow you to be tried more than you can bear, because you are stronger, have a better und erstanding of spiritual warfare and a deeper faith, the trials will be greater-but never more than you can bear. Consider the trials of John the Baptist and al l the apostles except John. They all died violent deaths at the hands of those w ho hate them, but never more than they could bear. [1 Cor. 10: 12 So let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has taken you but [wh at is] common to man; but God [is] faithful, who will not allow you to be tempte d above what you are able, but with the temptation also will make a way to escap e, so that you may be able to bear [it].] An exercise is no exercise if it doesn't challenge you at the point where you hav e to strain and go aerobic, sometimes painfully. The same with "spiritual" muscl es, the trial has to produce stress, strain and even pain for you to become stro nger, more capable, more useful and fruitful. The fruitful vine looks terrible w hen it is pruned, and it would feel terrible if it could feel, but because it is pruned it has the potential of being more fruitful, and I know you want more fr uit of the Spirit in your life. I know that you want to compassionately cherish God and others even more than you do now, and that's how you get there. This life is boot camp and a war, which, thank God, is shortened for our sakes. Our resurr ected life with Jesus Christ is worth the struggle. All of our experiences in th is mortal life can be used of God to prepare us to help, comfort, teach, encoura ge, edify etc others better when we are given the opportunity to be his delegate d agents on earth as he rules from Jerusalem in fulfillment of His promises to K ing David. To rule the earth with Him enthroned in Jerusalem for a 1000 years (R ev. 20: 2-7), to walk around as His agents enabled to raise the dead, open the e yes of the blind, to bind up the broken limbs and hearts, to counsel the broken hearted with wisdom inspired of God, to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to

free the captives, to teach in power the lost how they can be found etc etc etc etc. I can hardly wait! If you have suffered maritally, please consider attending a Christian divorce/gr ief recovery support group. You are still deeply grieving inside over your ex an d those "saints" that so deeply and carnally broke your heart. I know that I des perately needed and greatly benefited from the free one I attended at Del Cerro So. Bapt. Church. It was critical in my recovery and in my readiness to be heale d and in my learning how and where I needed to grow, to forgive my ex, and to pr epare my heart for my next. Many churches and ministries have free support group s that are usually extremely helpful. Please call around for times and places an d pray about attending and let the Lord minister to you through the saints. But why does He allow us to suffer, to grieve so deeply and have hearts so broken th an you can feel the pain throughout your chest, so depressed that it seems a str uggle to survive, grief so deep that you never know what will cause the tears to flow next? Here are some that I have become aware of and they are all for our g ood. Please consider them and, in each, ask if its goal was accomplished in your life. We know how the Most High Father let Jesus' body be tortured to death to die in o ur place for our sins, because of our sins, so that He could be both Just in puni shing sin, and Merciful in offering us forgiveness on the basis of relying on Je sus substitutionary and sacrificial death for us. The Spirit tells us that Jesus suffered much for us in His human body so that He would learn, like we have to, that it is best to obey (Heb 5:8,9). God, The Father, the Consuming Fire, the Most High God sent His only Son born of woman to bear our death penalty, allowing Him to suffer terribly. For about 19 hours the Father allowed His Son to be falsely accused, unjustly tried, verbally abused, physically abused, spit upon, beaten, slapped, punched, slugged, tied u p, led away as a prisoner, imprisoned, mocked, ridiculed, flogged Roman style wi th a whip made of leather strips embedded with pieces of bone or metal that brut ally tore His flesh, and stripped in public (Mat 26:6-27:31). His hands and feet were nailed to a cross and for about three to six hours He was hung on a cross publicly to die a slow and exceedingly painful death, every second filled with m isery suffering (Mat 27). ***1 Peter 2:19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one e ndures grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what credit is it if, when you are be aten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. 21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you sho uld follow His steps: 22 Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, bu t committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righte ousnessby whose stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. NKJV ***Heb 9: 26 . . . "But now He has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, fo r the removal of sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And just as it is appointed for people to die onceand after this, judgment 28 so also the Messiah, having be en offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him. HCSB All of the Apostles except John died violent deaths at the hands of persecutors, and they tried to kill John but he was miraculously spared to write Revelation. The Most High Father allowed Paul to suffer terribly and Jesus gave him part of the reason, to save him from pride (2 Cor 12), teaching Him that He makes His st rength perfect in our weakness, so that the credit and glory goes to the right p erson, to Jesus who was living in Paul and in lives in all His children. Jesus al lowed Paul to suffer in - - - - "imprisonments, [beaten] with countless stripes, and frequently [at the point of] death. 24 Five times I received from [the hand

