Sermon notes

How do you live with hope in a hopelessly broken world?

Hope is an expectation or desire for the future built upon someone or something.

Psalm 102

God forever reigns over all, even when our world is hopelessly broken.

Five primary reasons why we experience suffering in this world:

• We live in a fallen world.
• Our own sin.
• Someone else’s sin.
• The enemy.
• God’s discipline.

God is faithful to us even when we are not faithful to him.

From “Real Life Theology”:

• If we never suffered, we would not hate evil.
• If we never suffered, we would never appreciate goodness.
• If we never suffered, we would never need God.
• If we never suffered, we would never hope for heaven.
• If we never suffered, we would never grow.

How will God us this suffering for good and his glory?

God remains, even after this world ends.