a force more powerful than death

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A FORCEMOREPOWERFULTHAN DEATH


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What then shallwe say to these

things? If Godis for us, who is

against us?Romans 8:31


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He who did not spareHis own Son, butdelivered Him over

for us all, how willHe not also with

Him freely give usall things?Romans 8:32


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Who will bring acharge against

God's elect? Godis the one who justifies;

Romans 8:33


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who is the one who

condemns? ChristJesus is He who died,yes, rather who wasraised, who is at theright hand of God,

who also intercedesfor us.

Romans 8:34


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Who will separate us

from the love of Christ? Willtribulation, or distress,or persecution, or famine, or

nakedness, or peril,or sword?

Romans 8:35


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Just as it is written, "For Your sake we arebeing put to death all

day long; We wereconsidered as sheepto be slaughtered.

Romans 8:36


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For I am convinced

that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor

principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

Romans 8:38


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nor height, nor depth,

nor any other created thing, willbe able to separateus from the love of God, which is in

Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:39


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Somewheretoday the

world hasseen greattragedy.


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S ome terriblething has comeinto lives andtouched them ina way that willchange themforever.


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Four members of

my wifesextended family

has recently gonethrough such anevent.


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In an instantsomething sotragic happenedits effect willcontinue for years.


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Just after takingoff, their smallplane it crashed.


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O ne of their children died.


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T he second onewasunbelievablyburned.


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T he father who was

piloting the planehas had to have

major reconstructivesurgery to hisface. He too washorribly burned.


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A young woman

who was apassenger in the

plane also wasinjured terribly.


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T he life of a child

was over andthose who

survived willsuffer every dayfor the rest of their lives.


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In the daysfollowing

such eventswe ask hardquestions..


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M any saidprayers,


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for the onewho died,


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and for theones who

live on withunimaginablememories.


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Families andfriends,


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of the victimsalso know so

much pain.


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I am sure theyand everyone

who hasheard of itask Why?


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Today I feelsuch a desire

to comfort alltheir hearts.


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A nd to try and

touch others whowalk through

tragedy with thegrace that hashelped me inthose same times.


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I desire toanswer a few

importantquestions.


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I desire tohelp us know

how torespond.


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I desire tohelp us to

find Godsheart for allwho suffer.


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WHY?


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T he questionhas led many

to not believein God at all.


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We knowfrom the

Bible thatGod is allpowerful.


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A ndespecially

from the lifeof Jesus that

He is loving.


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But we alsoknow another

veryimportant

truth that weoften miss.


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He gave humanbeings thechance to choosefor or against Himin a real way that

affects even theinnocent.


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O ut of the ground the LordGod caused to growevery tree that ispleasing to the sight andgood for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the treeof the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:9


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T he Lord God

commanded theman, saying,

"From any tree of the garden youmay eat freely;

Genesis 2:16


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but from the tree of

the knowledge of good and evil you

shall not eat, for inthe day that youeat from it you willsurely die."

Genesis 2:17


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N ow the serpent was morecrafty than any beast of the field which the LordGod had made. A nd hesaid to the woman,"Indeed, has God said,'You shall not eat fromany tree of the garden'?"

Genesis 3:1


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T he woman saidto the serpent,"From the fruitof the trees of the garden we

may eat;Genesis 3:2


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but from the fruit of

the tree which is inthe middle of thegarden, God hassaid, 'You shall noteat from it or touch

it, or you will die.' "Genesis 3:3


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T he serpentsaid to the

woman, "Yousurely will

not die!Genesis 3:4


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"For God knows that

in the day you eatfrom it your eyeswill be opened, andyou will be like God,knowing good and

evil.Genesis 3:5


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When the woman saw thatthe tree was good for food,and that it was a delight tothe eyes, and that the treewas desirable to make onewise, she took from its fruitand ate; and she gave alsoto her husband with her,and he ate.

Genesis 3:6


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T hen the eyes of both

of them were opened,and they knew thatthey were naked; andthey sewed fig leavestogether and made

themselves loincoverings.Genesis 3:7


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T hey heard the sound of

the Lord God walking inthe garden in the coolof the day, and the man

and his wife hidthemselves from thepresence of the LordGod among the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:8


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T hen the LordGod called tothe man, andsaid to him,"Where are

you?Genesis 3:9


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He said, "I heard the

sound of You in thegarden, and I was

afraid because I wasnaked; so I hidmyself."

Genesis 3:10


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T he result of that

first rejection of Godwas all human pain

and suffering. We allsuffer as a resultour forebearschoice to not followGods plan.


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N ot just those who

themselves rejectHim suffer.

Everyone whose lifethey touch or growsout of them, thoughcompletely innocentsuffer as well.


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O ne look at the life

of Jesus tells us it isso. His pain and

suffering wascompletely as aresult of the wrongdoing of others.


