Worship Service 1/31/2021 Ep. 48 click here
1/31/2021
Enduring FaithJames 1:3 …the testing and proving of your faith brings out endurance, steadfastness and patience.
James 1:2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds…
FOUR TRUTHS ABOUT TROUBLES
- Troubles are Inevitable. …whenever you face trials
- Troubles are Diverse of many kinds…
- Troubles Come at ANY TIME
- Troubles Can Be Useful
James 1:3 …troubles come TO PRODUCE in you . . .
THREE PURPOSES OF TROUBLE (vs. 3-4)
- TROUBLES Come to TEST MY FAITH
James 1:3a These troubles come to TEST YOUR FAITH - Trouble Develops Strength
James 1:3 The testing of your faith PRODUCES ENDURANCE - Trouble Matures Character
James 1:4 …when your endurance is fully developed, you will be STRONG IN CHARACTER and ready for anything.
James 1:4 You will be MATURE AND COMPLETE, lacking nothing.
What The Lord Desires From Us In Times of Trouble
Jeremiah 17:10 I the Lord, search and examine the mind, I test the heart, To give to each one according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds.
What The Lord Seeks From Us In Times of Trouble
- That We Learn To Rejoice In It
James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials…
Psalm 34:1 I will bless the LORD AT ALL TIMES; His praise shall CONTINUALLY be in my mouth.You can get better by it or bitter because of it.We don’t rejoice FOR the trouble, but we can still be joyful DURING the trouble because of what we know is true.
Romans 8:28 WE KNOW that in everything God works for the good of those who love him.
- That We Learn To Trust And Seek His Answers
James 1:5 (Phillips) If, in the process any of you doesn’t know how to meet any particular problem, you only have to ask God Who gives wisdom generously to any who ask without making them feel guilty – you may be sure that the necessary wisdom WILL BE given to you. - That We Learn To Believe And Rely On God And Stop Doubting
James 1:6 When you ask God, you must sincerely believe and expect Him to answer without doubting Him.
Psalm 116:10 I believed; even though I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”God Uses Trouble to Develop Us.
The Devil Tries to use them to Defeat Us.
- That We Learn To Never Give Up!
James 1:12 Happy are those who remain faithful under trials, because when they succeed in passing such a test, they will receive as their reward the life which God has promised to those who love Him.
Galatians 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Hebrews 12:22-24
You have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.