Believers’ experience of life
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· 4 viewsGod is at work in all that happens to believers, whether to warn them, to draw them to himself or to do them good.
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God has a purpose in all the experiences that believers have in life
God has a purpose in all the experiences that believers have in life
Ro 8:28; Eph 1:11
See also Ge 21:22; Ge 28:16; Ge 39:20–21; Ge 45:5–8; 1 Sa 2:6–9; 1 Ch 29:11–12; Job 42:10–13; Ps 75:6–7; Ac 17:28; 1 Pe 4:12
Rejection of this conviction leads to despair
Rejection of this conviction leads to despair
Ec 1:1–2; Ec 1:16–17
God uses every experience in the lives of believers for good
God uses every experience in the lives of believers for good
To warn and correct
To warn and correct
Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep your word.
See also Ge 12:17; 2 Ch 7:13–14; Job 5:17; Is 38:17; Is 48:9–10; Am 4:10–11; Ro 2:4; Heb 12:5–11; Re 9:20–21
To test and exercise believers’ trust in God
To test and exercise believers’ trust in God
who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end.
See also Ex 15:22–25; Jdg 2:21–22; Ps 23:1–6; Ps 81:7; Is 43:1–2; Na 1:7; Ro 8:35–39; Php 4:12; Heb 11:17–19; Heb 13:6
To purify and prepare believers for glory
To purify and prepare believers for glory
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
See also Job 23:10; Ps 66:10; Is 48:10; Je 9:7; Zec 13:8–9; Ro 5:3–5; Ro 8:28–30; 1 Pe 1:6–7
To benefit others
To benefit others
Es 4:14; 2 Co 1:3–6; 2 Co 4:15; Php 1:12–14; 2 Ti 2:10
In all of life’s experiences believers should be thankful and trusting
In all of life’s experiences believers should be thankful and trusting
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
See also Ge 8:20 Noah’s sacrifice would, among other things, express his thankfulness; Dt 8:18; Job 1:20–21; Ps 103:1–2; Pr 3:5–6; Ac 16:25; Eph 5:20; 1 Ti 4:4–5
Believers do not merit the blessings they receive
Believers do not merit the blessings they receive
He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
See also Ge 32:10; Ge 50:19–21; Ezr 9:13; La 3:22; Lk 7:6; Ro 6:23