It is built upon a powerful train of thought in Romans , And it is all about the finished work of Christ and how rebel sinners are saved by Christ through faith. Because of the finished work of Christ, by the grace of God, through faith now we see Romans In the immediate and proximate contexts just mentioned and I could go into much greater depth, just read the context for yourself , we see that what is pointed out in a somewhat implied sense in verses 3 and 4 is the benefit of trials as the trying of our faith and not the trying of our character.
This theme is definitely brought out in the larger contexts of other New Testament passages, namely: James , 1 Peter and Hebrews In these other verses the trying of our faith is explicit. God is sovereignly using adversity to try or test your faith verse 4. God is omniscient and knows all things. It is a test, a proving, a backing-you-up-in-the-corner so that you stop relying on yourself and your flesh and getting you to rely on God 2 Cor It is a proving to you what a wonderful gift God gave you when He gave you the gift of faith.
How has He comforted you? Because when trials and testing come, and they will, you can consider Him and, yes, you can count it all joy. Search Search for:. Previous Article Walk. Look Back. Move On. Next Article Lost to Found Luke Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Loading Comments Email Name Website.
I know this a real hard pill for many to swallow and accept in this day and age, especially in a world where many of us have been spoiled to a certain degree with all of the creature comforts we now have with the incredible advancements made in technology. Suffering of any kind, whether it be mental, emotional, or physical, is not something that most people would easily gravitate towards in this day and age. But not only are trials and tribulations all a part of this life as a result of the Adamic curse that is still in full operation on this earth, but the Lord Himself wants to use some of these trials and tribulations in order to test our faith levels in Him from time to time, along with using the heat and intensity of these trials to burn good, godly, and saintly qualities into the very cores of our souls and personalities as part of our sanctification process in Him.
This now leaves each and every Christian with one of two possible options when faced with any kind of trial and tribulation in this life:. One, we can either throw in the towel, run off the playing field of life as a result of fear and intimidation, and bail out on God with what He wants to do with this trial for our life. Or two, we can take our trial and tribulation head on in the exact same way that David did with Goliath, and step out into the battlefield and be led by the Holy Spirit as to which battle strategy to take and use against the storm cloud.
Sooner or later, God will personally test you out in this realm if you have never really been tested before. No one will come out of this life untouched and unscathed from some of the different trials and tribulations that can come our way. If and when this ever happens to any of you, or if you already in the middle of one as you are reading this article, really study and meditate on all of the above verses.
All of these verses are giving us major knowledge and revelation as to why a certain amount of adversity will be allowed to come against us in this life, and this is even as we are walking in a perfect full surrender with God the Father.
As I said at the top of this article, too many Christians have either lost part or most of their faith in the Lord as a result of not having the knowledge as to exactly why God will allow a certain amount of tribulation to come our way in this life in the first place.
Why bad things will happen to even good people in this life is a major fundamental question that most Christians will ask from time to time, especially when they themselves have just been thrown into a major storm cloud. As a result, this topic is something that should not be afraid to be talked about and taught on from time to time in every good, Bible-based, Christian Church. The flock needs to hear the exact reasons as to why God will allow a certain amount of suffering, pain, and tribulation to come their way from time to time.
Without this kind of valuable knowledge on this hot topic, many Christians can perish in their own personal relationship with the Lord since they can no longer trust a God who could allow something like this to happen to either them or any of their close loved ones. As hard as this pill is to try and swallow, these types of trials and tribulations are actually for our own good and for our own benefit.
They will help strengthen our own personal faith levels in the Lord since our faith is what is going to be tested in the first place, and they will also help to work good, godly, and saintly qualities into the cores of our personalities.
As a Christian, I believe this now leads us to one final conclusion on this entire subject matter. We simply have to develop the mindset that we have to learn how to become good, brave, and courageous soldiers of Jesus Christ. We have all been born into a real war zone as a result of the Adamic curse that is still in full operation on this earth, and as a result, we will all have to engage with a certain amount of storm clouds in this life.
They are giving us perfect knowledge and revelation as to why things are the way they are, and why every single one of us will have to engage with a certain amount of storm clouds in this life before we can finally depart to be with our Lord and Savior for the rest of all eternity.
And until that day comes, put on the whole armor of our God and take on your trials and tribulations as a good and mighty soldier of Jesus Christ. If you are willing to take the storm clouds of this life head on like David did with Goliath, you have no idea how many other people you may be able to save, touch, heal, and deliver in this life — as well as increase your own personal faith levels in the Lord and improve yourself as a true man and true woman of God.
If I have genuine gold coins I shall welcome any test to which they may be subjected. Since our faith is even more precious than gold, then what will God do with it?
Our faith cannot be subjected to the same tests as cold metals. Faith cannot have acid poured on it, receive the scratch test, or be heated to a certain temperature; however, it can be subjected to trials that reveal its value or worthlessness :. They know that if it is gold, fire will not hurt it. Men do not seek to destroy gold with fire. They do not seek to harm it in any way. Instead, they try to prove beyond all doubt that it is gold.
And that is what God is doing when He applies [trials]. He seeks to show…that they are true Christians. When trials test us, our faith is at stake.
When we pass the tests, our faith is shown to be real. We must expect trials. This is the case for believers and unbelievers alike. Even the ungodliest people survive some of these trials, and even the godliest people do not always survive trials.
For example, cancer is a trial some unbelievers have survived, while some believers have not. This shows surviving or not surviving trials does not distinguish Christians from non-Christians:. We do not want to wonder where we are going to spend eternity.
We want assurance that we have saving faith. Another indicator is when our faith has survived trials. I have learned my faith by standing firm amid severe testing. He learned to trust his faith because of what it withstood.
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