Facing Affliction with Persevering Hope

Speaker: Larry Vincent
Series: Special [2026]
Date: January 18, 2026
Bible: Psalm 116:1-10; John 11:45-57

The Mental and Emotional State of Christ
How He Endured this Opposition
Christ's Means of Keeping Himself
Christ Rested Himself in these things
Why we suffer

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The sermon centers on the necessity of spiritual endurance in the midst of suffering, drawing from Psalm 116 and the context of Jesus' opposition in John 11 to illustrate how believers are called to endure tribulation as Christ did.

It emphasizes that this life is inherently hard, marked by the Great Tribulation, and that worldliness often manifests not in overt sin but in the deceptive belief that life should be easy—contrary to Scripture's teaching.

The core of the message is that believers must renew their minds by trusting in God's covenantal faithfulness, rehearsing His perfections—grace, righteousness, mercy, and preservation—especially in times of distress.

Christ's example of prayer, suffering, and reliance on the Father, even in His humanity, becomes the model for believers: to cry out in faith, meditate on God's character, and walk in the land of the living with the hope of resurrection.

Ultimately, the believer's strength lies not in self-effort but in the imputed righteousness of Christ, the sustaining power of the Holy Spirit, and the assurance that, like Christ, they will be delivered and exalted by God's eternal purposes. https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/1...