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	\|'' Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. ... Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: <br> Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.'' (I Peter 4:19, 5:6-7) ''		\|'' Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. ... Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: <br> Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.'' (I Peter 4:19, 5:6-7) ''
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	*'''Revelation 21:4''' ''And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.''		*'''Revelation 21:4''' ''And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.''

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	William Braham often taught that suffering comes as a result of not following the will of God. He also taught that God punishes others for the mistakes of important people. His doctrine on suffering is very close to the doctrine of Job's friends.		William Braham often taught that suffering comes as a result of not following the will of God. He also taught that God punishes others for the mistakes of important people. His doctrine on suffering is very close to the doctrine of Job's friends.
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 '''If you read the book of Job or listen to Jesus' teachings, you will learn that suffering and sickness are not a sign of being out of the will of God.'''  Job's friends never fell ill, yet were entirely wrong.  Likewise, suffering is not a sign that people are being punished for their sins.  Rather, suffering is a sign of our insufficiency and mortality.  Suffering can be relieved by prayer, by wisdom, by the touch of a friend, and by the touch of God.  The instruction of the apostle Peter is for us to follow Jesus in his suffering, bringing glory to God when we bless those who persecute us.  Eventually, the love of God will eliminate suffering.
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	:''As a direct result of my failure to listen to God on matters so deeply important to us both and to the world in general, I went through the very fires of hell.'' (Roy Davis, October 1950, The Voice of Healing, Page 14).		:''As a direct result of my failure to listen to God on matters so deeply important to us both and to the world in general, I went through the very fires of hell.'' (Roy Davis, October 1950, The Voice of Healing, Page 14).

	If you read the book of Job or listen to Jesus' teachings, you will learn that suffering and sickness are not a sign of being out of the will of God. Job's friends never fell ill, yet were entirely wrong. Likewise, suffering is not a sign that people are being punished for their sins. Rather, suffering is a sign of our insufficiency and mortality. Suffering can be relieved by prayer, by wisdom, by the touch of a friend, and by the touch of God. The instruction of the apostle Peter is for us to follow Jesus in his suffering, bringing glory to God when we bless those who persecute us. Eventually, the love of God will eliminate suffering.		'''If you read the book of Job or listen to Jesus' teachings, you will learn that suffering and sickness are not a sign of being out of the will of God.''' Job's friends never fell ill, yet were entirely wrong. Likewise, suffering is not a sign that people are being punished for their sins. Rather, suffering is a sign of our insufficiency and mortality. Suffering can be relieved by prayer, by wisdom, by the touch of a friend, and by the touch of God. The instruction of the apostle Peter is for us to follow Jesus in his suffering, bringing glory to God when we bless those who persecute us. Eventually, the love of God will eliminate suffering.

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	:''As a direct result of my failure to listen to God on matters so deeply important to us both and to the world in general, I went through the very fires of hell.'' (Roy Davis, October 1950, The Voice of Healing, Page 14).		:''As a direct result of my failure to listen to God on matters so deeply important to us both and to the world in general, I went through the very fires of hell.'' (Roy Davis, October 1950, The Voice of Healing, Page 14).

	If you read the book of Job or listen to Jesus' teachings, you will learn that suffering and sickness are not a sign of being out of the will of God. Job's friends never fell ill, yet were entirely wrong. Likewise, suffering is not a sign that people are being punished for their sins. Rather, suffering is a sign of our insufficiency and mortality. Suffering can be ~~relived~~ by prayer, by wisdom, by ~~friendship~~, and by ~~many other means~~. The instruction of the apostle Peter is to follow Jesus in his suffering, bringing glory to God when we bless those who persecute us. Eventually, the love of God will eliminate suffering.		If you read the book of Job or listen to Jesus' teachings, you will learn that suffering and sickness are not a sign of being out of the will of God. Job's friends never fell ill, yet were entirely wrong. Likewise, suffering is not a sign that people are being punished for their sins. Rather, suffering is a sign of our insufficiency and mortality. Suffering can be relieved by prayer, by wisdom, by the touch of a friend, and by the touch of God. The instruction of the apostle Peter is for us to follow Jesus in his suffering, bringing glory to God when we bless those who persecute us. Eventually, the love of God will eliminate suffering.

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	:''As a direct result of my failure to listen to God on matters so deeply important to us both and to the world in general, I went through the very fires of hell.'' (Roy Davis, October 1950, The Voice of Healing, Page 14).		:''As a direct result of my failure to listen to God on matters so deeply important to us both and to the world in general, I went through the very fires of hell.'' (Roy Davis, October 1950, The Voice of Healing, Page 14).

