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FAITH THAT WILL STAND THE TEST.

INTRODUCTION:

TO BE A FOLLOW OF CHRIST YOU WILL FACE DIFFERENT TYPE OF TRIALS, THAT WILL CHALLENGE YOUR FAITH TO SEE IF YOU ARE LACKING IN YOUR LEVEL OF TRUST.

BUT GOD IS NOT OUT TO HURT YOU , BUT TO MAKE YOU BETTER.

IN THE BOOK OF JAMES , JAMES ADDRESS THE CHRISTIAN JEWS BY SAYING EVEN THOU YOU MAY BE EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT TRIALS,

YOUR ATTITUDE WILL DETERMINE WHERE YOU AT IN THE PROCESS OF MATURITY.

TODAY I LIKE TO DISCUSS

THE REASON FOR TRIALS.

THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH.

TRUSTING IN GOD’S WISDOM.

A. THE REASON FOR TRIALS.

JAMES 1:2 “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;”

JOY IS THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE SITUATION.

IRONICALLY NOT ALL OF US ARE MATURED , WHEN WE FACING TEMPTATIONS OR PERSECUTIONS.

A LOT OF US WILL FEEL SORRY FOR OURSELVES OR WE WILL GIVE IN TO SIN.

TRIALS COULD BE THE INNER STRUGGLE TO SIN OR THE ENTICEMENT TO SIN.

BUT TO MAKE IT MORE CLEARLY JAMES 1:13-14 “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.”

WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THIS TRIAL IS GOD DO NOT TEMPT US , BUT HE WILL TEST US.

GOD TEST WILL BRING YOU TO HIM, BUT SATAN TEMPTATION WILL DRAW YOU AWAY FROM GOD.

TRIALS WILL SHOW YOU ARE YOU ABLE TO STAND UNDER THE PRESSURE OF GOD’S GRACE AND POWER AND STILL PERSEVERE, WHILE YOU IN IT.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WILL YOU HAVE ENOUGH PATIENCE TO WAIT FOR GOD’S PURPOSE TO BE FULFILLED IN YOUR LIFE.

SO MANY OF US WHEN WE ARE FACING PERSECUTION, READY TO THROW IN THE TOWEL, BEFORE THE GREAT CHANGE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN OUR LIVES.

WE NEVER WANT TO GO THROUGH, BUT ALWAYS READY TO COME OUT.

PSALM 23:4 “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”

DAVID FOUND OUT IT’S IN THE THROUGH THAT I DRAW CLOSER TO GOD. BECAUSE IF IT WAS NOT A THROUGH IN YOUR LIFE , YOU WOULD NOT TRUST HIM OR KNOW GOD IS WITH YOU.

GOD’S PURPOSE FOR TRIALS IN YOUR LIFE IS TO MAKE YOU BETTER AND MATURE IN THE PROCESS OF TRUSTING HIM.

WHERE THEIR IS PAIN, THERE IS PURPOSE.

EVERY TRIAL IN YOUR LIFE IS WITH A PURPOSE TO ELEVATE YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

1 PETER 1:6 “Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:”

B. THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH

TESTING IS GOD’S GOOD PLAN TO GET SOME GOOD RESULTS.

JAMES 1:3 “knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”

GENUINE FAITH IS NOT FAITH UNTIL IT’S HAVE BEEN TESTED.

YOUR FAITH AIN’T REAL UNTIL IT HAVE FACED SOME KIND OF ADVERSITY.

ADVERSITY IN YOUR LIFE WILL REQUIRE A RESPONSE. YOU EITHER PATIENCE OR IMPATIENCE IN THE PROCESS.

THAT’S WHAT HAPPEN IN OUR DEALINGS WITH OTHERS WE ARE NOT PATIENCE ENOUGH WITH OTHER’S TO DEVELOP , BUT GOD WAS PATIENCE WITH US TO DEVELOP

WHEN WE ARE PATIENCE IT SHOWS THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL, BUT WHEN WE ARE IMPATIENCE, IT IS A SIGN THAT WE ARE IN CONTROL.

GOD WILL CONTINUE TO TEST US TO EVALUATE OUR CHARACTER AND OUR OBEDIENCE TO HIM.

WHEN YOUR LIFE BEEN FACED WITH AN TEST IT ONLY PROVE YOUR WORTH.

ALL GOD IS TRYING TO DO IS TURN YOUR IMPERFECTIONS TO PERFECTIONS SO THAT YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO PRACTICE PATIENCE WHEN YOUR LIFE IS IN ADVERSITY.

ROMANS 5:3 “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”

C. TRUSTING IN GOD’S WISDOM

JAMES 1:5 “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO TRUST IN GOD WISDOM?

YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW STABILITY WHEN YOU ARE GOING THROUGH VARIOUS TRIALS, BECAUSE WHEN YOUR FAITH IS WAVERING , IT IS A SIGN OF UNBELIEF.

THIS MAN OR WOMAN WHEN THEY ASK GOD FOR WISDOM CANNOT RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM GOD, BECAUSE THEY ARE DOUBLE MINDED, MEANING UNDECIDED IN THEIR ASKING. DOUBTING GOD BEFORE THEY ASK HIM.

GOD’ WISDOM IS THE PERFECT DIVINE JUDGEMENT AND INSIGHT ARISING FROM HIS INFINITE KNOWING.

LUKE 11:9 “And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”