But he who has mastered the truth of adoption both retains assurance and receives blessing in the day of trouble: this is one aspect of faith’s victory over the world. Only the person who has grasped this can make sense of Romans 8:28, “All things work together for good to them that love God” (KJV) equally, only he can maintain his assurance of sonship against satanic assault as things go wrong. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it” (Heb 12:6-7,11). No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Endure hardship as discipline God is treating you as sons. Sometimes the chiseling process is painful and the discipline irksome, but then the Scripture reminds us: “The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son. The clue to understanding all his dealings with them is to remember that throughout their lives he is training them for what awaits them, and chiseling them into the image of Christ. It is the same with the children of the King of kings. In this world, royal children have to undergo extra training and discipline which other children escape, in order to fit them for their high destiny. Urn:oclc:29248149 Scandate 20091209171833 Scanner scribe3.la.archive.“The Christian up to his eyes in trouble can take comfort from the knowledge that in God’s kindly plan it all has a positive purpose, to further his sanctification. OL68979W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 94.86 Pages 296 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0340197137 Urn:lcp:knowinggod00pack:epub:761df5b9-c913-410b-ae93-806087f89eb6 Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier knowinggod00pack Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7sn0sm5d Isbn 9780830816507Ġ83081650X Lccn 94142293 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition DonorĪlibris Edition 20th anniversary ed. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:23:59 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA104603 Boxid_2 CH125702 Camera Canon 5D City Downers Grove, Ill.
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