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“For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me” (Genesis 22:12). Trials from the Lord will reveal to believers what they love and appreciate the most. A big part of the reason for the Lord’s testing Abraham at Moriah was to show him what […]
Trials can show that material things are inadequate to meet our deepest needs.
God shows [demonstrates] his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)
“‘If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you'” (John 15:18-19).
“‘All these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me'” (John 15:21).
“‘For man is born for trouble, as sparks fly upward'” (Job 5:7).
“‘Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?’ . . . but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:54-55, 57).
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed.” (Romans 1:16–17)
“Do not be deceived: ‘Bad company corrupts good morals.’ Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame” (1 Corinthians 15:33-34).
“If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die” (1 Corinthians 15:32).
The truth of the Resurrection is an incentive for believers to persevere in service for Jesus Christ.