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Bible Questions Answered:
“...why
do Christians have so very much trouble?...”
Jack/
Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The
Word:
Psalm
94:12 NLT
12
Joyful are those you discipline, Lord, those you teach with your
instructions.
13
You give them relief from troubled times until a pit is dug to
capture the wicked.
I
Corinthians 11:31,32 KJV
31
But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in
this way.
32
Yet when we are judged by The Lord, we are being disciplined so that
we will not be condemned along with the world.
Hebrews 12:1-13 NLT (God’s Discipline Proves
His Love)
1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses
to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us
down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run
with endurance the race God has set before us.
2
We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, The Champion who initiates
and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting Him, He endured
the cross, disregarding its shame. Now He is seated in the place of
honor beside God’s throne.
3
Think of all the hostility He endured from sinful people; then you
won’t become weary and give up.
4
After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against
sin.
5
And have you forgotten the encouraging Words God spoke to you as His
children? He said, “My child, don’t make light of The Lord’s
discipline, and don’t give up when He corrects you.
6
For The Lord disciplines those He loves, and He punishes each one He
accepts as His child.”
7
As you endure this Divine discipline, remember that God is treating
you as His own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never
disciplined by its father?
8
If God doesn’t discipline you as He does all of His children, it
means that you are illegitimate and are not really His children at
all.
9
Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t
we submit even more to the discipline of The Father of our spirits,
and live forever?
10
For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the
best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so
that we might share in His holiness.
11
No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful!
But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for
those who are trained in this way.
12
So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak
knees.
13
Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and
lame will not fall but become strong.
I
Peter 4:12-19 KJV
12
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to
try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
13
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings;
that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with
exceeding joy.
14
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for The
Spirit Of Glory And Of God resteth upon you: on their part He is evil
spoken of, but on your part He is glorified.
15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an
evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
16
Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let
him glorify God on this behalf.
17
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God:
and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey
not The Gospel Of God?
18
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and
the sinner appear?
19
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit
the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto A Faithful
Creator.
Trust
and Obey
When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will, He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.
Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.
But we never can prove the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows,
for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.
Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do, where He sends we will go;
Never fear, only trust and obey.
Author: John H. Sammis
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Prayer:
Exodus
19:5 NLT
Now
if you will obey Me and keep My covenant, you will be My own special
treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth
belongs to Me.
Luke
11:28 KJV
But
He said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear The Word Of God, and
keep it.
John
14:15 KJV
If
ye love Me, keep My commandments.
John
15:9 KJV
As
The Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you: continue ye in My
love.
James
1:25 KJV
But
if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if
you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will
bless you for doing it.
II
John 1:6 NLT
Love
means doing what God has commanded us, and He has commanded us to
love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.
