"He who laughs last laughs best." Or, "All's well that ends well." We have a number of old, "trite and true" sayings to remind us that it is in fact not the journey, but the destination, that's all-important. Today we'll conclude our series of questions, called I Wonder. And at least some of them have been questions for God, or challenges to Him. How does He defend the suffering and injustice that we have to live in? The Bible is the only place for answers to these questions, and especially that book at the back that tells us about the End. Here's Pastor Jim to complete his sermon, The Final Satisfaction.

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Jesus could say, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" but we cannot. On His cross the Son of God suffered alone, except for a few friends who couldn't be of much comfort. We on our crosses may feel like we're alone - and the Enemy will try to intensify that feeling - but God is with us. We've asked some tough questions in this series, I Wonder. Some of the toughest have to do with human pain, and what it means to have a God who allows that to continue - for now. Jim will address the ultimate answer today. Here's Part 1 of The Final Satisfaction.

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If we seek the pain-free path, we'll be on the wrong road! No normal person likes pain, and our generation has become highly skilled at avoiding any kind of discomfort. Christians can rationalize our love of the soft life as "God's will to bless us." But God's will includes a cross. We've been talking specifically about Doing Good and Suffering For It. What happens when we "don't return evil for evil, but give a blessing instead?" Jim will give us some encouraging answers to that question.

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You keep putting good out into the world, and evil keeps coming back. But it's nothing compared to the experience of Jesus. If anyone could have been disheartened and angry because His help was repaid with hate and malice, it was Christ. He could heal a man and be accused of lawbreaking; He could reveal deep truth and be called a blasphemer. Yet He continued to love His enemies. And that's our Example. Here's Jim in 1 Peter with more of the sermon, Doing Good and Suffering for It.

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In our upside-down world, doing good is a punishable offense. I hope someone warned you that walking with Jesus would make you a target. Because that's what we all signed up for. As long as the world lies in the power of the Evil One, he will bring consequences on those who dare tell the truth, or resist him in any way. The question is, how will we respond when we suffer for Christ? Will we choose to respond like Jesus? Here's the first part of a sermon Jim calls, Doing Good, and Suffering For It.

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God cries, "Oh, that they would consider their latter end!" When we ponder the prosperity of the wicked, as the psalmist Asaph did, we're tempted to forget that we're not seeing the end of the story. This opera isn't over yet - the plump lady is still backstage doing her vocal warmups. Jesus illustrated the truth that it's not the score at halftime that counts, using the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Which would you rather be? Don't answer too quickly. Jim's in Luke 16.

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It's not always the cream that rises to the top! In recent days we've acknowledged that life is unfair. And we've thought about some of the reasons why bad things happen to good people. But what about when good things are continually showered on bad people? The dross, the dregs of humanity are sometimes the "rich and famous" - and powerful. The devil wants us to believe that serving God is pointless. So let's listen instead to the truth, as Jim talks about The Unfairness of That Which is Fair.

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Light affliction; heavy glory. Actually, Paul's formulation in 2 Corinthians is "momentary, light affliction" balanced against an "eternal weight of glory" - something to remember when those troubles don't feel so light. Are Christians crazy for looking at suffering this way, or are we just able to put our pain in perspective? Can it really be true that it will all be worth it - and much more than worth it - on the other side? Here's Pastor Jim with the conclusion of his sermon, The Unfair Advantage.

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Undeserved suffering is unfair, we agree. But what if it's unfair in a good way? Last week we began to think about the ancient and universal human question, "Why do the innocent suffer?" Or, to point the finger at our Creator: "Why does God allow unjust pain in this world?" We got some inspiring answers from Job, but today we turn to the New Testament, and another expert on the many dimensions of unjust suffering - Paul. Here's Jim with Part 1 of The Unfair Advantage.

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Why do bad things happen to good people? We learn in the Bible that "There is none righteous, no, not one," and, "No one is good except God alone." Yet there is a sense in which we can talk about "good" human beings. The Lord praised Job as "blameless and upright, fearing God and turning away from evil." And Job's book is where we go when we want to learn about suffering that's not directly related to sin. You'll be glad you came back for Part 2 of Why is Life so Unfair?

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