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God suffers on account of the failures and pain of his people, and especially through his Son, Jesus Christ. Scripture often likens God to a parent who suffers pain and grief on account of children.
God feels real suffering
He suffers pain because people sin
Genesis 6:6
See also
1 Samuel 15:10-11,35
He is angered because people sin
Psalm 78:58
See also
Deuteronomy 32:15-16;
Judges 2:12-13;
1 Kings 21:22;
Ezekiel 8:17;
Hosea 12:14
God identifies with suffering
He suffers with his chosen people
Isaiah 63:9
See also
Exodus 3:7;
Judges 10:16;
2 Chronicles 36:15
He suffers with all humanity
Isaiah 16:11 pp
Jeremiah 48:31
See also
2 Samuel 24:15-17 pp
1 Chronicles 21:14-17
God suffers even with those who endure punishment from his own hand;
Isaiah 16:9;
Jeremiah 48:32-36;
Hosea 11:8-9
He suffers as a parent
Jeremiah 31:20
An indication that God suffers in both disciplining and loving.
See also
Isaiah 42:14; Isaiah 49:15;
Hosea 11:1-4
God's plan of salvation causes him suffering
He suffered in giving his Son
Romans 8:32
See also
Isaiah 7:13-14;
John 3:16;
Romans 3:25-26; Romans 8:3;
Galatians 4:4;
Hebrews 1:2;
1 John 4:14
He suffers because he endures the rejection his Son suffers
Luke 10:16
See also
1 Peter 2:4
God's creation reflects his suffering
Romans 8:22
See also
Romans 8:19-21
God's people share his suffering
Romans 8:17
There is a sense in which the sufferings of Father and Son are indistinguishable.
See also
Matthew 16:24 pp
Mark 8:34 pp
Luke 9:23;
Matthew 20:22-23 pp
Mark 10:38-39;
Philippians 1:29;
1 Peter 2:21
See also
1025 God, anger of
1030 God, compassion
1040 God, fatherhood
1065 God, holiness of
1125 God, righteousness
2078 Christ, sonship of
2570 Christ, suffering
4025 world, the
5560 suffering
6154 fall, the
6214 participation in Christ