How important is the trial of our faith?
Answer
"That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with
fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 1: 7.
NOTES -- 'When David was fleeing through the wilderness, pursued by his own son, he was
being prepared to become the sweet singer of Israel. The pit and the dungeon were the best schools at
which Joseph ever graduated. The hurricane that upset the tent and killed job's children prepared the man
of Uz to write the magnificent poem that has astonished the ages. There is no way to get the wheat out of
the straw but to thresh it out. There is no way to purify the gold but to burn it." Talmage's "One Thousand
Gems," page 83.
Nothing "happens" to the Christian. Everything that enters his life is sent or permitted to come by
an all-wise and all-loving heavenly Father, and is designed for the perfection of character, and the fitting
up and the enlargement of capacity for service. The rocks and rough places on the mountainside are the
things we climb on. .Even failures, if taken rightly, may become stepping-stones to higher ground.
What were some of the results of the preaching of the gospel under the outpouring of the Spirit?
What is revealed in God's law?
What is said of the stability of God's character?
What were these stones to commemorate?
33. In view of the fact that we do not know the exact time of Christ's coming, what important admonition has He given us?
Do the dead know anything?
Amidst poverty, suffering, and distress, what kind of workers does God wish to see?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle