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Lesson OneSuffering Comes With The Freedom To Choose5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoSuffering Reveals What Is In Our Hearts5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeSuffering Takes Us To The Edge Of Eternity5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourGod Can Turn Suffering Around For Our Good5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FivePain Can Warn Us Of Danger5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixIn Times Of Crisis We Find One Another5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenSuffering Gives Opportunity To Trust God5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightPain Loosens Our Grip On This Life5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineGod Suffers With Us In Our Suffering5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenGod's Comfort Is Greater Than Our Suffering5 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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Douglas Geivett said, “A great deal of responsibility for suffering or for evil generally in the world today is rooted in how we exercise the freedom we have.” What are evidences you have seen of the connection between the freedom to choose and human suffering?
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This evidence is displayed in people’s lives daily. The adulterer that chooses to have an affair exercises their free will and has to deal with the consequences and suffering as a result of breaking up the family. People are making choices daily that result to their own suffering.
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This is a difficult question to answer, as it puts the responsibility right back on us. We are given the ability to decide, for instance, how we spend our time, and what we make a priority. That personal decision not only impacts us, but the people around us. And it can lead us, or them down the wrong path.
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Looking back over my life, my many weaknesses (and powerlessness) have led me to make bad choices. This is a tough question for me. I’ve needed support, strength and guidance.
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The first thing that comes to my mind is abortion. Giving a woman the choice to choose life or death for her child. The choice to end a life, especially the life of an unborn child, clearly goes against what God wants and desires for us.
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All human suffering is the result of disobedience to God. Satan is a constant liar and has plagued mankind completely thru our ignorance and inactivity to learn and share the Truth with succeeding generations. Mankind cannot direct him own steps without making grevious choices. Combine ignorance of Gods Truth and the self-centeredness of mankind and take a look at the World and I can see the final product: This World.
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In response to Dr. Paul Brand’s statement, would you exchange your freedom to choose in order to enjoy freedom from pain?
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From someone who lives in pain 24/7/365 – absolutely! I am often heard saying I cannot wait until the Lord calls me home so I can have my new body.
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Susan Sawyer: If we had no freedom to choose, a different sort of pain would be experienced – in the form of frustration or desire to rebel, similar to a child who is told not to do something.
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I love the freedom of choice and I wouldn’t give it away because that pain makes me who I am
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No. I value my freedom of choice and I understand that even though I don’t like suffering, that that is the cost of my freedom.
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If we are following God’s will, then we would not be in suffering and if we chose direct obedience. I also think that by exchanging our freedom,we don’t fully understand the depth of God’s love. We couldn’t appreciate Heaven without Earth and some suffering. I think ultimately our human nature wants freedom. We crave choice and freedom. I believe I would choose to be free even if that comes with suffering.
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Ravi Zacharias said, “Love cannot be brought about by robotic coercion; it has to be done by freedom of will.” Do you agree or disagree? Why?
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