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But those burdens are so weighty, so heavy that they press us down, our face down into the dust. Our hands hang down in weariness. Our knees are weak and feeble under the weight of the burden that God places upon us. We're pressed. We're squeezed. It may bring physical pain or emotional and mental
Tribulation or suffering. The word tribulation means pressure. And we can think of that idea in two different senses. First of all, there is pressure in the sense of a heavy load, a burden that comes down upon one, applying pressure, making his way very difficult. And that's how we often think
Tribulation is more, though more broad, than just persecution, though that often is on the foreground when Scripture speaks of tribulation. Tribulation includes more. It includes also the sharp grief that we experience with regard to those who stray in pathways of sin. Feel pressure then, too, i
And therefore, he's persecuted in some way. The reason that that word tribulation refers specifically to that, is first of all because suffering in the world in a general way is man's fault. Man, all men, as they are represented in their head Adam, sinned in the Garden. And because they sinned,
And so we face that tribulation joyfully as an expression of our faith in Him. So let's consider together Romans 5, verses 3 and 4, the theme for the sermon. We glory in tribulations. First, the Christian boast. Secondly, the reasons. that explain that boast. And then finally, what those reasons
And now they have departed and they stray and they walk in ways of ungodliness. That pressure, that burden can be unremitting, can be continual. How much more does it sting when we feel so helpless? We feel as if we can do nothing to change that individual, to awaken them to the situation they'
Well, tonight let's look at the words of the text under the theme, glorying in tribulation. And we'll notice three things. First, the fact. Second, the fruit. And then third, the foundation. glorying in tribulation. When the Apostle speaks of tribulation, he speaks of a very important and practi
So death and all the tribulations we face happen because of the fall and the punishment that God imposed because of that sin. Now, what are these tribulations that Paul is referring to? Well, the tribulations that the Roman believers face, the tribulations that we face, they include sickness. Th
Tribulation, on this basis, as it takes the form of suffering for the cause of Christ in our churches, will never be cause for despair, but will be cause for rejoicing. Christian young people who correctly evaluate tribulations do not merely accept them as simply accidents; but they rejoice in the t
In other words, our life in Christ, our righteousness, is also seen in the way we face our circumstances, our trials, the problems, the afflictions of our life. Now you know that in Scripture there are some things hard to be understood. many truths which speak very simply and which are easy to d