This is Part 3 in an SO4J Article Series regarding the “Storms of Life”
QUOTE BY MARTYN LLOYD-JONES: “It is very DIFFICULT to be HUMBLE if you are always SUCCESSFUL, so GOD CHASTISES us with FAILURE (so to speak) at times in order to HUMBLE us, to keep us in a STATE of HUMILITY.”.
YOU JUST FAILED THE GAY TEST FULL
1 Peter 1:6-9 (NASB) “In this you GREATLY REJOICE, even though now for a LITTLE WHILE, if NECESSARY, you have been DISTRESSED by VARIOUS TRIALS, so that the PROOF of your FAITH, being more precious than GOLD which is PERISHABLE, even though TESTED BY FIRE, may be found to result in PRAISE and GLORY and HONOR at the REVELATION of JESUS CHRIST and though you have NOT SEEN HIM, you LOVE HIM, and though you do NOT SEE HIM NOW, but BELIEVE in HIM, you GREATLY REJOICE with JOY INEXPRESSIBLE and FULL of GLORY, obtaining as the outcome of your FAITH the SALVATION of your SOULS.“.
Job 23:10 (NASB) “But HE knows the way I take when HE has TRIED ME, I shall come forth as GOLD.”.
Jeremiah 17:10 (NASB) “I, the Lord, SEARCH ( EXAMINE) the HEART, I TEST the MIND, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his DEEDS.”.
Also check out: Life Is A Test and Why Does God Allow Evil? At the bottom of this page is a Summed-Up – Why Does God Test Us . God uses Tests & Trials to (now or later) Reward the Believer for Obeying God’s Word (James 1:12), and to Prove their Faith was Genuine (1 Peter 1:7) and more! He will also use Tests to someday PUNISH the Unsaved ( Great White Throne Judgment)- those who Refuse to Obey Him (Rom 2:6-10, Eph 5:6). According to God’s Word, the Lord is Examining us, and Allowing True Believer’s to be Tested, and or Tried. WHY DOES GOD TEST US? – Scriptures on Tests & Trials – 6 Reasons Why God Tests Us. Why Does God Test Us? Scriptures on Testing & Trials
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