TFL: "God’s Faithfullness in Affliction, Part B" ***
- Start at 27:00
- God chooses to use suffering to develop perseverance
- God uses sufferings to bring us to maturity
- James 1
- In suffering Jesus perfected the visibility of His humanity
- In shunning trials, we miss blessings
- We should not run from things God uses to fashion us according to the image of His son
- “Father knows best”
- Suffering ensures our sonship
- Romans 8,17
- Share in His sufferings and share in His glory
- Every son the father loves, He disciplines
- God uses suffering to prove the genuineness o our faith
- Deuteronomy 8
- 1 Peter
- To develop in us humility
- 2 Cor 12
- To keep us on track
- Sam 19:167
- Proverbs 3: 11
- To deepen our insight into the heart of God
- Opening chapters of Hosaih
- To enable us to help others in their trials
- Sometimes we should not speak when someone is suffering because we do not have “soft eyes”
- ie, we cannot appreciate the extent of their affliction
- God reveals what we really love
- Example of a softball player developing a brain tumor
- In order that we may display God’s glory
- We do not seek suffering
- We do not become monastic
- This externalism does not transform the soul
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