s of] the Jews forty [lashes all] but one; 25 Three times I have been beaten wit h rods; once I was stoned. Three times I have been aboard a ship wrecked at sea; a [whole] night and a day I have spent [adrift] on the deep; 26 Many times on j ourneys, [exposed to] perils from rivers, perils from bandits, perils from [my o wn] nation, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the desert p laces, perils in the sea, perils from those posing as believers [but destitute o f Christian knowledge and piety]; 27 In toil and hardship, watching often [throu gh sleepless nights], in hunger and thirst, frequently driven to fasting by want , in cold and exposure and lack of clothing." 2 Cor 11 Jesus and the apostles made it clear that significant suffering lies in the path of anyone who becomes a child of God by faith in Jesus Christ alone to be saved from the power, presence and penalty of sin. ***" Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. "(2 Timothy 3:11-13) ***Luke 6:22 "Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Mans sake. . . . 21:17 "And you will be hated by all for My names sake." ***John 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, b ut I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." So how have the children of God suffered in the past according to the Bible and Fox s Book of Martyrs? Is it like their suffering today? ***Heb 11: . . . 24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaohs daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the pe ople of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, 26 esteeming the reproac h of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the rew ard. 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he end ured as seeing Him who is invisible. . . . (NKJV) Others were tortured, not accep ting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trial of mockings and severely painful whippings, yes, and of chains and imp risonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute , afflicted, tormented 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in dese rts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And all these, having obta ined a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, 40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart fro m us. . . . 13 All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but havi ng seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. 14 For those who say such things m ake it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. 15 And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has p repared a city for them. NASB ***Does not He weep over our strayings, our failures that hurt ourselves, our lo ved ones, His other children; He who wept over the straying sheep of Jerusalem? ***Does not He grieve for us in our great loss and suffering , He Who wept when He saw Mary and Martha weeping over Lazarus suffering and death? ***Does not He feel our grief and sense our loss, He Who in the midst of horrifi c suffering and pain was so deeply moved to compassion for Mary when He saw her great grief and broken heart as she helplessly watched Him suffer and die, that He gave her the comfort of a son in His beloved John? ***Does not He feel and sense our grief, our loss, our hurt, our anguish; He Who is our great High Priest who having suffered as we in His mortal body can now b e touched and compassionately empathize with us in our pain, grief, loss, hurt a nd anguish? ***He who loved and welcomed the little children, who invites us to come to Him

as little children, who holds us in that safe and wonderful place that is the pa lm of His nail scared hand, will He not welcome us to come running to Him crying and weeping and greiving blindly in our tears so that He can hold us close and c omfort us with His great Comforter? ***Will He not welcome us in our need and hurt; He who welcomed the leper, the o utcast, the rejected, the lonely, the lost and the desperate? ***Will not He compassionately care for and cherish us when we are belittled, st umbled, tripped, grieved, offended, shamed and spiritually weakened; He who FEEL S AND KNOWS PROFOUNDLY when one of His is belittled, stumbled, tripped, grieved, offended, weakened (1 Cor 11+Rm14)--- SO MUCH SO THAT INASMUCH AS IT WAS DONE T O ONE OF HIS IT WAS DONE TO HIM? ***Will not He welcome, understand and accept our grief, our tears, our heartach es, our regrets, our grieving over our condition, our