WE MUST ENDURE
A. 2 WORDS IN THE PASSAGE.
1. "Blessed" - "Happy, endowed with good fortune."
2. "Endure" - "hupo-meno, to bear patiently, to endure."
Webster: "to bear up under, stand firm against; to put up with, tolerate, to
suffer without yielding, to hold out."
B. CHRISTIANS ARE BLESSED IF THEY ENDURE.
A. TO FAIL TO ENDURE IS TO SIN( James 1:13-15 ).
B. ENDURING STRENGTHENS US( 1:2-4 )
C. GREAT REWARD( 1:12 ).
A. NOT ALL, BUT SOME SUFFERING IS SELF-INFLICTED.
B. ALL CAN BE LEARNED FROM, SOME IS CORRECTIVE.
C. THE DESIRED RESULT( vs. 10-11 ).
D. OUR ATTITUDE( vs. 12-13 ).
A. SOME SUFFER FOR DOING RIGHT( 1 Pet. 2:20; 4:12-16 ).
B. WE MUST HAVE THE RIGHT ATTITUDE( 2 Tim. 1:8, 12,; 4:5 ).
C. GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN( Matt. 5:10-12 ).
A. THE WORD IS A 2-EDGED SWORD( Eph. 6:17 ).
B. SOMETIMES IT CUTS( John 16:8 ).
C. IT WILL EITHER SAVE OR CONDEMN.
A. REMEMBER JESUS( Heb. 12:1-2 ).
B. PRAY( Phil. 4:6-7 ).
C. TRUST HIS PROMISE( 2 Tim. 2:8-13 ).
A. ALL WILL BE TRIED.
B. Rev. 3:20