	If you read the book of Job or listen to Jesus' teachings, you will learn that suffering and sickness are not a sign of being out of the will of God. ~~Suffering~~ is not a sign that people are being punished for their sins. Rather, suffering is a sign of our insufficiency and mortality. Suffering can be relived by prayer, by wisdom, by friendship, and by many other means. The instruction of the apostle Peter is to follow Jesus in his suffering, bringing glory to God when we bless those who persecute us. Eventually, the love of God will eliminate suffering.		If you read the book of Job or listen to Jesus' teachings, you will learn that suffering and sickness are not a sign of being out of the will of God. Job's friends never fell ill, yet were entirely wrong. Likewise, suffering is not a sign that people are being punished for their sins. Rather, suffering is a sign of our insufficiency and mortality. Suffering can be relived by prayer, by wisdom, by friendship, and by many other means. The instruction of the apostle Peter is to follow Jesus in his suffering, bringing glory to God when we bless those who persecute us. Eventually, the love of God will eliminate suffering.

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	:''and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.'' (Isaiah 61:2b,3)		:''and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.'' (Isaiah 61:2b,3)

	By closing the book, Jesus was telling the people that the "day of vengeance" and the "~~comfertor~~" were still to come. All of this restoration is for the glory of God.		By closing the book, Jesus was telling the people that the "day of vengeance" and the "comfortor" were still to come. All of this restoration is for the glory of God.


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	~~The following quotes are a very short sample of what [[~~William ~~Branham]] had to say about~~ suffering~~. For more~~ of ~~his teaching on this subject, it would be best to read his life story, which tells of his own sickness,~~ the ~~death~~ of ~~his wife and daughter, his search~~ for ~~truth, and his childhood as~~ the ~~son~~ of ~~an alcoholic~~.		William Braham often taught that suffering comes as a result of not following the will of God. He also taught that God punishes others for the mistakes of important people.

	~~'''Working together for God'''~~		:''And--and there, friends, is where my sorrows started. I listened to my mother-in-law in the stead of God. He was giving me the opportunity. And there this gift would've been manifested long time ago, if I'd just went ahead and done what God told me to do. But instead of that, I didn't want her to be angry, and I didn't want to hurt nobody's feelings. And so I just--just let it go like that. Just walked, I just said, "All right, we won't go." And right there, the sorrows started. Immediately after that, my father died. My brother was killed a few nights later from that. I almost lost my own... I lost my father, my brother, my wife, my baby, and my sister-in-law, and almost my own life within about six month's time. And just started going down. My church, pretty near everything went down, down, down. Hope taken sick. Just right after that, the 1937 flood come on.'' (Life Story, Phoenix, Arizona, April 15, 1951)
	:''~~Look at the world~~ in the ~~condition it's in: poor suffering humanity~~. ~~Help everybody you can~~. ~~Everything that helps is of~~ God. ~~Let~~'s ~~help;~~ let~~'s do everything we can and pray for men~~. ~~The thing to do~~, ~~brethren~~, ~~is get our arms together~~, ~~both medicine~~, ~~doctors~~, ~~hospitals~~, ~~nurses~~, ~~church~~, ~~and all together~~, and ~~put our faith~~ in ~~God~~ and ~~move forward. That~~'s ~~what we need~~. ~~God's~~ going ~~to ask us why we didn't do it some of these days~~.'' (~~WHY_ BLOOMINGTON.IL THURSDAY_ 61-0413~~)
			:'' I pulled some branches off the trees, walked back out there, where those ministers was standing. And threw it over their feet like that, and said, "THUS SAITH THE LORD, if we go down, even to Klarksdorf, you'll suffer the results. You got me here. I haven't even got money to pay my way back. You--you got me here, and I can't go back, 'cause I couldn't go back. He told me to ahead to Johannesburg. You got me sewed up here." I said, "You'll see, as Paul said one day, you should've listened to me." See?'' (July 13, 1952) ...''You see, when I was over there I disobeyed God and I picked up ameba.'' (June 9, 1953)

	~~'''The price for rejecting God's word'''~~
	:''~~Now~~, ~~then when Moses went~~ down to ~~deliver them~~, ~~why, they--they refused him, rejected him~~. ~~And it cost them forty years more suffering~~.'~~' (MOSES_COMMISSION HOUSTON_TX 01~~-10-~~50)~~

	:''~~God was~~ "~~Long-suffering~~, ~~not willing that any~~ should ~~perish, but that all might come~~ to ~~repentance~~." ~~{FOR_HIM_WILL_I_ACCEPT~~ ~~HAMMOND_IN 07-18-52~~)

			William Branham learned this doctrine from his first pastor, [[Roy Davis]], who wrote:

	''~~'Promise~~ of ~~freedom from a dying wife'''~~		:''As a direct result of my failure to listen to God on matters so deeply important to us both and to the world in general, I went through the very fires of hell.'' (Roy Davis, October 1950, The Voice of Healing, Page 14).
	~~:''I said, "Hope, Hope, honey." I said, "Speak~~ to ~~me once. Well, just speak one time, won't you." I was shaking her. Friends, if I will live a hundred years, I'll never forget what happened. Those two big brown eyes looked up at me. She was~~ so ~~weak she couldn't say nothing. She was smiling. She took her finger~~ and ~~she motioned. And I got down~~, ~~and she said, "Why did you call me, honey?" And~~ I ~~said, "Well, they~~.~~.." I said, "I don~~'~~t know." She said~~, ~~"Oh I--I was in another land." She said~~, ~~"It was so peaceful. I wasn't suffering." (LIFE_STORY LITTLE_ROCK_AR 02-00-50)~~


	~~'''Promise~~ of ~~freedom from sickness'''~~
	~~:''There's a real power of the Holy Spirit that delivers the sufferer from his suffering. …It will change a cancer-eaten person~~, when a lovely doctor has done all he could do and burnt with radium and x-ray and everything; it'll bring that person to normal health again'' (I_WAS_NOT_DISOBEDIENT_TO_THE_HEAVENLY_VISION ZION_IL 07-18-49)

	~~:''What if~~ the ~~express agent would come down~~ to ~~your house and say~~, ~~"How do~~ you ~~do,~~ are ~~you Miss John Doe?” “Yes.” “Well, I have something here for you." And you looked at it, it'd be~~ a ~~great big box full~~ of ~~rattlesnakes~~. ~~Well, what~~ a ~~present. There's your name tacked on them. "These~~ are ~~yours~~.~~" Are they? In one sense they're yours~~, ~~in another sense they're not~~. ~~Now~~, ~~you say~~, ~~"I don't want them.”~~		If you read the book of Job or listen to Jesus' teachings, you will learn that suffering and sickness are not a sign of being out of the will of God. Suffering is not a sign that people are being punished for their sins. Rather, suffering is a sign of our insufficiency and mortality. Suffering can be relived by prayer, by wisdom, by friendship, and by many other means. The instruction of the apostle Peter is to follow Jesus in his suffering, bringing glory to God when we bless those who persecute us. Eventually, the love of God will eliminate suffering.
	~~:''“Well~~, ~~they're yours; your name's on them~~.~~" Well, that's one way it's yours, but still it isn't yours till you sign for it.~~
	~~:''And if you don't sign for it, he will have to take it back. You might see all your symptoms,~~ the ~~devil says, "Here it~~ is~~; here's your cancer; here's your heart trouble; here's your crippled condition." Refuse~~ to ~~sign for anything the devil brings. He will have to take it back. Say~~, ~~"I refuse~~ to ~~have it~~. ~~I just won't have it, no~~, ~~sir." He will have to take it back in~~ the ~~Name~~ of ~~the Lord~~. If you believe it, and confess it, and say, "I've accept Jesus Christ as my Healer," there's no affliction or disease can stay on you. Stay right with it.'' (The Second Miracle, Erie, PA, 07-29-51 evening)

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	:''and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.'' (Isaiah 61:2b,3)		:''and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.'' (Isaiah 61:2b,3)

	By closing the book, Jesus was telling the people that the "day of vengeance" ~~was still to come,~~ and the ~~promise to~~ "~~comfort all that mourn~~" ~~was~~ still to come. ~~In otherwords, there would still be suffering on the earth until~~ the ~~Messiah declared that the "day of vengeance~~ of ~~our~~ God ~~was at hand"~~.		By closing the book, Jesus was telling the people that the "day of vengeance" and the "comfertor" were still to come. All of this restoration is for the glory of God.


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	*'''Revelation 21:4''' ''And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.''		*'''Revelation 21:4''' ''And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.''


	~~<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">The Infidel's Question</div>~~
	~~:''The old infidel has said, many times, “Why would a just God do a thing like that, and had all the suffering that's gone through the age?"''~~
	~~:''God didn't do that. Man did that, himself. God wasn't willing for him to do that.''~~
	~~:''"Well then, if God was omnipotent, why did He let it even happen? Why didn't He make man perfect?"''~~
	:''Because, in the beginning there was nothing but God. And in God was attributes, His attribute to be a Saviour. We know it's so. He is a Saviour, and that was in Him. And there was nothing lost, to be saved. In Him was attributes to be Father, and there was nothing He could father. In Him was attributes to be a healer. There was nothing lost, nothing sick. So the only thing He could do was make man on the basis of free moral agency, knowing that he would do it. God didn't do it, Himself. Man done it, himself.''
	:''And you're the same way this morning. You can accept Life or turn Life down. But God made man thus, that he'd... knowing he would do it, not willing that he should do it, but knowing he would do it, that it would display His attributes. So there's nothing out of time. Everything is ticking just exactly according to God's great timepiece. See? And this only displays His attributes, to select His children who really love Him and believe Him. And every man has an equal right.''
	:''God being infinite, knew from the beginning what would be and what wouldn't be. So therefore He wasn't willing that any... But being infinite He'd have to know. So, therefore, He could say that He would have a Church without spot or wrinkle, because He knew He would have it. He is God.''
	~~(CONFERENCES_ TUCSON.AZ SATURDAY_ 63-0608)~~

