He is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. Mal. 3:2, 3
...a strong desire for spiritual and personal purity is to invite the Refiner to put us through his purifying fire...I don't know that I need to ask it, He does it in me and for me according to Philippians 1:6; 2:13 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: (Philippians 1:6) For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. (Philippians 2:13)
We glory in tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Rom. 5:3-5
we 'glory' in tribulations? how? the grace and love of God, shed abroad in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us...
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees. Heb. 12:7, 8, 11, 12
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