Afflicted Saints From The Thematic Bible 4:
AFFLICTED SAINTS>>SHOULD TRUST IN THE GOODNESS OF GOD
Job 13:15:
“Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.
Psalm 71:20:
You who have shown me many troubles and distresses
Will revive me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
2 Corinthians 1:9:
indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
AFFLICTED SAINTS>>SHOULD NOT DESPISE CHASTENING
Job 5:17:
“Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Proverbs 3:11:
My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord
Or loathe His reproof,
Hebrews 12:5:
and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;
AFFLICTED SAINTS>>EXAMPLES OF AFFLICTED SAINTS
Genesis 39:20-23:
So Joseph's master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail. But the LORD was with Joseph and extended kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. The chief jailer committed to Joseph's charge all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was responsible for it. read more.
Psalm 105:17-19:
He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. They afflicted his feet with fetters, He himself was laid in irons; Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the LORD tested him.
Acts 20:22-24:
"And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. "But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 21:13:
Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Finished for today.
God Bless!
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