[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]; [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]James 1:2[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1 Peter 4:12[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Christians are not spared of trials, sufferings and pain. We are placed in the same situations with those who don’t have the faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. The only difference is that we have different reactions with those who didn’t have the Lord in their hearts. There is no promise in the Bible that exempt us, but the promise is that God will go with us in facing trials, enduring sufferings and living with pain.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Isaiah 43:2[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The Purpose[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]We are vessels in the hand of the Potter. And like pottery that is fashioned in conformity with the mind of the Potter, we have to be broken, remolded to the specifics purpose of the Potter. [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Jeremiah 18:4[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Isaiah 64:8[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Man was perfectly created in the image of God but marred by sin at the fall. So, therefore, we are refashioned according to the workmanship of Christ the Carpenter.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Ephesians 2:10[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And we are made into a new creation in Him.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]2 Corinthians 5:17[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]As new creation, we are molded into the image of Christ and His nature. Like Him, we ought to be compassionate. When we experienced sorrow, we can relate for He Himself had undergone incomparable sorrows as He took the sin of mankind.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Galatians 4:19[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Under God’s perfect hand we are made into instruments of strength. He refashioned us with purpose making us useful for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1 Peter 5:10[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]In God’s forge, we are tempered by trials as His attributes are formed in us.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Romans 5:3[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]We are like precious jewels in God’s hands. Like diamonds, gems of beauty, we are cut revealing the hidden beauty only through the painful wounding could achieve. Sufferings make the soul beautiful.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Isaiah 62:3[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Like a lighthouse in troubled waters, suffering ministers. Christ in His sufferings perfected the work needed for salvation. Job in his testing knew that at the end it refines him. For a scarred heart bears a badge of the battles won.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Job 23:10[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Trials reduce us. It cut and lessens us. We come to a point that ambitions are unimportant, and nothing in this world are to be jealous about. We become to be of no reputation, and nothing in this world is to be fought about. We become destitute and of no possession, and nothing in this world is to be worry about. [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1 Peter 4:12[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Christians are not spared of trials, sufferings and pain. We are placed in the same situations with those who don’t have the faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. The only difference is that we have different reactions with those who didn’t have the Lord in their hearts. There is no promise in the Bible that exempt us, but the promise is that God will go with us in facing trials, enduring sufferings and living with pain.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Isaiah 43:2[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The Purpose[/FONT]
- [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To Break, To Remold and To Fashion Us[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]We are vessels in the hand of the Potter. And like pottery that is fashioned in conformity with the mind of the Potter, we have to be broken, remolded to the specifics purpose of the Potter. [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Jeremiah 18:4[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Isaiah 64:8[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Man was perfectly created in the image of God but marred by sin at the fall. So, therefore, we are refashioned according to the workmanship of Christ the Carpenter.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Ephesians 2:10[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And we are made into a new creation in Him.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]2 Corinthians 5:17[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]As new creation, we are molded into the image of Christ and His nature. Like Him, we ought to be compassionate. When we experienced sorrow, we can relate for He Himself had undergone incomparable sorrows as He took the sin of mankind.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Galatians 4:19[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Under God’s perfect hand we are made into instruments of strength. He refashioned us with purpose making us useful for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1 Peter 5:10[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]In God’s forge, we are tempered by trials as His attributes are formed in us.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Romans 5:3[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]We are like precious jewels in God’s hands. Like diamonds, gems of beauty, we are cut revealing the hidden beauty only through the painful wounding could achieve. Sufferings make the soul beautiful.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Isaiah 62:3[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Like a lighthouse in troubled waters, suffering ministers. Christ in His sufferings perfected the work needed for salvation. Job in his testing knew that at the end it refines him. For a scarred heart bears a badge of the battles won.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Job 23:10[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Trials reduce us. It cut and lessens us. We come to a point that ambitions are unimportant, and nothing in this world are to be jealous about. We become to be of no reputation, and nothing in this world is to be fought about. We become destitute and of no possession, and nothing in this world is to be worry about. [/FONT]