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... Heaven . We may all be glorified and perfect in Heaven , but one would expect a perfect gold piece to be of more value to God than a perfect copper penny , fashioned by the extent of our cooperation here on earth . When we fail to ...
... Heaven . We may all be glorified and perfect in Heaven , but one would expect a perfect gold piece to be of more value to God than a perfect copper penny , fashioned by the extent of our cooperation here on earth . When we fail to ...
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... Heaven to Him , as long as we can anticipate the greatest reward of being with Him for eternity . God may also use , though not initiate , catastrophes , natural disaster , and human negligence , producing multiple deaths and ...
... Heaven to Him , as long as we can anticipate the greatest reward of being with Him for eternity . God may also use , though not initiate , catastrophes , natural disaster , and human negligence , producing multiple deaths and ...
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... heaven is mine " ( Job 38 : 34-35 , 41 : 1-11 ) . Since Job had no idea of how the physical universe was formed , though totally subservient to God , he could hardly question God's management of the moral universe . For , the power ...
... heaven is mine " ( Job 38 : 34-35 , 41 : 1-11 ) . Since Job had no idea of how the physical universe was formed , though totally subservient to God , he could hardly question God's management of the moral universe . For , the power ...
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... heaven ... the earth , and all things that are therein ... and thou preservest them all . ” Job 7:20 refers to God as “ preserver of men , " and Psalm 36 : 6 recognizes : “ O Lord , thou preservest man and beast . ” Providence ...
... heaven ... the earth , and all things that are therein ... and thou preservest them all . ” Job 7:20 refers to God as “ preserver of men , " and Psalm 36 : 6 recognizes : “ O Lord , thou preservest man and beast . ” Providence ...
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... heaven , and will forgive their sin , and will heal their land . ” 2 Chronicles 30 : 9 adds : " For if ye turn again unto the Lord , your brethren and your children shall find compassion ... for the Lord your God is gracious and ...
... heaven , and will forgive their sin , and will heal their land . ” 2 Chronicles 30 : 9 adds : " For if ye turn again unto the Lord , your brethren and your children shall find compassion ... for the Lord your God is gracious and ...
Contents
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A Celebration of Gods Sovereignty | 113 |
Blessings Have Inherent Potential For Harm | 145 |
Gods Blessing of Participation by Faith | 175 |
Gods Blessing of Participation by Obedience | 207 |
Gods Blessing of Participation in Holiness | 285 |
The Unavoidable Suffering of Training | 307 |
The Lords Suffer | 329 |
Suffering When God Punishes Evil | 357 |
Evil Authored by Free Beings | 387 |
Gods Creative Uses of Suffering | 413 |
Suffering as Gods Instrument of Grace | 437 |
Portals to Fellowship With God | 459 |
Gods Blessing of Participation in Stewardship | 241 |
Gods Blessing of Participation in Christs Church | 265 |
Endnotes | 471 |
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Page 112 - But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create ; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy...
Page 295 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, "It is my people:" and they shall say, "The Lord is my God.
Page 239 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Page 224 - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
Page 437 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Page 250 - Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.
Page 215 - I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 'Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Page 46 - That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord" and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.