Unstuck Sermon Series Part I, Dealing With Affliction

2.  Afflict: to distress so severely as to cause
persistent suffering or anguish
 Affliction: the cause of persistent pain or
distress
 Afflicted: having such distress put upon you so
that one experiences persistent pain, anguish
and suffering

3.  Matthew 24:6-9
 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars:
see that ye be not troubled: for all these things
must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and
pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All
these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall
they deliver you up to be af flicted, and shall kill
you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my
name's sake.

4.  More of God’s Word
 Ps 119:71 “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I
might learn thy statutes.”
 Understanding God’s Faithfulness
 Ps 119:75 “I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and
that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.”
 Consolation & Salvation of Others
 2 Cor 1:6 “And whether we be afflicted, it is for your
consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of
the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be
comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.”
 More Prayer
 James 5:13 “Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any
merry? let him sing psalms.”

5.  The Destination (12)
 Philippi (lover of horses) @ Macedonia (extended
land)
 Rev 19:11 “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a
white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful
and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make
war.”
 The place Jesus had anointed to receive His Word
 It is in the place where God has anointed us to be in
which we are afflicted.

6.  The Distraction (16-17)
 The Deliverance (18)
 The Dilemma (19-24)
 Paul & Silas
 Dragged (19)
 Wrongfully Accused (20-21)
 Beaten (22-23) &
 Jailed (23-24)

7.  Don’t Abandon Your Worship:
1. Don’t Get Weary (25a)
a) Gal 6:9 “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in
due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
b) Ps 30:5 “…weeping may endure for a night, but joy
cometh in the morning.”
2. New Level Worship (25)
3. Increase Your Witness (25b)

8.  Don’t Abandon the Work
1. Rescue (27-28)
a) The Jailer from Suicide
2. Revival(29-33)
a) The Jailer & his household saved
3. Restoration (34)
a) Paul & Silas cleaned up, the Jailer’s family baptized

9.  Don’t Abandon the World
1. The Community
2. Christ Our Ultimate Example

10.  Job
 The Woman With the Issue of Blood
 The Blind Man
 The Lame Man
 Lazarus

11.  2 Cor 4:17 “For our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory;”
 Rom 8:16-18 “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children,
then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so
be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this
present time are not worthy to be compared with the
glory which shall be revealed in us.”