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A nother example is in

cases of violencevictims often suffer

even more than theone hurting them.


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To try and understand

this it is extremelyimportant to

remember that Godgave human beingsauthority over all theworks of His hands.


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T hen God said, "Let Usmake man in O ur image,according to O ur likeness;and let them rule over thefish of the sea and over the birds of the sky andover the cattle and over allthe earth, and over everycreeping thing that creepson the earth."

Genesis 1:26


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What is man that You takethought of him,A nd the son of man that You

care for him?Psalm 8:4


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Yet You havemade him a littlelower than God,A nd You crownhim with glory

and majesty!Psalm 8:5


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You make him torule over theworks of Your

hands; You haveput all things

under his feet,Psalm 8:6


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God gave therule over the

earth tohuman

beings.


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A nd Hecannot lie.


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in the hope of eternal

life, which God,who cannot lie,who cannot lie,promised long ages

ago,T itus 1:2


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so that by two

unchangeable things inwhich it is impossible for God to lie, we who have

taken refuge would havestrong encouragement totake hold of the hope set

before us.Hebrews 6:18


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With these twounderstandingsof God and

people we canbegin to answer

to the why of painand suffering.


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T hey are a direct

consequence of living in a world no

longer under Godswill which resultedin the loss of Hispower andprotection.


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A ll pain andsuffering is aresult of sin.

S in is rejecting

Gods plan for our lives.


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Evil exists becauseGod desired andcontinues to

desire for humanbeings to freely

choose and loveHim.


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Evil is the act andthe fruit of rejecting God inthe human heart.


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Pain andsuffering for even innocentpeople are theconsequencesof doing so.


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He cannotstopthem.


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Except throughthe ones hegave the

authority of theworld to.


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Us.


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God did not decidelast month that achild would dieand four otherswould suffer soextremely in aplane crash.


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God dideverythingpossible tostop it.


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and still befaithful toHis Word.


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T he event came as a

result of the chaosthat fills our world

since humans firststepped outside of Gods plan for them.


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T he crashdid nothave God

as its placeof origin.


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Had A dam andEve followed

God notragedy would

have ever happened.


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Pain andsufferings real

source beganbefore humans

were ever created.


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In the heart of S atan.


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"You were the anointedcherub who covers, A nd Iplaced you there. You wereon the holy mountain of God; You walked in themidst of the stones of fire.15 "You were blameless inyour ways From the dayyou were created Untilunrighteousness wasfound in you.

Ezekiel 28:14


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A nd that evilmoved fromS

atan into thehearts of

humansbeings.


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Every tragedy since

the dawn of timebegan as a result of satans pride andthe choices peoplehave made to followhim.


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A ll pain andsuffering wasborn from aheart thatchoose its ownwisdom above

Gods


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What is Gods answer in the face of tragedy?


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T he onlyanswer I have

found issurrender to

Jesus.


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In the face of themost terriblethings life canbring he cancomfort us.


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In some cases he doesmiracles to removethe pain.

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It has been myobservation inmost cases hehelps us bear it.


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In all cases he

wants us to giveour pain to Him

by helping otherswho have walked

down a similar road.


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If we let our hearts be filledwith Gods lovefor us we canface the worst.


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T his is the message of Jesus.


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T his is the hopethat wecelebrate as weconsider hisdeath on thecross.

H fill d


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He was so filled

with faith in Godhis Father that hechoose to followHis plan throughunimaginable painon the cross.

H fill d


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He was so filled

with hope of a lifebeyond the gravethat he choose tosuffer death for everyone that hasever lived.

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He was so filledwith the loveof God that heforgave thosewho werekilling him.

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We may not findall the answersto why tragedieshappen in our lives.

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But we are sure of onething.

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K nowing that

Jesus cares aboutour situation will

help us walkthrough them.

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T he greatesthope andcomfort is thatno tragedy isthe end of thestory.

P i d ff i ill


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Pain and suffering willnot have the lastword.

D h l h


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D eath can only harmtemporarily.


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A power greater than pain andsufferingbelongs toJesus.

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A power greater thandeath belongs toJesus.

L h


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Love has amightyadvocate thatwill bevictorious inthe end.

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Behold, I tellyou a mystery;we will not allsleep, but wewill all bechanged,

1 Corinthians 15:51

in a moment in the


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in a moment, in the

twinkling of an eye,at the last trumpet;for the trumpet willsound, and the deadwill be raisedimperishable, andwe will be changed.

1 Corinthians 15:52

For this perishable


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For this perishable

must put on theimperishable, and

this mortal mustput on

immortality.1 Corinthians 15:53

But when this perishable


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But when this perishablewill have put on theimperishable, and thismortal will have put on

immortality, then willcome about the sayingthat is written, " D eath

is swallowed up invictory.

1 Corinthians 15:54


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In M emory of M yles Cavner

a force more powerful than death

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