Welcome to Faith
Chapel, thank you
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for tuning in to
3ABN. My name is Paul Rayne
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from Restoration International.
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A little Ministry up
there in the Northwest
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corner of Montana,
we have a subject for
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you today called
the Refiner's Fire,
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its all about
the trails that come
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our way but
before we get into God's
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word lets seek him in prayer.
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Father in
heaven, we thank you that
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you are an
infinitely loving God and we
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want to take a look
today at some of the
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things that you allow our way.
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I pray that your Holy Spirit
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will illuminate our minds it's
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in Jesus name we pray, Amen.
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Trials come out
our way, don't they?
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Let me ask you some questions
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would you rather somebody love
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you or love
you? Would you rather
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somebody hate you and hinder you
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or would you
rather they help you?
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You might say,
come on the questions
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are obvious, the
answers are obvious.
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How about would
you rather somebody
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pray for you or
prey on you? You know
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what I mean prey on
you, pull you to pieces,
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well one more
question? Would you rather
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have a friend or
a foe? You know we
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seem as human beings here on
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planet earth, we seem to make
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superhuman
efforts to make everything
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plain sailing for
ourselves, think about it;
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it's very
obvious. If you're gonna go
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camping; you like to go camping?
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Do you go camping in the winter
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or the summer? I come from,
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like I said the
North-West corner of Montana.
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I hope that new Glacier Park,
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you know nobody goes camping in
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Glacier Park in the
winter, because it's
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too much snow
who would ever think
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of doing such a
crazy thing? Well,
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how about when you
come to buy a vehicle?
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Are you going to
go to the parking lot
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and look at
that one and think it
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looks like a
good one and I could
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afford it I buy
it or would you go to
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another one until
that thing just doesn't
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look good at all.
And it's overpriced,
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I'll buy that. No,
you wouldn't do that,
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because we make
superhuman effort, consciously
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and unconsciously
we are always about
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trying to make
life easy on ourselves.
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But life isn't
easy. So, what's going on?
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So, I'll tell you
exactly what is going on.
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First Peter
chapter 4 verses 12 and 13,
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look at it with
me. It says that,
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Beloved, think it
not strange concerning
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the fiery trial
which is to try you,
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as though some
strange thing happened
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unto you But rejoice, inasmuch
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as ye are partakers
of Christ's sufferings;
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that, when his
glory shall be revealed,
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ye may be glad
also with exceeding joy.
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God allows trials dear friends,
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to come our way because we make
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every effort to make life smooth
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and to avoid
them, so God somehow,
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not that He
originates the trails,
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the devil does
that, but every trial
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that comes into our life.
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God has allowed
to come our way. So,
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that our characters
can be refined, ready
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for the Heavenly Kingdom.
Let me ask you a question.
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What kind of
knowledge is it that we gain
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in a trial? Is it
just hath knowledge?
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Is it just an understanding of
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God's word? Well yes, we do get
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a deeper
understanding, but it's a
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hard experience that
we learn from the trials.
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You know some of
the things that we
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try to avoid are the very things
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that God wants to bring our way
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or allow our way so that we
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can be strong
and mighty for him.
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Let me read from
you another quote.
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It's from a very old magazine
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called The Review and Herald.
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This is an old
article, it's from
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April 10, 1894.
That's a long time ago, 1894.
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But this is truth.
Let me read it to you.
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A refining,
purifying process is going
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on among the people of God,
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and the Lord of hosts has set
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his hand to this work.
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The process is
most trying to the soul,
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but it is necessary
in order the defilement
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maybe removed.
Trials are essential
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in order that we may be brought
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close to our heavenly Father.
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You know there is something more
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precious than a
friend, it's a foe.
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And there's
something better than
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a car that runs
perfectly. It's a car that
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breaks down once in a while
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because then character
is developed in a trial.
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Are you preparing for the second
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for the second
coming of our Lord
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and Savior Jesus
Christ? You know,
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if you don't realize
it, I want to tell you.
