Psalm 43:2
WHEN. not if
THROUGH. He wants you to get through the fire.
TEST. A process intended to reveal the quality, performance, or reliability of something or someone before putting it into widespread use. An ordeal to see if you are the real deal!
FIRE. It has transforming power. Pancake batter becomes pancakes! Romans 8:28
Water-based Christians: some believers cannot accept that a loving God would test us with fire. See Deuteronomy 4:24; Psalm 66:10; Hebrews 12:29; Matthew 3:11 and John 15:5-6.
The Test of Fire
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. Psalm 43
September 3, 2017 • Bill Dwyer
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As we wait we will be tempted to take shortcuts or try to change our circumstances. See the story of Abraham and Sarah Genesis 12:1-4, 15:1-6, 16:1-6, 21:1-5 As we wait we need to remember: What God is doing in us is more important than the things we are waiting for.
The Test of Endurance
September 24, 2017 • Bill Dwyer
Endurance in Greek is HUPOMONE Luke 21:19 Stand firm and you will win life. 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.