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Jesus began his ministry by reciting the following scripture from the prophet Isaiah:

:''The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,'' (Isaiah 61:1,2a)

Jesus said to the people listening: ''"This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears."'' This was a true saying, as Jesus ministry was to the meek, blind, brokenhearted, and captives.

However, Jesus closed the book of Isaiah before finishing the full prophecy of the Messiah. The part that Jesus omitted was as follows:

:''and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.'' (Isaiah 61:2b,3)

By closing the book, Jesus was telling the people that the "day of vengeance" was still to come, and the promise to "comfort all that mourn" was still to come. In otherwords, there would still be suffering on the earth until the Messiah declared that the "day of vengeance of our God was at hand".

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The reason for suffering is that the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God's one commandment. As a result, both they and their offspring were subject to a number of curses, abbreviated as follows:

#Both Adam and Eve, and each of their offspring, would be subject to death,
#Eve's sorrow would be multiplied, and she would be subject to childbearing, and
#Adam was cursed to a life of toil, and sorrow would accompany his labours.

But knowing the cause of universal suffering is like knowing that a shark ate your arm: something bad happened that you have no power to change, and you now have to deal with the consequences. If you do not deal with the consequences, it will jeopordize your life, and if you don't learn from what happened, you will probably make the same mistake again.

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The book of Job is probably the oldest book in the Bible, and it deals with the suffering of one man, Job, who lost his wealth, family, and health, and had all of his friends turn against him. At the end of the book, a young wise man named Elihu and God reveal to Job the folly of blaming God for his problems. If you have any of the same problems that Job had, it would be good for you to read his story.

Here is Elihu's secret:

:''The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life...Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. ... Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.'' (Job 33:4, 8-9, 12-13)

Elihu continues:

:''For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. ... What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? ... For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. ... Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.'' (Job 34:5,7,9-10, 18-19)

The Lord also answered Job, out of a whirlwind, and confirmed Elihu's preaching. God said:

:''Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. ... Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?'' (Job 40:2,8)

So, as far as suffering goes, we are subject to the law of death as a result of the decision of our forefathers. In justice, God could have condemned the whole human race to annihilation, or simply left us in our anguish. However, God, in His mercy and grace, sent His only Son Jesus Christ to suffer and die for our sins so that we might be reconciled to God. Because of this, suffering shouldn't matter to anyone that has accepted the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, as we have been promised a new body and life eternal.

Complaining about suffering, for a Christian, is like complaining about your job the day before your retirement.

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If a shark ate your arm, you should probably do two things: first, deal with the wound, and second, avoid shark infested waters. The same holds true with human suffering, first, we need to deal with the wound - if we are able, and second, we need to avoid the cause of the wound.

Humanity's wound was caused by disbelief in the Word of God, which is more commonly known as sin. On our own, we have no way to deal with the wound of sin. The only way to effectively deal with sin is to accept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ the Son of God. The Bible says that Christ is the firstfruits of the resurrection, and that the last enemy to be defeated is death (<KJVBible>I Corinthians 15:23-26</KJVBible>). So, God will defeat death in his own time, and until that time we must live like Abraham by believing God's promise is true even though we may see no physical evidence of the reward.

The only way to avoid sin in the future is to believe in the Word of God. Just as Jesus' death brought his resurrection, the scriptures invite you to die to the lusts of the flesh in order to live in righteousness. This is called the new birth - it is God living in you through His grace.

Like a seed, you need to die in good ground in order to bring forth life. That good ground is the Word of God. Die to yourself, surrounded by the Word of God, and your life will bring forth good fruit in the midst of a suffering generation. A seed has no part in becoming a tree - it simply dies. You have no part in becoming a new creation - just accept Jesus Christ in faith, and he will raise his own life inside you.

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''Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: '' (I Peter 2:21-25)
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After the "day of vengeance", there will be an end of suffering. Job's revelation mirrors the vision of heaven in the Book of Revelation. Job said: ''"For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:"'' (Job 19:25-26) The book of Revelation reads: ''"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."'' (Revelation 21:4)

The "day of vengeance" will either be a wonderful day, or it will be a terrible day - depending on who you are. If God has saved you, there is no doubt that it will be a day to remember.

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