Sermon
Why Does God Allow So Much Suffering?
Cross Church
Speaker: Nick Floyd
August 15, 2022 · 40 min
Summary
John 11 presents Jesus responding to the death of Lazarus by redirecting Martha from seeking relief to seeking relationship with Christ himself. The sermon argues that suffering, though rooted in human sin and brokenness, becomes the pathway through which God attunes our ears to his voice and draws us into deeper intimacy with him.
Highlights
In our pain, Jesus is pained. In our suffering, he feels the sufferings as his own, even though it isn't. His is a love that cannot be held back when he sees his people in pain.
Suffering attunes our ears to the voice of God like nothing else in our life. Suffering has a way of getting us desperate for God.
The answer for your suffering is the Lord Jesus and him personally. That's what it's all about.