“God never promised us an easy life, but He did promise to never leave us” – Unknown
The fourth divine purpose of affliction is found in 2 Corinthians 1:10. Having spoken of this trust in God Who raises the dead, he goes on to say, 1:10 “Who delivered us out of so great a death, and [now he makes a prophecy] will deliver: on Whom we have set our hope that He […]
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The Sovereignty Of God In Salvation: Part Six “O the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgements, and His ways past finding out”(Rom. 11:33). Ere closing this section of the chapter we shall consider briefly a few of those passages which seem to teach most
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The Apostle goes on to give us a third purpose in affliction that helped him to look upon affliction, not as a foe, but as a friend. 2 Corinthians 1:8 “For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power,
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The Sovereignty Of God In Salvation: Part Five “O the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgements, and His ways past finding out”(Rom. 11:33). (3) Closely connected with, and confirmatory of what we have said above, is the teaching of Scripture concerning our Lord’s priesthood.
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The second purpose is laid out in verses four through seven of 2nd Corinthians. 1:4 “Who comforts us in all our affliction, that [here’s the purpose] we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ
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The Sovereignty Of God In Salvation: Part Four “O the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgements, and His ways past finding out”(Rom. 11:33). The Sovereignty Of God The Son In Salvation For whom did Christ die? It surely does not need arguing that the
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What is the first purpose of God in affliction? It’s set before us in verse 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;” As the Apostle Paul breaks out in praise to God, he praises God with specific reference to the
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“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a worker who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15 Tenth Indictment: Pastors Malnourished in the Word – Part One I was listening a few months ago to all the horrendous things that are happening to our country
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If you are a Christian that stays in touch with News, especially that which impacts the Church, Paul Maxwell’s Instagram will be Old News to you by now. Though I had never heard of him until last week, he has been in Contemporary Media Headlines for awhile now. Apparently, he has been in the forefront
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The Sovereignty Of God In Salvation: Part Three “O the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgements, and His ways past finding out”(Rom. 11:33). “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly
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