SFA-21_1528-How to Suffer and Stay Out of the Pig Poo: Bitterness, Love and Forgiveness
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Pastor Peter J. Peters delivers a sermon titled How to Suffer and Stay Out of the Pig Poo. It follows up his previous Sunday's lesson on suffering from 1 Peter 4. He opens with the story, which he credits to Guideposts magazine, of gospel singer Tony Dorsey, whose wife and newborn son died in 1932 and who then wrote Take My Hand, Precious Lord. Peters uses it to argue that suffering can bring depth. He then recounts a Monday morning phone call from a man whose marriage and family had been torn apart, and he presents the root of bitterness in Hebrews 12 as the poison that defiles families.Peters sets out instructions for suffering. Believers should arm themselves with Christ's purpose, pray not to enter temptation as Jesus did in Gethsemane, and rejoice in sharing Christ's sufferings. They should entrust their souls to God by doing right and remember that pain does not last forever. Above all, they should keep fervent in love. He shares how he turned from God as a boy after his dog died, and he describes higher levels of suffering, love and forgiveness. These include loving one's enemies as God loved sinners and forgiving those who know full well what they are doing.In the final part Peters links bitterness to end-time traits he finds in Matthew 24, 2 Peter and 1 Timothy 4: love growing cold, divorce, demonic deception and following one's own lusts. He argues that bitter people turn to alcohol, overeating, drugs and immorality to dull their pain, citing Esau's sold birthright. He rejects modern language of sex and relationship addiction as excuses, likening a return to sin to a dog returning to its vomit and a sow to the mire. The tape opens with Scriptures for America Worldwide station announcements and a funding appeal from Peters for the broadcasting network.Resources mentioned in this episode:Scriptures for America Worldwide: https://www.scripturesforamerica.orgScriptures for America Worldwide Broadcasting Network (sfawbn.com)Guideposts magazineTake My Hand, Precious Lord (song)Rejoice Always (sermon by Peter J. Peters)The Heart of the Matter (sermon series by Peter J. Peters)1 Peter 4:1: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+4%3A1&version=KJV1 Peter 4:7-8: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+4%3A7-8&version=KJV1 Peter 4:12-13: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+4%3A12-13&version=KJV1 Peter 4:19: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+4%3A19&version=KJV1 Peter 5:10: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+5%3A10&version=KJV1 Peter 2:19-21: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+2%3A19-21&version=KJVHebrews 12:15-16: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+12%3A15-16&version=KJVJames 5:13: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+5%3A13&version=KJVJames 5:10-11: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+5%3A10-11&version=KJVLuke 22:40-46: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+22%3A40-46&version=KJVMatthew 24:10-13: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24%3A10-13&version=KJVMatthew 24:37-38: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24%3A37-38&version=KJV1 Corinthians 13:4-7: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+13%3A4-7&version=KJV2 Peter 3:1-3: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+3%3A1-3&version=KJV2 Peter 2:14-22: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+2%3A14-22&version=KJVRomans 5:8-10: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+5%3A8-10&version=KJVRomans 1:24: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A24&version=KJVMatthew 18:22-35: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+18%3A22-35&version=KJVProverbs 31:6: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+31%3A6&version=KJV1 Timothy 4:1-3: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+4%3A1-3&version=KJVRevelation 22:15: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A15&version=KJV
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