Lesson 5. How do You Lolve Your Personal Pain? (1Pet. 5:7-11)

everybody has his/her own share of personal pain. However, by God's principle of creation man was originally created to enjoy a life of true eternal happiness. Since the moment man sinned and was separated from God, mankind fell into suffering. God does not desire the believers to suffer. How will you solve this problem?

1. When did the suffering of mankind begin and when will it end?
(1) Gen. 3:1-6, 16-20
(2) Lk. 16:16-31

2. Why did it begin?
(1) Gen. 3:1-6
(2) Jn, 8:44
(3) Eph. 2:1-2
(4) Acts 10:38

3. How was it resolved
(1) 1Jn 3:8
(2) Jn. 14:6
(3) 1Pet. 3:18

4. What happened to your suffering?
(1) Is. 53:5-6
(2) Mt. 8:15-17
(3) This suffering is no longer your own, because you have received Jesus and have become God's child.

5. How can you start a new life from now on?
(1) 1Pet. 5:7
(2) Gal 2:20
(3) Jn. 2:1-11