Category: General Christian

Trials and Tribulations

Christians and Non-Christians alike may be questioning God
Some of the questions may be:
• Why allow this plague – this pestilence
• Does it reflect the judgement, God
• why are those who love and worship God among the sick
• Are you really in control-Lord?

BUT THE BIBLE SHOWS THAT IT IS OK TO QUESTION GOD
May seem as though God is hiding:
Psalm 10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Psalm 13:1 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

BUT GOD IS IN CONTROL. DEPEND ON HIM GET CLOSE TO HIM
Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts; neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
SOMETIMES WE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND GOD.
Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

James 1:2-4: My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers’ temptations;3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

YES THERE MAY BE OTHER TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT WE MAY FACE IN THIS LIFE
CAN WE BE LIKE JOB IN THE FACE OF SUFFERING AND TRIBULATIONS LIKE JOB
James 5:11: Behold, we count them happy, which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy.
• Job is a good example of suffering trials and tribulations

Job chapters 1-3 Job loses:
• His wealth-
• His family (except his wife) and she was telling him “curse God and Die” Job 2:9
• Also, Job 1:11: Satan said to God: But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
• He also lost his health
• But God protected Job’s life (Satan was not allowed to touch his life Job 2:6)

In Job chapters 4-31
We read Job’s defense

Job debates with the three friends
And their false accusations
The friends accused him of being a hypocrite
Said, “there must have been some great sin in Job’s life, or God would not have permitted this suffering.”
Job 2:3 shows the friends were wrong

Job 42:7 God rebuked the friends for telling lies about Job
In Job chapters 38-42: Presents Job’s Deliverance
• Job is Humbled
• Then God honors Job by giving him twice as much as he had before

Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen.

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Lure of Offense

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Stumbling Blocks

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Mothers Love

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Wheat and Tares

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Trials and Tribulations

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https://youtu.be/ZFilY9uJvPU Christians and Non-Christians alike may be questioning GodSome of the questions may be: • Why allow this plague – this pestilence• Does it reflect

Wrath of God

By Pastor Dennis Williams

MATT 24 : War, Famine, Pestilence, Earthquakes, Tribulation, Sorrow, Persecution Suffering for Christ’s sake, Apostasy, Betrayal, Hatred, False Prophets, Deceivers, Backsliding, Love Growing Cold

THE BIBLE SHOWS THAT THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WORLD PROVOKES GOD WRATH
That’s why we continue to pray: make sure we are right with God personally
• Then Seek God’s face for our immediate and extended families
• People around us that we come in contact with
• Whatever and whoever the Lord lays on our hearts
• Nobody knows the exact occurrence of the Rapture
• But we can look around and see the signs and seasons

THE JUDGMENT OF GOD SHOWN IN :
John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
• God’s wrath was revealed in the past, is shown in the present, and will be revealed in the future.

GOD’S WRATH REVEALED IN THE PRESENT:
Romans 1:24: 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Romans 1:26: For this cause, God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Romans 1:28: 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
GOD’S WRATH REVEALED IN THE FUTURE
John 15:6 – If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
Luke 12:5 – But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Revelation 20:15 – And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
GOD HATH SHOWN HIS LOVE TOWARD US
• He made way for humanity when not deserved
The Divine Wrath of God towards sin was upon Jesus Christ
• He became the propitiation (satisfaction, atonement, resolution) for our sins
Romans 3:25: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God
Romans 5:8: 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 3:23 … For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Eph 2:1: And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

JESUS TELLS ABOUT REMAINING WATCHFUL FOR HIS COMING
Matthew 24:37-39: Jesus said: But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
The Bible says there is nothing new under the sun
Ecclesiastes 1:9: 9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.