Ephesians Week 8 - I Am Afflicted

3. I AM AFFLICTED

4. I AM AFFLICTED

5. EPHESIANS 3:1-13
1 For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner
for Christ Jesus on behalf of you
Gentiles-- 2 assuming that you have
heard of the stewardship of God's
grace that was given to me for you, 3
how the mystery was made known to
me by revelation, as I have written
briefly.

6. EPHESIANS 3:1-13
4 When you read this, you can
perceive my insight into the mystery
of Christ, 5 which was not made
known to the sons of men in other
generations as it has now been
revealed to His holy apostles and
prophets by the Spirit.

7. EPHESIANS 3:1-13
6 This mystery is that the Gentiles are
fellow heirs, members of the same
body, and partakers of the promise in
Christ Jesus through the gospel. 7 Of
this gospel I was made a minister
according to the gift of God's grace,
which was given me by the working of
His power.

8. EPHESIANS 3:1-13
8 To me, though I am the very least of
all the saints, this grace was given, to
preach to the Gentiles the
unsearchable riches of Christ, 9 and
to bring to light for everyone what is
the plan of the mystery hidden for
ages in God who created all things,

9. EPHESIANS 3:1-13
10 so that through the church the
manifold wisdom of God might now be
made known to the rulers and
authorities in the heavenly places. 11
This was according to the eternal
purpose that He has realized in Christ
Jesus our Lord,

10. EPHESIANS 3:1-13
12 in whom we have boldness and
access with confidence through our
faith in Him. 13 So I ask you not to
lose heart over what I am suffering for
you, which is your glory.

11. WE ARE AFFLICTED.

12. TWO THINGS ARE
TRUE OF YOU AND
ME:

13. 1. We will cause other
people to be afflicted.

14. 2. Other people will
cause us to be afflicted.

15. MGA HALIMBAWA NG MGA
RELIHIYON NA ANG KALIGTASAN AY
AYON SA GAWA:
EXAMPLE IS PAUL.

16. Paul caused affliction for others.
Paul was afflicted as a “prisoner”.

17. The Bible is filled with affliction.
There are 150 Psalms; one-third of
them are laments.

18. All of the Old Testament prophets
have laments in them, where
they’re just crying out to God and
they’re hurting.

19. The Bible is very honest that
suffering is real and it comes to
God’s people.

20. Contrast to some false teaching
today:
“ If you really love Jesus, you
won’t suffer.”

21. Jesus suffered the most.
He suffered horrifically.
He suffered unjustly.
He suffered righteously.

22. GOOD NEWS:
Jesus will bring all suffering
to an end.

23. FOURTEEN KINDS OF
SUFFERING:

24. 1. ADAMIC
AFFLICTION

25. ROMANS 5:12
12 Therefore, just as sin came into
the world through one man, and
death through sin, and so death
spread to all men because all sinned.

26. 2. PUNISHMENT
AFFLICTION

27. MATTHEW 13:41-42
41 The Son of Man will send His
angels, and they will gather out of His
Kingdom all causes of sin and all law-
breakers, 42 and throw them into the
fiery furnace. In that place there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.

28. 3. CONSEQUENTIAL
AFFLICTION

29. GALATIANS 6:7-8
7 Do not be deceived: God is not
mocked, for whatever one sows, that
will he also reap. 8 For the one who
sows to his own flesh will from the
flesh reap corruption, but the one who
sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit
reap eternal life.

30. 4. DEMONIC
AFFLICTION

31. 1 SAMUEL 16:14
14 Now the Spirit of the LORD
departed from Saul, and an evil spirit
from the LORD tormented him.

32. 5. VICTIM
AFFLICTION

33. ZECHARIAH 7:9-10
9 Thus says the LORD of hosts,
“Render true judgments, show
kindness and mercy to one another, 10
do not oppress the widow, the
fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor,
and let none of you devise evil against
another in your heart."

34. 6. COLLECTIVE
AFFLICTION

35. EXODUS 1:13-14
13 So they ruthlessly made the people
of Israel work as slaves 14 and made
their lives bitter with hard service, in
mortar and brick, and in all kinds of
work in the field. In all their work they
ruthlessly made them work as slaves.

36. 7. DISCIPLINARY
AFFLICTION

37. HEBREWS 12:11
11 For the moment all discipline seems
painful rather than pleasant, but later it
yields the peaceful fruit of
righteousness to those who have been
trained by it.

38. 8. VICARIOUS
AFFLICTION

39. MATTHEW 5:10
10 Blessed are they who have been
persecuted for righteousness sake!
For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

40. 9. EMPATHETIC
AFFLICTION

41. 1 THESSALONIANS 3:7
7 For this reason, brothers, in all our
distress and affliction we have been
comforted about you through your
faith.

42. 10. TESTIMONIAL
AFFLICTION

43. MARK 13:9
9 "But be on your guard. For they will
deliver you over to councils, and you
will be beaten in synagogues, and you
will stand before governors and kings
for My sake, to bear witness before
them.”

44. 11. PROVIDENTIAL
AFFLICTION

45. ACTS 7:59
59 And as they were stoning Stephen,
he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my
spirit."

46. 12. PREVENTATIVE
AFFLICTION

47. PSALM 119:71
71 It is good for me that I was afflicted,
that I might learn your statutes.

48. 13. MYSTERIOUS
AFFLICTION

49. JOB 13:24
24 Why do you hide your face and
count me as your enemy?

50. 14. APOCALYPTIC
AFFLICTION

51. REVELATION 16:1
1 Then I heard a loud voice from the
temple telling the seven angels, "Go
and pour out on the earth the seven
bowls of the wrath of God."

52. “Know how to respond when
you suffer and when people
suffer.”

53. Three things that
Paul wants to teach
us in our affliction
and suffering:

54. 1. We are afflicted for
others’ good.

55. 2 TIMOTHY 4:5
5 As for you, always be sober-minded,
endure suffering, do the work of an
evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

56. 2. Afflicted for your
growth

57. ROMANS 5:3
3 More than that, we rejoice in our
sufferings, knowing that suffering
produces endurance.

58. 3. Afflicted for God’s
glory

59. EPHESIANS 3:13
13 So I ask you not to lose heart over
what I am suffering for you, which is
your glory.