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May be nobody's
ever told you before
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but I want to
tell you Jesus Christ
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is coming back to
this world a second time.
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Every prophecy it
seems in the Scripture
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centers on the
fact that Jesus is
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gonna come back
to this world and
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he is gonna take his
people home with him.
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But, let's turn to
Malachi, the last book
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of The Old
Testament. Malachi chapter
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3 and verse 2, take
a look with me there.
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It says, But who
may abide the day
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of his coming? And
who shall stand when
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he appeareth? And this question,
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for he is like a
refiner's fire, and a
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fullers' soap.
You know every single
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one of you
watching this program today,
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from where you
are in your present
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experience or a
lack of it with the Lord
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between here
and when Jesus comes
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again you and I
are going to have
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to go through
the refiner's fire.
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There's no
escaping it. You can't get
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around it, it's
we who are gonna have
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to go through it.
There are people who have
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gone through ahead us and
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we are gonna
have to go through it.
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That may be bad
news to you, but it's
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not bad news.
Let me tell you about
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Daniel chapter
3. If you remember
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Daniel chapter
3, There was a big
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image set up on
the plain of Dura,
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and the King told
everybody that they
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were to bow
down. Well there were
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three people
that didn't bow down.
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And the King gave
them a second chance.
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He says bow down or
you're going in the furnace?
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They didn't bow
down. They got thrown
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in the furnace. But,
do you know the story?
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You can read it for yourself in
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Daniel chapter 3. In that story,
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even though they
went into the fire
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and when they went into the fire
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they were all tied up.
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They were bound, the
Bible says. Three times
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it says they were bound.
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They went into
that fire and you know
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what happened? They
didn't burn. They survived.
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You know the only
thing that burned were
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the cords that
bound them. As you and
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as I go into the
furnace of trial,
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as the Lord our
gracious, loving, compassionate
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Lord allows trials
to come into our life.
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I wanna assure
you of two things,
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it's only the cords
that will burn and secondly,
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if you remember the
story of Daniel chapter 3
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it was Jesus Christ
that it was in there
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with them. Jesus
Christ was in that furnace.
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You read it, Daniel chapter 3.
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Jesus Christ was in
the furnace with those men.
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Let me read
another quote to you,
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it's from a
favorite book of mine.
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It's called Lift Him
Up. It's an old book,
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it's page 250. It
says in the future
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we shall see how
closely all our trials
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were connected
with our salvation,
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and how these light
afflictions worked out
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for us a far more
eternal and exceeding
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weight of glory.
You know it doesn't
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feel much like
much fun when the trials
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are upon us. But,
God is doing his work.
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Don't be discouraged,
don't be discouraged.
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I know sometimes,
all around you maybe
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right now, maybe for one
of our viewers right now,
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things are overwhelmingly
dark. Don't give up.
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You know it's
in the darkest hour
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that Jesus might
well be the closest.
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You might be
just around the corner
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from day break.
When is the darkest part
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in the day?
Just before the dawn.
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Hang on to Jesus Christ.
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If you are one
viewer today that's
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thinking it's all too much.
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Hang on, Jesus is
able, Jesus is more than
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able to take
you through whatever
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you're face in
right now. I've been
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through some
trials in my life and
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at times you
attempted to be discouraged,
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keep your eyes
on The Lord. Say out
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loud Lord, I will not give up.
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I will hang on to you
as long as life shall last.
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You know think of
Peter. Do you like Peter?
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Peter of The New Testament.
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What a character Peter is.
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Let me read with you from
first, no this is Matthew,
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Matthew 16:22. And
this is Peter speaking
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he says, sorry
this is Christ speaking.
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Then Peter took him, and began
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to rebuke him,
saying, Be it far from thee,
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Lord: this shall
not be unto thee.