grieving over our past; ev en as He welcomed, accepted and honored Mary s tears with which she washed His f eet? ***Will He not BE THERE FOR US in our hurt, our loss, our grief, our helplessnes s in the face of our tragedy; even as He was there for the father of the Talitha girl, there for the widow who had lost her son, and there for the Centurion and his servant? ***HE IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ***Oh how much He loves us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ***THOUGH WEEPING I PRAISE HIM!!!!!!!! ***THOUGH HEART BROKEN AND WEEPING I PRAISE AND THANK HIM!!!!!! ***THOUGH CRUSHED AND BROKEN UNDER THE WEIGHT OF MY TRIALS, I WORSHIP HIM!!!!!!! !! ***THOUGH DYING, HURTING, ACHING, GROANING, I POUR OUT MY HEART IN WORSHIP AN D THANKSGIVING TO HIM WHO LOVES AND LOVED ME AND MINE SO VERY MUCH, SO MUCH MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE UNIVERSE CAN!!!!!!!!!! EVEN SO COME LORD JESUS!!! ***OH HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, OUR IMMANUEL, YOU ARE WITH US, YOU ARE OUR GOD WITH US AND WE ARE SAFE IN YOUR HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ***ALL PRAISE, GLORY, HONOR, MAJESTY, POWER, THANKSGIVING, WORSHIP, MIGHT AND AW E TO THE FATHER AND TO THE LAMB WHO WAS SLAIN FOR US! AMEN AND SELAH! Why then does He allow us to suffer, to grieve so deeply and have hearts so brok en than you can feel the pain throughout your chest, so depressed that it seems a struggle to survive, grief so deep that you feel that you will never stop griev ing? Here are 25 reasons that I have become aware of and they are all for our good. P lease consider them and, in each, ask if its goal was accomplished in your life. >>>>>>>[3.] 25 Reasons Jesus Allows His Own to Suffer<<<<<<<< ------IF IT WAS NECESSARY & INEVITABLE FOR JESUS, THE APOSTLES, INCLUDING PAUL, T O SUFFER IN THIS EVIL WORLD, HOW CAN WE SURPRISED IF WE TOO SUFFER IN OUR BODIES IN OUR LIVES? Below are 25 reasons given for why Jesus lets us suffer in this w orld today. JESUS HAS ALLOWED US TO SUFFER, BE GRIEVED, BE HURT, BE WOUNDED - - +++REASON #1. So that we can know that we belong to Christ. If the world hated Hi m, it will hate us too----if we live like He wants us to live. ***[2 Tim 3:11 . . . What persecutions I endured! But the Lord delivered me out of all. 12 Yea, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer pe rsecution. . . . If Jesus let Paul and the other Apostles suffer and endure hard persecution, sho uldn t we realize that we may be called to experience the same? Do you understan d what Paul said when he said that the Lord delivered him out of them all, keepi

ng His promise in 1 Cor 10:13. If you believe that God does not lie, then you ha ve the promise that if you desire to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus YOU WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION. ***1 Pet. 2: 19 For this [is an undeserved gift of loving kindness] , if for con science [toward] God anyone endures grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glo ry [is it] if you patiently endure [while] sinning and being buffeted? But if yo u suffer [while] doing good, and patiently endure, this [is an undeserved gift o f loving kindness] from God. 21 For were you not called to this? For Christ also suffered on our behalf, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps , . . . Do you realize that when you were called to Jesus by the Father, you were called to follow the footsteps of Christ in His undeserved suffering at the hand of th ose who hated Him because of His kind Love, enlightening Light, liberating Truth and everlasting Life? Satan and his demons will work and will in people (Ephes 2:1,2) to harm and hurt you in every way that Father permits (Ephes 1:11), for j ust like with Job, the evil ones cannot do anything to you unless Father permits it, for your good and growth and His glory. His glory? Yes, His Glory. Think of your favorite sport and how you cheer on and cheer for your team when they do we ll. Do you realize that you are being watched, that there is rejoicing when you do well in and for Jesus, and that those watching you are learning about the gre at wisdom of Father? *** Heb 12: 1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, we should lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnare s us, and we should run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. NKJV ***Ephes 3:9 and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which fr om the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things throu gh Jesus Christ; 10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be m ade known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, 11 according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our L ord, . . . Did you get that? In ou are surrounded by lities and powers in multifaceted wisdom r life, specifically n of you for obeying your suffering persecution for obeying and serving Jesus, y so great a cloud of unseen "witnesses", including "principa the heavenly places" who are learning about the amazing and of God by what they are seeing Father do in and through you how He delivers you through and out of society s persecutio and serving Jesus.

