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Apostle’s Creed Study. Suffered under Pontius Pilate, died, was buried; he descended to the dead. Journal Question. Based on your conversations with your parents… Or just on your thoughts right now… What do you believe about the suffering of Jesus?. Little Miss Sunshine.
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Apostle’s Creed Study Suffered under Pontius Pilate, died, was buried; he descended to the dead.
Journal Question • Based on your conversations with your parents… • Or just on your thoughts right now… • What do you believe about the suffering of Jesus?
Little Miss Sunshine • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErAWjE3glXQ • “French writer. Total loser. Never had a job. Unrequited love-affairs. Gay. Spent 20 years writing a book almost no one reads. But he's probably the greatest writer since Shakespeare. Anyway, he gets down to the end of his life, and he looks back and decides that all those years he suffered, Those were the best years of his life, 'cause they made him who he was. All those years he was happy? You know, total waste. Didn't learn a thing. So, if you sleep. Think of the suffering you're gonna miss.”
Discussion What is suffering? (And why do we do it?)
What does the Bible say? • Matthew 16:24-26 • 24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
What does the Bible say? • 1 Peter 3:18 • 18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit…
Journaling • One way in which I already suffer for what I believe is… • One way in which I compromise my beliefs is… • One way in which my hardships help me to love people is…