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What's going on? Let
me give you the picture:
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Jesus has just
announced to his disciples
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that he is going to be betrayed,
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he is gonna be
killed and he is going to
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die a martyr's
death. And Peter says,
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no way Lord, I am
not going to allow them
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to do that to
you. I am ready to go,
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I am ready to do
whatever I need to do
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to make sure they
don't harm you. But, now,
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come with me a few
pages into scripture.
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Let's look at 1st
Peter chapter 4 and verse 12,
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1st Peter chapter 4
verse 12, this is Peter
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again beloved, this
is Peter himself now.
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Beloved, think it
not strange concerning
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the fiery trail which
is to try you, as through
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some strange
thing happened unto you;
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that the verse
that we started with.
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Peter went from
refusing to allow trials
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in the life of Jesus to
the point where he could
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write, think it not
strange. You know what
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would be a modern
version of think it
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not strange, expect
it? Plan on it? Yes,
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friends, if we are
following Jesus we can
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plan on a few
trials in our life, we can
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expect them. Don't
think it is strange.
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You know, it was
a very slow lesson
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that Peter
learned, very slow and it's
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one that we learn
very slowly as well. But,
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I hope today's program,
I hope this Faith Chapel
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is helping you to understand
that the way of salvation
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is though the Refiner's Fire.
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Do any of you know
who Horatio Spafford is?
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He was a wealthy
businessman who lived
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in Chicago back in the,
oh I forget when it was.
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But, it was many
years ago and he, because
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of the fire, some
of you might remember
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some of you
historians might remember
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the fire in Chicago,
well, much of the school system
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was destroyed.
Horatio Spafford being a
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fairly wealthy
businessman decided
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to send his family over
to Europe where I'm from.
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And there he went to
the boat the Ville du Havre,
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was the name of the
ship and he put his family
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in and he on the
boat, the last minute just
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before the boat
was gonna set to sail.
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He got called back to Chicago.
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Some of your
real-estate is going to come
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up in the system and
you need to be there.
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So, what Horatio did
was he got off the boat,
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he said to his wife
and his four daughters
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you head on, I'll
follow you as soon as
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business is wrapped
up. Well, so he waved
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off his family and
Ville du Havre set sail
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from the East Coast of
US heading over to Europe.
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Taking the
straightest route, which took
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them past
Newfoundland. Well, you know
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it wasn't just a few
days into that journey
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that the Ville du
Havre collided with a
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British sailing ship.
The Ville du Havre went down.
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In 2 hours the
whole boat was gone.
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The mother was
holding the youngest child
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at the time and
the story tells us that
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the baby, the 18
month old daughter of
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Horatio Spafford
was swept from his
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mother arms to its watery grave.
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What about the other
children? They all died.
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It's a tragic story.
The wife, Anna Spafford
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survived, she was
found clinging on to
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some of the ship,
they found her, they took
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her to Cardiff
Wales. There she telegraphed
00:15:03.23\00:15:06.38
her husband, two stinging words,
00:15:06.41\00:15:10.44
how would you like
to receive a telegram
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like this, my friend?
Saved alone, just her.
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Saved alone, well
what would you do men?
00:15:18.50\00:15:23.04
You would do exactly
what Mr. Spafford did.
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He got on the
next boat and he headed
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over to Europe to be
reunited with his wife.
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As he sailed across,
he took the some path and
00:15:30.01\00:15:37.07
the captain called
him aside, he said,
00:15:37.10\00:15:38.51
Mr. Spafford, I do
believe we are over
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the spot where
your daughters died,
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the water is two miles deep.
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Oh can you imagine,
can you imagine that kind
00:15:50.52\00:15:56.84
of trial? You might
be going through some
00:15:56.87\00:15:58.60
of the trails at the
moment and they might
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be hard and oh, my
brothers and sisters
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I sympathize, but
is your trial like
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Mr. Spafford's trial
and Mrs. Spafford's trial?
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They've lost all
four children in one day.
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Well, Horatio went back
to his room on the ship,
00:16:15.12\00:16:18.91
not the Ville du
Havre, that was the one
00:16:18.94\00:16:21.22
that had gone down,
he went back to his room,
00:16:21.25\00:16:22.99
he couldn't sleep
but he could write.