Now you may have a hard time accepting the fact that such suffering for Christ i s "an undeserved gift of loving kindness", of Grace. I hope you know that Father has rewards for His children that serve Him well, and some of those rewards are greater opportunities to serve Him doing great good during Jesus thousand year rule on earth (Rev 20:6; 2 Tim 2:12). The undeserved gift is that by serving Hi m well and bringing Him glory in your suffering of persecution, you will be rewa rded with responsibility and opportunities to do great things in and for Jesus du ring His 1000 year reign on earth from Jerusalem (Isaiah chapters 40 & 55 & 60; Jer 23:3-8; chapter 30; Ezek 34:22-31; 37:22-28; Amos 9:11-15). Remember when Je sus talked about mountain moving faith? Well it will happen during that 1000 year s (Isa 41:15; Ezek 38:20). ***Mat. 13: 20 But that which was sown on the stony places is this: he who hears the Word and immediately receives it with joy. 21 But he has no root in himself , and is temporary. For when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately stumbles. 22 And that sown into the thorns is this: he who hears the word; and the anxiety of this world, and the deceit of riches, choke

the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 23 But that sown on the good ground is this : "he who hears the Word and understands; who also bears fruit and produces" one truly a hundredfold; and one sixty; and one thirty.] Look at the whole text. The good ground people are made fruitful by His seed and Spirit, even though they experience tribulation and persecution on account of t he Word; even though they resist and overcome the anxieties of this world and th e deceitfulness of riches. The good soil people endure it all until they are in the presence of their King Jesus, safe with Jesus finally and forever. >>>>>>>>>>The other 24 reasons can be found in the Files section of this group o r at http://biblicalmarriagepolygyny.yuku.com/topic/130#.T0qiaRyPZwc +++REASON #2. So that all of the Host in Heaven, all the angels, cherubim and se raphim; so that all the evil powers, evil principalities, evil rulers of darknes s and the spiritual hosts of wickedness; and so that all saints of all time may know the MAJESTY AND WONDER OF HIS GREAT LOVE FOR HIS OWN, THAT JESUS IS SALVATI ON, THE SAVIOR WHO IS ALL SUFFICIENT TO SAVE, PRESERVE, DELIVER, SHEPHERD AND CO MFORT FAITHFULLY HIS OWN WHO LOVE AND SERVE HIM, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM AND THEIR LOVED ONES. The suffering is allowed to show this all-surpassing Love and Power of the Most High God, the "manifold wisdom of God," the knowledge of th e glorious Love of God in the person, Life and work of Christ. Almighty God, our Father in Heaven Loves the unseen spirit beings and visible human beings so muc h that He wants them to learn as much as is possible about Him and His beloved S on, Jesus. It s almost like a loving father doing many things to help his belove d child get to know and understand him better so that there could be a greater b redth and depth to the Love they share. When His chidren suffer in this world an d let Him work and will in them and through their suffering, then His working, w illing and shepherding of them through the suffering reveals the "manifold wisdo m of God" and the wonder of His great Love for His children in the Messiah, Jesu s our Lord. We learn how much He Loves us by the Way He Loves us, how He is fait hful to not allow us to be tested or disciplined under scrutiny above what we ar e enabled by His Spirit to bear, but with the testing by adversity also will mak e a way to for us to be delivered from/through the trial - even if necessary by death, so that we may be able to bear it for our good and His glory. (1 Cor 10:1 3; Phil 2:13; 4:13; Heb 13:20,21). ***John 21:This He spoke, signifying by what death he [Peter] would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, Follow Me. ***Eph 3:8 To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, t o announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ, 9 and to enlighten all with the knowledge of what is the administration and fellowship of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things through Jesus Christ, 10 in order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavens might be made known through the assembly the all-var ious and manifold wisdom of God, 11 according to the eternal purpose of the ages , which He accomplished in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord, . . . . ***2 Cor 4:7 But we have this Treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-sur passing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus sake, so that His Life may be revealed in our mortal body. *** Heb 12: 1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, we should lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnare s us, and we should run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. NKJV ***John 11: 1 A man named Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, became sick. Bethany wa s the village of Mary and her sister Martha.. 2 It was Mary who anointed the Lor

