10 reasons god allows trials

10 Reasons God Allows

Trials

2 Corinthians 12:9

"My grace is sufficient for you, for

My strength is made perfect in

weakness."

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10 Reasons God Allows Trials

1: To Glorify God

Daniel 3:19-30 / Saved in the Fiery Trial

24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and

he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors,

"Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of

the fire?“ They answered and said to the king, "True,

O king.“ 25 "Look!" he answered, "I see four men

loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are

not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of

God." NKJV

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2: To Discipline For Known Sin In Our Life

Hebrews 12:4-11 / The Discipline of God

5"My son, do not despise the chastening of the

LORD, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked

by Him; 6 For whom the LORD loves He chastens,

And scourges every son whom He receives." NKJV

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3: To Prevent Us From Falling Into Sin

1 Peter 4:1-2 / Christ's Example to Be Followed

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh,

arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who

has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that

he no longer should live the rest of his time in the

flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

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Psalm 119:67,71,75

67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I

keep Your word.

71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I

may learn Your statutes.

75 I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are right,

And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

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10 Reasons God Allows Trials 4: To Keep Us From Pride

Deuteronomy 8:2-3 / Remember the Lord Your

God

2 And you shall remember that the LORD your God

led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness,

to humble you and test you, to know what was in

your heart, whether you would keep His

commandments or not. 3 So He humbled you,

allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna

which you did not know nor did your fathers know,

that He might make you know that man shall not live

by bread alone; but man lives by every word that

proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

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4: To Keep Us From Pride

1 Corinthians 10:12

12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed

lest he fall.

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5: To Build Faith

1 Peter 1:6-7 / A Heavenly Inheritance

6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little

while, if need be, you have been grieved by various

trials, 7 that the genuineness of your faith, being

much more precious than gold that perishes, though

it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and

glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ

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6: To Cause Growth

Romans 5:3-5 / Faith Triumphs in Trouble

3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations,

knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4

and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of

God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy

Spirit who was given to us.

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7: To Teach Obedience And Discipline

Ephesians 6:4

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to

wrath, but bring them up in the training and

admonition of the Lord.

NT:3559 nouthesia (noo-thes-ee'-ah); calling

attention to, i.e. (by implication) mild rebuke or

warning

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8: Equip Us To Comfort Others

2 Corinthians 1:6

Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and

salvation, which is effective for enduring the same

sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are

comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

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9: To Prove The Reality Of Christ In Us

1 Peter 4:12-13

Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery

trial which is to try you, as though some strange

thing happened to you; 13 but rejoice to the extent

that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His

glory is revealed, you may also be glad with

exceeding joy.

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10: To Be A Testimony To The Angles

Job 1:6

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to

present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also

came among them.

1 Peter 1:12

To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to

us they were ministering the things which now have

been reported to you through those who have preached

the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven --

things which angels desire to look into.

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10 Reasons God Allows Trials 1: To Glorify God

2: To Discipline For Known Sin In Our Life


4: To Keep Us From Pride

5: To Build Faith

6: To Cause Growth

7: To Teach Obedience And Discipline

8: Equip Us To Comfort Others

9: To Prove The Reality Of Christ In Us

10: To Be A Testimony To The Angles

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