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APRIL 18
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try
you, as
though some strange thing happened unto you; but rejoice, inasmuch
as ye are made partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that when his glory
shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy—1. Pet.
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In an unfriendly world
we can expect to receive only the reproaches of our Master, for the
servant is not above his Lord. The world, the flesh and the devil
oppose our way. There are fightings within and fears without, and
many are the arrows and fiery darts aimed at the righteous. But what
is the safe attitude of the soul under afflictions and severe
testings? Is it not in silence before God, waiting and watching
first to see His leading, His will, in every matter before presuming
to touch things that often involve so much? So the Psalmist
suggests, saying, “I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, even
from good [even from doing or saying what seemed good in my own
sight]”. |
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Parallel passages: Rom. 6:1-11; 8:10,17; 2.Cor. 1: 5; 4: 10; 1.Cor. 15:
29-34; Mark 10: 35-39; Col. 2: 11, 12; Gal. 2:20; 2.Tim. 2: 10-12;
Phil. 3: 10; 1.Pet. 2:19-24; 3: 14, 17, 18; 4: 16, 19; Heb. 7:26,
27; 13: 10-16; 10:4-10, 19; 9: 13-23; 1.Pet. 2:5,
9. |
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