d with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent a message to Him: "Lord, the one You love is sick." 4 When Jesus heard it, he said, "The final result of this sickness will not be the deat h of Lazarus; this has happened in order to bring glory to God, and it will be t he means by which the Son of God will receive glory." . . . 13 However, Jesus spo ke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in slee p. 14 So Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,15 but for your sake I am glad that I was not with him, so that you will believe. Let us go to him." . . . 40 J esus said to her, "Didn t I tell you that you would see God s glory if you believ ed?41 So they removed the stone. Jesus looked up and said, " I thank you, Father, that you listen to me.42 I know that you always listen to me, but I say this fo r the sake of the people here, so that they will believe that You sent me." +++REASON #3. So that evil doers will not come to God just to escape from Hell a nd suffering in this life. He wants sinners to come to Him because they love Him who first loved them, not because they forgot to join the Noah s Ark Club and d on t want to drown. The promise that all who live godly in Christ Jesus is often enough to scare away the superficial and shallow pretenders. He allows evil to happen to His own children, to separate the wheat from the chaff and so that we may find out if our faith is real, or just froth. Noah s flood Genesis 6 + Rev. 21:27 ***[Mat. 13: 20 But that which was sown on the stony places is this: he who hear s the Word and immediately receives it with joy. 21 But he has no root in himsel f, and is temporary. For when tribulation or persecution arises on account of th e word, he immediately stumbles. ***1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time. And just as you have heard t hat antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have risen up, from which we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of u s; for if they were of us, they would have continued with us. But [they went out ] so that it might be revealed that they were not all of us. +++REASON #4. So that we wont miss (be homesick, want to look/go back like Lot s wife did) this world s social-economic-political system when we are in Heaven o r ruling with Christ on earth. To love the world s social, political, and econom ic systems is to be God s enemy. He wants us to be so burned out, disillusioned, disappointed and alienated by the by the social systems of this world, by our fa ith in people, that we won t look back or wish to go back to them. ***[1 John 2:15 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone lo ves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, 16 because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of li fe, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but he who does the will of God abides forever.; ***Heb. 11: 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but ha ving seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of [them] and embraced [them] a nd confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they who say such things declare plainly that they seek a fatherland. 15 And truly, if t hey had been mindful of that [country] from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 16 But now they stretch forth to a better [fa therland], that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called th eir God, for He has prepared a city for them.] ***Lk 9:62 But Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and look s back is fit for the kingdom of God." +++REASON #5. So that we can know how and why to choose between the good and the evil. We don t seem to be so inclined to do evil if we know it is going to hurt , and hurt us specifically. ***[Deut. 30:15 Behold! I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil, 16 in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, so that y ou may live and multiply. And the LORD your God shall bless you in the land wher

e you go to possess it. 17 But if you turn away your heart, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away and worship other gods [self, money, sex etc.] an d serve them, 18 I declare to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong [your] days on the land where you pass over Jordan to go to possess it. 19 I call Heaven and earth to record today against you. I have set before yo u life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your seed may live, 20 so that you may love the LORD your God, . . +++REASON #6. Because of our own sins. Our Father Loves us enough to discipline us. Our Shepherd King Loves us sheep enough to use His rod on us when we need it to see His way. ***1 Cor. 5: 1 Everywhere [it is] reported [that there is] fornication among you , and such fornication as is not named among the nations, so as one to [sexually ] have [his] father s wife. 2 And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned , so that he who has done this deed may be taken from your midst. 