SUFFERING
(See also Adversity; Comfort; Evil; Pain; Persecution; Trials)
abolition: g20.2 14-15; wp18.3 13; wp17.1 16; g 1/15 15; w14 7/1 7; w13 9/1 6-7; w12 7/1 7-8; fg 11; g 7/11 8-9; w09 12/1 3-8; w07 5/15 21-25; w03 1/1 6; w03 7/15 32; wt 69; w01 5/15 7-8; w99 9/15 6-7; ct 176-181, 183; w97 2/15 6-7; w94 11/1 3-4, 7; w92 9/15 7; g90 10/8 10-13; rs 395-396; g87 10/8 7-9; g86 9/22 7
steps Jehovah has taken: w10 5/1 4-7; g 11/06 7-8
attitude toward suffering: wt 66-69; si 252-253
suffering of others: w99 9/15 3-7; w97 4/1 3-4
when due to views thereafter changed: w98 8/15 17
avoiding: rs 395
beginning: ijwfq article 44; g16.2 5; w07 8/15 27-28; w03 1/1 4-5
benefiting from: w07 8/15 28-31; w87 2/15 22-25
contributing factors: g21.1 10-11; g20.2 8-9, 11; wp18.3 12; g17.3 6; w14 7/1 4-5; w13 9/1 4-5; nwt 19; g 7/11 4-5, 7; w07 1/15 22; w03 9/1 9-10; w99 9/15 5-6; ct 169-175; w97 5/15 6-7; w92 9/15 5-6; rs 393-395
community websites: g 9/07 21
not previous life: g20.2 10; w14 7/1 6; w01 5/1 20-23; ct 166-168
courage in face of: w15 2/15 12
discussion: lmd Appendix A page 29; lff lesson 26; g20.2 4-15; wp18.3 10-13; g 1/15 14-15; w13 9/1 3-7; g 7/11 3-9; g 12/08 8; w07 8/15 27-31
enduring: it-1 649, 773; w07 6/1 11; g04 3/22 14; w03 1/1 6-7; w87 2/15 22-25; g87 10/8 8-9; w86 3/1 17-19
compensation for: g86 2/22 11
Jehovah’s help: w14 4/15 30-31; w10 11/15 17-19; w09 3/1 15; w97 7/1 12-13; w92 2/1 32
Job’s example: w11 1/15 29; w06 8/15 20-29
Peter’s counsel: it-2 622-623
experiences:
girl with questions about suffering: w03 5/1 20
husband a stroke victim: w09 6/15 13
series of tragic losses: wp18.1 6, 8, 11, 13
teacher with questions about suffering (video Never Give Up Hope!): ijwcl article 31
therapist wonders if God is cruel: yb17 80-81
video I’m Not on My Own Anymore: lff lesson 26
failure of human efforts to end: g20.2 14; w99 9/15 4-5
God not at fault: ijwbq article 20; g20.2 6-7, 12-13; wp17.1 16; bhs 117-118, 122; g 1/15 14; w14 6/1 2; bh 107-109; nwt 18; g 7/11 4; w07 5/15 22-23; w07 8/15 27-28; w03 9/1 11-12; ct 165-181, 183; kl 71-72, 77; w92 9/15 4-5; rs 393-396
God not insensitive to human: lff lesson 26; bhs 11-12; g 1/15 15; w13 7/1 14-15; g 7/11 6-7; w09 12/1 4-5; w94 11/1 4
Jehovah:
over death of Jesus: cl 231-234; w09 9/15 28-29
Jehovah’s servants: w25.05 30; g 7/11 4; w97 7/1 8-13
Jesus Christ: w21.04 16-17
benefits: w07 8/15 28-29; w91 2/15 14-15
“learned obedience from” (Heb 5:8): w25.09 32; cf 56-57; w09 5/15 11; w07 2/15 26-27; w06 6/1 13
model for Christians (1Pe 2:21): cf 74-75; w08 11/15 21; w07 12/1 29-30; w96 2/15 28
teachings about suffering: w12 11/1 9
not disproof of God’s existence: g 10/15 4; w97 10/1 3-4, 7-8; rs 146-147
not evidence of God’s disapproval: w11 5/15 20; w97 7/1 12
not evidence of God’s indifference: w03 10/1 3-4, 6-7; w02 10/1 3-4
not meritorious in itself: w04 11/1 14
not proof of wrongdoing: g 1/09 28-29; ct 172-175; w92 9/15 3-4; rs 398-399
not punishment from God: wp18.3 10-11
prevalence: w13 9/1 3; w01 5/15 3-4; w99 9/15 4; ct 165; w97 2/15 3
children: g05 9/8 29
role of Satan: ijwbq article 21; lff lesson 26; wp18.3 12; bhs 117; bh 108; w03 9/1 9; ct 171-175; w97 10/1 7-8
view of various religions: g20.2 4-5
whether self-inflicted suffering pleases God: g 3/11 10-11; g95 3/8 10-11
hair shirt: w06 8/1 32
why permitted: lff lesson 26; w15 9/1 14-15; bhs 116-123; g 3/15 4; w14 1/1 8-10; bh 106-114; w12 7/1 6-7; w12 11/1 8-9; fg 16-17; w11 5/1 16-17; ph 24-25, 27-28; w09 2/1 8; w09 12/1 6; w08 2/1 27; w06 5/1 11-12; g 11/06 3-9; g04 3/22 12-14; w03 1/1 3-7; w03 5/1 3, 5-6; w03 9/1 10-12; g03 6/22 13; w02 10/1 5-7; w01 5/15 4-8; dg 12-17; w99 11/15 4-5; g99 2/8 4-6; ct 173-176; w97 2/15 4-6; g96 10/22 18-20; kl 70-79; w94 11/1 4-7; pr 22-25; wi 16-17; w91 10/1 3-7; g90 10/8 3-9; rs 393-400; g87 10/8 2-9; w86 3/1 11-12, 16-18; tp 43-54; Lmn 15-16; g86 2/22 8-11
clergy view: w07 5/15 25; g 11/06 3-4; w03 1/1 4; w97 2/15 4; g90 10/8 4-5; g87 10/8 4-6
compensation for: g90 10/8 13
experience of man who learned reason: g 10/15 4-5; w06 5/1 8-13
explaining: w07 5/15 21-25
form of discipline: w89 12/15 13-14
godly people: w92 9/15 6-7
good people: g20.2 10-11; w14 7/1 3-6; w92 9/15 3-7
lessons from: w25.07 16-17
no injustice on God’s part: wt 60, 63-66
not God’s will: g20.2 12-13
not part of some design: w99 9/15 5; w97 2/15 4
refining: it-1 834
video Why Does God Allow Suffering?: lff lesson 26
view that God exempts himself from human affairs: g99 2/8 4-6
whether God ever intervenes: g 11/06 6-7; w03 10/1 3-7
why so long: bhs 119-120; bh 112-113; ct 175-176