๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ค
The ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ผ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ, hardships, or difficult situations has been something God has been showing me for the last four months. Living a life of faith in Jesus Christ requires ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ and endurance cannot be developed without trials. Like the requirement of resistance to stress our muscles so that they grow and strengthen, so is the need for trials to grow our our ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ. (Romans 5:3-4)
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก. Peter, in this letter, is writing to leader and he compares their faith to gold. ๐๐ผ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐. Likewise, trials are the fire that refines our faith.
Rejoice in your trials because if you allow it, through them you become more and more ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ผ๐ซ๐บ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ผ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐บ๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ.
Today, we will have more than one verse. I believe that itโs important we understand the context of what we read in the Bible, so we have a set of verses that provide a fuller picture of what Peter is saying to the leaders he is writing to.
โThrough our faith, the mighty power of God constantly guards us until our full salvation is ready to be revealed in the last time. May the thought of this cause you to jump for joy, even though lately youโve had to put up with the grief of many trials. But these only reveal the sterling core of your faith, which is far more valuable than gold that perishes, for even gold is refined by fire. Your authentic faith will result in even more praise, glory, and honor when Jesus the Anointed One is revealed.
You love him passionately although you did not see him, but through believing in him you are saturated with an ecstatic joy, indescribably sublime and immersed in glory. For you are reaping the harvest of your faithโthe full salvation promised youโyour soulsโ victory!โ
1 ๐๐๐ก๐๐ 1:5-9 ๐๐๐