3 For as being absent in body but present in spirit, I indeed have judged already [as though I were] present [concerning] him who worked out this thing; 4 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, with my spirit; also, with th e power of our Lord Jesus Christ; 5 to deliver such a one to Satan for the destr uction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesu s. ***1 Cor. 11: 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of [that] brea d and drink of that cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks unworthily eats and drink s condemnation to himself, not discerning the Lord s body. 30 For this cause man y among you [are] weak and sickly, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ours elves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by [t he] Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. ***Hebrews 12: 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as t o children, "My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked by Him; 6 for whom the Lord loves He chastens, and He scourges every son whom He receives." 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with s ons, for what son is he whom the father does not chasten? 8 But if you are witho ut chastisement, of which all are partakers, then you are bastards and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spi rits and live? 10 For truly they chastened [us] for a few days according to thei r own pleasure, but He for our profit, that [we] might be partakers of His holin ess. 11 Now chastening for the present does not seem to be joyous, but grievous. Nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who are exercised by it. +++REASON #7. To cause us to learn to be humble, to keep us from thinking better of ourselves than is correct or appropriate. ***[ 2 Cor. 12 For I will speak the truth. But I spare, lest anyone should think of me as [being] beyond what he see s me, or hears of me; 7 and by the surpassing revelations, lest I not be made ha ughty, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be made haughty. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord three times, that i t might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may overshadow me. 10 Therefore I am pleased in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in distress es for Christ s sake; for when I am weak, then I am powerful. +++REASON #8. To cau tion us against being arrogant or having ignorant presumption in prayer, and to exhibit to us His all-sufficiency in all the affairs of our personal lives. If y ou think there is some part of your life that you can handle without God s help, and you are His child, it wont be long before He lets things happen in that are a of your life that will bring you to your knees in prayer. ***[Rom 5:3 And not only [this], but we glory in afflictions also, knowing that afflictions work out patience, 4 and patience [works out] experience, and experi ence [works out] hope. 5 And hope does not make [us] ashamed, because the love o f God has been poured out in our hearts through [the] Holy Spirit given to us. 2

Cor.12: 7-10 SEE ABOVE] +++REASON #9. To help and enable us to learn and acquire patience, experience and hope in the compassionate cherishing of God in the mids t of trials and suffering. SEE Rom. 5:3,4 ABOVE +++REASON #10. Because of His Na me- Because of His Truth - Because of His Life - Because of the shining Light of His Truth, because it is an honor to be counted worthy of His sufferings if God permits. ***[Acts 5:40 And calling the apostles, beating [them], they commanded not to sp eak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 Then indeed they departed from [th e] presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be sham ed for His name. ***Rom 8: 17 And if we are children, then we are heirs; heirs of God and joint-he irs with Christ; so that if we suffer with [Him], we may also be glorified toget her. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [ to be compared] with the coming glory to be revealed in us. +++REASON #11. So that we may have the honor of being glorified together with Him who suffered so great ly at the hands of this world s social system. [ SEE Rom. 8:17 ABOVE] +++REASON #12. So that we may be perfected, completed, and matured spiritually i n our lives in Christ. ***[Heb. 2: 9 But we see Jesus, who [was] made a little lower than the angels fo r the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He by [the] grace o f God should taste death for every [son]. 10 For it became Him, for whom [are] a ll things and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons into glory, to per fect the Captain of their salvation through sufferings. ***1 Pet. 5: 10 But the G od of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you h ave suffered a little, [He] will perfect, confirm, s SCIBD can t let me upload the rest apparently, so if you want the rest, go to ht tp://biblicalmarriagepolygyny.yuku.com/topic/130#.T0qlQhyPZwc;