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You wanna know what
he wrote? Let me read It
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to you, you will
recognize it. When peace,
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like a river,
attendeth my way, When
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sorrows like sea
billows roll; Whatever my lot,
00:16:35.74\00:16:40.98
Thou has taught me
to say, It is well,
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it is well, with my
soul. You see where he
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got the words
from? You see what was
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going on in his
life? The second stanza
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is not in the American hymn no,
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not that I found.
But, it's in the ones
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in Europe. And
this is how it goes.
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It says, Though
Satan should buffet,
00:17:00.81\00:17:03.47
though trials should
come, Let this blessed
00:17:03.50\00:17:08.04
assurance control,
That Christ hath regarded
00:17:08.07\00:17:12.48
my helpless
estate, And hath shed His
00:17:12.51\00:17:17.72
own blood for my
soul. Oh, Jesus is a
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compassionate
Savior, He is right there
00:17:21.69\00:17:24.21
with us in every
trial. First Peter chapter
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1 and verse 7.
Turn there with me if
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you have your Bibles.
I really encourage you
00:17:36.25\00:17:38.94
folks, watching at
home or watching in church,
00:17:38.97\00:17:41.05
get out the word
of God. You know,
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you remember just where this is
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on the page and next time you're
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studying your Bible
you'll remember this.
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Turn with me, First
Peter chapter 1 verse 7,
00:17:49.29\00:17:53.42
it says here, That
the trail of your faith,
00:17:53.45\00:17:55.83
being much more precious
than gold that perisheth,
00:17:55.86\00:17:59.55
though it be tried with
fire, might be found unto
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praise and
honor and glory at the
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appearing of Jesus Christ.
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Trials out for in
the moment are they? But,
00:18:13.07\00:18:17.00
Jesus has a very
definite plan as for
00:18:17.03\00:18:20.89
what he is trying
to achieve. And to try
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and make this
message to you dear viewer
00:18:23.16\00:18:26.44
as practical as
possible I'm gonna encourage
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you at this point run
out and get a pen and paper.
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I want you to take
down some things with me.
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I'm gonna go to a
few points that I want
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you to remember in
a trial. Maybe you're
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in a trial right
now. If you are, go and
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get a piece of
paper. Write this down.
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There's a few
points, here is number one,
00:18:43.60\00:18:46.08
it says, We must not look upon a
00:18:46.11\00:18:48.84
trial as a
punishment. So, often we beat
00:18:48.87\00:18:54.84
ourselves up so
to speak and we say,
00:18:54.87\00:18:57.19
Oh, I'm in this
terrible trial and it's all
00:18:57.22\00:18:59.96
my fault and it
worries me and we start
00:18:59.99\00:19:02.86
to go down the
negative thinking path.
00:19:02.89\00:19:05.23
I want you to know
though yet some trials do come
00:19:05.26\00:19:10.01
because of our
dumb behavior. But, some
00:19:10.04\00:19:13.02
times trials come as no
result of what we've done.
00:19:13.05\00:19:15.96
Maybe you were just
innocently driving around
00:19:15.99\00:19:18.29
the road and now
you're in hospital.
00:19:18.32\00:19:20.29
It wasn't your
fault? I want you to know
00:19:20.32\00:19:23.66
that trials, my
brothers and sisters are
00:19:23.69\00:19:26.78
not punishments.
That's not the sort
00:19:26.81\00:19:29.55
of God that we
serve. Trials come to
00:19:29.58\00:19:32.28
everybody. Also,
remember point two,
00:19:32.31\00:19:35.84
we must not compare
ourselves among ourselves.
00:19:35.87\00:19:38.94
You can't say in
a trial: why is this
00:19:38.97\00:19:42.08
happening to me?
It should be him.
00:19:42.11\00:19:44.62
No, let the Lord
take care of him and
00:19:44.65\00:19:49.17
let the Lord
take care of you also.
