Arming Yourself for Suffering
Arming Yourself for Suffering (1 Pet. 4:1-2)
What did the Holy Spirit show you from this passage?
Why is remembering Christ's sacrifice every day (not just once a month during Communion) important for fighting sin and facing suffering?
What did you learn about the importance of arming yourself-- not just knowing or believing truth, but arming yourself with truth?
What are ways you can arm yourself every day with God's truth?
How can meditation on scripture be like trying to start a fire with a magnifying glass? What should you do to the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ to set your heart on fire?
What should you arm yourself with?
Why is the phrase "for he has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin" (1) not referring to reaching a state of sinless perfection?
How can picturing Christ's suffering for you, help you resist sin?
Why would John Owen say to take your sin to Mount Calvary, not Mount Sinai?