Title: Purpose in the Problems (Why Adversity?)
Adversity purges….
- Zechariah 13:9
- Isaiah 1:21-28
- Jeremiah 6:27ff
- Ezekiel 20:38
- Matthew 3:12
Adversity – purifies us!
- Psalm 66:8-18
- Isaiah 48:10
- Jeremiah 9:7
- Daniel 11:35, 12:10
- Malachi 3:2-3
- I Peter 1:6-7
Adversity perfects us!
- Jesus the example and pattern (Pressing doctrinal question, how can Jesus be made perfect when he is already perfect? Answer – He wasn’t perfect for our need until he experienced our need – He was made perfect for us. Our suffering helps us be perfect for others in their need.)
- Hebrews 2:10, 5:9, 7:28
Keeping perspective….
- Temptation is not trouble! I Corinthians 10:13
- II Corinthians 1:8 – 9