00:19:49.20\00:19:51.45
Don't compare
yourself among yourselves.
00:19:51.48\00:19:55.00
Say: this is come
my way and it's for me
00:19:55.03\00:19:58.32
and my Savior Jesus
Christ to work it out.
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Another point I
want you to remember is,
00:20:00.97\00:20:04.09
and remember this
from the book of Job,
00:20:04.12\00:20:06.37
every trial that
comes into our life
00:20:06.40\00:20:09.92
has been weighed
unmeasured by God
00:20:09.95\00:20:14.61
himself before
it's get anywhere near
00:20:14.64\00:20:16.58
planet earth. There
are some things I can
00:20:16.61\00:20:19.49
just picture. I can
just picture the devil
00:20:19.52\00:20:22.53
and is out to get me,
and is out to get you and
00:20:22.56\00:20:25.58
he wants to destroy
us and God says, no,
00:20:25.61\00:20:29.58
that's my child. And he allows,
00:20:29.61\00:20:33.84
God allows the
devil to come so far.
00:20:33.87\00:20:35.78
Everything is
weighed and measured.
00:20:37.87\00:20:38.84
So, if a trial is in
your life. If a loved one
00:20:38.85\00:20:41.35
is causing you pain
or if your whole body
00:20:41.38\00:20:44.69
is causing you pain or
whatever your situation,
00:20:44.72\00:20:47.83
I want you to know that
Jesus, your lovely Savior,
00:20:47.86\00:20:52.31
my lovely Savior he
has weighed and measured
00:20:52.34\00:20:55.68
that long before
it go anywhere near
00:20:55.71\00:20:58.68
this earth and
your life. You know,
00:20:58.71\00:21:03.28
First Corinthians
chapter 10 verse 13,
00:21:03.31\00:21:08.93
let's look, God is
faithful, who will not
00:21:08.96\00:21:12.03
suffer us to be
tempted above that you're able,
00:21:12.06\00:21:16.46
but will with the
temptation also make a way
00:21:16.49\00:21:20.15
of escape that you
may be able to bear it.
00:21:20.18\00:21:23.95
That is good news.
That means there is nothing,
00:21:23.98\00:21:28.37
there is nothing
that comes to this earth,
00:21:28.40\00:21:32.25
nothing that comes into
your life or my life. But,
00:21:32.28\00:21:35.31
Jesus has not made
provision to take care
00:21:35.34\00:21:38.24
off. Point number 4,
I want you to take note
00:21:38.27\00:21:41.85
of in a trial that
God is not against us.
00:21:41.88\00:21:46.03
We are not fighting
God. God is on our side.
00:21:46.06\00:21:52.60
That's obvious.
But, so often when
00:21:55.12\00:21:57.75
we get into a temptation,
when we get into a trial,
00:21:57.78\00:22:00.37
we think: God, why
are you doing this to me?
00:22:00.40\00:22:03.87
Because God loves you and
he is seeking to refine you.
00:22:05.25\00:22:08.59
You are in the
Refiner's Fire and it's not
00:22:08.62\00:22:12.03
comfortable, but it is
necessary. Remember what
00:22:12.06\00:22:15.53
we read earlier:
trials are essential,
00:22:15.56\00:22:17.98
that our
characters may be refined,
00:22:18.01\00:22:20.98
ready for the
second coming of our Lord
00:22:21.01\00:22:24.53
our savior. Another
thing I want you to remember
00:22:24.56\00:22:27.04
in a trial is what
God is trying to teach me?
00:22:27.07\00:22:30.61
God's always trying to
teach us. In this trial
00:22:30.64\00:22:34.85
God is not
arbitrary, I'll just give this
00:22:34.88\00:22:36.91
guy a hard time for
a couple of hours? No,
00:22:36.94\00:22:39.44
away with such
thoughts. We serve
00:22:39.47\00:22:42.04
a compassionate God, but not a,
00:22:42.07\00:22:44.65
you know the modern
version of love is all
00:22:44.68\00:22:48.53
kind of wishy,
washy. We serve a God
00:22:48.56\00:22:50.14
with a purpose
and he is sending us
00:22:50.17\00:22:54.38
trials 'cause he
wants to teach us something.
