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Last Updated on : Saturday, October 11, 2014

 

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Chapter 9

Whom Lord Loveth He Chaisteneth


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GOD puts his children in the furnace to try them, as gold, that the dross may be consumed. No character is complete till it is tried. A man or woman is worth little as a companion, either for wisdom or sympathy, who has not seen trouble. Those believers, "living in pleasure are dead while they live." Having a name to live, they are dead; they are not awake to the great and dread realities of existence that are in Gad. If Gad love, He will draw them into the furnace in same way. This is the word of Christ to the seven ecclesias. "As many as I love I rebuke and chasten" (Rev. 3:19). Again, "whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." If ye endure chastening, Gad dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he who m the Father chasteneth not? It cannot be that this principle should apply to the sons of Gad in the first century, and not apply now. Gad changeth not; and if we are His, we are as much the objects of his care as His children were in the beginning. Therefore when we suffer according to the will of Gad, let us commit ourselves unto Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator (1Pet. 4:19).

 

Suffering is a heavy plough, driven by a hand of iron. The more ungrateful and rebellious the soil, the more it tears; the richer and softer the soil, the deeper it delves.

 

 


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