Biblical Community Is First Of All The

In His Infinite Wisdom, God Allows Trials In Order To Develop Perseverance In Us And To Cause Us To Fix Our Hopes On The Glory That Is Yet To Be Revealed... Our Faith And Perseverance Can Grow Only Under The Pain Of Trial.

Godly Character Flows Out Of Devotion To God And Practically Confirms The Reality Of That Devotion.

We Don't Have To Start All Over Again And Try To Keep The Slate Clean. There Is No More Slate.

Evil Rulers Are Never Beyond The Bounds Of God's Sovereign Will

Every Day God Patiently Bears With Us, And Every Day We Are Tempted To Become Impatient With Our Friends, Neighbors, And Loved Ones. And Our Faults And Failures Before God Are So Much More Serious Than The Petty Actions Of Others That Tend To Irritate Us! God Calls Us To Graciously Bear With The Weaknesses Of Others, Tolerating Them And Forgiving Them Even As He Has Forgiven Us.