00:22:54.41\00:22:56.21
So, in a trial say
Lord, what is it that
00:22:56.24\00:22:59.90
you're trying to
teach me? I guarantee you,
00:22:59.93\00:23:03.72
he will give you
answers maybe not the first
00:23:03.75\00:23:05.95
time you pray it,
maybe not the second time you
00:23:05.98\00:23:07.81
pray it. But, God
is trying to teach
00:23:07.84\00:23:09.55
you something and you
know what I have learned?
00:23:09.58\00:23:11.33
In all the little
trials and some of the bigger
00:23:11.36\00:23:13.69
trials that I've
been through in my life.
00:23:13.72\00:23:15.39
The one thing that
Jesus is trying to teach me
00:23:15.42\00:23:19.62
in every trail is that
I've got a fallen nature,
00:23:19.65\00:23:23.64
I've got an old man,
I call it self and it
00:23:23.67\00:23:26.64
rises up and it
wants to take the control
00:23:26.67\00:23:29.08
of the situation and
it wants to say what it
00:23:29.11\00:23:30.75
wants to say. And
do what it wants to do.
00:23:30.78\00:23:33.07
You know, self has
to die. You have to die
00:23:33.10\00:23:40.52
and you have to let
Jesus Christ come into
00:23:40.55\00:23:42.95
your heart and then,
this body, this mouth,
00:23:42.98\00:23:45.95
this man will
speak words for God
00:23:45.98\00:23:49.45
and that can be
the same for you. So,
00:23:49.48\00:23:51.12
in a trial what is it
that God is trying to teach me?
00:23:51.15\00:23:53.65
The last thing in a trial
is I want you to recognize
00:23:56.76\00:23:59.44
once you realize
what the problem is,
00:23:59.47\00:24:01.46
to make a full surrender
to him. Is that possible?
00:24:01.49\00:24:05.85
An unconditional
surrender to the will of
00:24:05.88\00:24:10.05
Jesus Christ. Do it
brothers and sisters
00:24:10.08\00:24:13.34
you'll be very happy.
You know if we hold out
00:24:13.37\00:24:16.21
on God and if we say
no, I'm gonna refuse,
00:24:16.24\00:24:19.02
I can see my way
through this trail,
00:24:19.05\00:24:20.70
I can bet my teeth
I'll get through it.
00:24:20.73\00:24:22.38
I'm not gonna
surrender to what the Lord
00:24:22.41\00:24:24.40
is teaching me, I don't
want to surrender. Well,
00:24:24.43\00:24:27.45
you know what? It
might will have to
00:24:27.48\00:24:31.22
come around the
second time. Don't make
00:24:31.25\00:24:35.71
life hard on
yourself. Give your hearts fully
00:24:35.74\00:24:38.79
and completely to
Jesus Christ right now
00:24:38.82\00:24:40.84
whatever trial you're in. Jesus,
00:24:40.87\00:24:44.59
I want to just talk a
little bit about the life
00:24:44.62\00:24:47.33
of Jesus. Do you
think that Jesus had
00:24:47.36\00:24:49.32
any trials in his
life from beginning to end?
00:24:49.35\00:24:52.65
But, Jesus was
perfect. Surely, Jesus didn't
00:24:52.68\00:24:56.95
need character
development. Hebrews 5,
00:24:56.98\00:25:01.28
I'm gonna read it
for you. Hebrews 5 and
00:25:01.31\00:25:04.26
verse 8 says,
though He was a Son, yet to
00:25:04.29\00:25:07.80
learned obedience by the
things which He suffered.
00:25:07.83\00:25:12.88
Can you believe that?
That Jesus Christ learned
00:25:12.91\00:25:17.54
lessons by the things that he
00:25:17.57\00:25:20.27
suffered just like we do.
