DESSERT OF THE WEEK [2] CHARACTER MOULDING

GOD’S  DISPLAY OF BRINKMANSHIP WITH A SON WHO LOVES DEARLY

[I PETER 4:12]

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.

HEBREWS.CHAPTER.3_  JEFF.IN  HEB  SUNDAY_  57-0901M

God loves to bring you in trouble. He loves to put trouble down and see what you'll do about it. So He just stopped up the Red Sea, and the first thing you know, marched them right out into this place, then sent Pharaoh after them. See how God likes to do it? He loves to display His power and love. He's God, and He just loves to show you Who He is. Amen. And the trouble of it is, today, people say, "Oh, them days is past." No. How can God display Himself, when you're taught such stuff as that? But God loves to manifest Himself.

[JOB 1:8-12]

 8    And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

9    Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

10    Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

11    But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

12    And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath [is] in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. [JOB 42:10]