Paul says that the Christian can rejoice in the bad times of life. Why is this true? Because of the little word "knowing".
Romans 5:3-4 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Whatever comes in our lives, we can know that God is working out His will and is attempting to produce in us a state of Christlikeness.
God is trying to make us like Jesus.
Simply stated, the more we endure for Jesus, the more we become like Him and that is a good thing.
Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit. It again
