September 25, 2021
Recently Gail and I both listened to a broadcast by John MacArthur from his August 17, 2021, radio program entitled Having Faith Through the Fire. Seems like we end up in 'the fire' regularly in this old sinful world we live in. These are the notes I took as I listened to the broadcast.....
There are four things we need to do if we want to be triumphant in the fiery ordeals we go through.
1. Expect it
2. Rejoice in it
3. Evaluate it's cause
4. Commit and entrust yourself to God
The scripture he used was I Peter 4:12-19 where Peter talks about not being surprised WHEN fiery trials come. MacArthur said the early Christians were accused of burning Rome and were then hated, imprisoned, persecuted, and killed in terrible ways for about 200 years. Peter was writing his letters about the time Rome burned. Our lives aren't near that threatened but our troubles are big to us. We need to come through them victoriously!
He compared out hardships and trials to the smelting that was done to silver. Ps. 66:10 "For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried." The composition holding the silver was melted down time and again to get the pure silver product as the end product. It was a process that involved heat and time and the end product was pure and beautiful. We are like the silver - we must go through a process to come out tried and true as a person living for Christ.
Trials will come but we can come through them victorious!!!! Remember the four points above and come through strong in the faith.
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