00:25:20.30\00:25:22.28
So, if it was necessary
for Jesus then it's got
00:25:22.31\00:25:27.30
to be necessary for
us. Think about Jesus,
00:25:27.33\00:25:32.24
where we started in
this message, would you
00:25:32.27\00:25:34.42
rather somebody
love you or leave you?
00:25:34.45\00:25:36.43
Think of Jesus life.
Oh, those guys were on his
00:25:36.46\00:25:39.33
back all the way
through his public ministry.
00:25:39.36\00:25:41.27
Trying to trick him
up, trying to catch his
00:25:41.30\00:25:43.85
every word. Would
you rather somebody help
00:25:43.88\00:25:47.17
you or hinder you?
They were always hindering,
00:25:47.20\00:25:49.23
even some of his own
disciples were hindering
00:25:49.26\00:25:51.25
his work. Judas,
was always out to cast
00:25:51.28\00:25:55.26
insinuations
against Jesus. You read that
00:25:55.29\00:25:57.74
in the Scriptures.
What about, rather having
00:25:57.77\00:26:01.09
been somebody pray
for you than prey on you?
00:26:01.12\00:26:02.85
They were always
preying on Jesus. But,
00:26:02.88\00:26:05.80
despite the fact
that Jesus life was way
00:26:05.83\00:26:09.65
more difficult to
live than ever whatever you
00:26:09.68\00:26:11.71
and I have will to go
through. He had trials
00:26:11.74\00:26:14.20
to deal that we
note not off. You know if
00:26:14.23\00:26:18.67
the devil could
have got him to sin, then
00:26:18.70\00:26:21.77
the whole human
race would've been lost.
00:26:21.80\00:26:25.15
The devil tried very
hard on Jesus Christ and I
00:26:25.18\00:26:28.44
know he is trying
hard on us as well. But,
00:26:28.47\00:26:30.84
I want to encourage
you that the Refiner's Fire
00:26:30.87\00:26:34.50
is the very place
where God wants us to be.
00:26:34.53\00:26:39.15
Maybe you are not
in a trial presently
00:26:39.18\00:26:41.04
maybe it's smooth
sailing but there might
00:26:41.07\00:26:45.01
be one at the corner
and if it comes in your
00:26:45.04\00:26:46.66
way I want you to
remember: that this
00:26:46.69\00:26:50.91
has been weighed
and measured and that
00:26:50.94\00:26:53.00
Jesus Christ is
in control. Will you
00:26:53.03\00:26:57.43
bow your heads with
me? Father in Heaven,
00:26:57.46\00:27:00.04
Oh, I thank you
that you are loving God
00:27:00.07\00:27:02.89
and I also thank you
that You love us enough
00:27:02.92\00:27:06.51
to send trials our
way. Oh Father, we ask
00:27:06.54\00:27:12.67
that you would give us
the grace to go through them.
00:27:12.70\00:27:15.06
Oh, Father, I even pray
by faith that you would send
00:27:15.09\00:27:19.31
some our way and some
in the way of our viewers.
00:27:19.34\00:27:22.39
And it's in Jesus name
I ask these things Amen.
00:27:22.42\00:27:28.24
You know, there are
trials coming to this world,
00:27:28.27\00:27:30.91
the little trials
that we are going through
00:27:30.94\00:27:33.35
just now, whatever they maybe.
00:27:33.38\00:27:35.17
There's a big trial
coming. There is a time of
00:27:35.20\00:27:37.88
trouble coming to this
earth such as never was.
00:27:37.91\00:27:41.05
And ever I don't say
that to make you miserable
00:27:41.08\00:27:43.28
just to let you know
that now, today is the day
00:27:43.31\00:27:47.06
of salvation.
Today is the day we need
00:27:47.09\00:27:49.97
to be praying
through our trails.
00:27:50.00\00:27:52.22
Thank you for joining
us. May God richly bless you.
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