so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
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Every change in your life is always a test of your faith. 1 Peter 1, verse 7 says this. The purpose of these troubles, you know the ones you're in right now? The purpose of these troubles is to test your faith. Circle that. As fire tests how genuine gold is. Your faith is more precious than gold. and by passing the test, it gives praise and glory and honor to God. Now, I've told you before that having faith during a time of change is like a trapeze act and a trapeze artist. You've all seen it and the circuses stuff. Trapeze artist swings out on one bar, the other one comes from the other direction, and at one point they let go of this bar and then grab onto that one and swing across to the other side. At some point in that trapeze artist, you have to let go of this one in order to jump over and grab the other one. At that point, you're hanging suspended in space with nothing holding you up. That is the moment of faith in your life. But when you grab onto that, it'll take you to the other side. If you don't take that risk, if you don't step out in faith. …
… they coexist in the Christian life and in 1 Peter chapter 1 verses 6 and 7 he says in the living hope of Jesus risen from the dead he's a living hope in him you rejoice there's joy though for a little while if necessary you have been grieved by various trials you rejoice though you're grieved so joy and sadness coexist in the Christian life and secondly and finally sorrows now prepare us for greater joy to come the joy will be greater in the end because of enduring sorrows now by faith and so Paul says in 2nd Corinthians 4 17 that our slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. In this age, that mingling of joy and sorrow in the Christian life is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory and its surpassing joy. at Desiring God we have this phrase that we put with our favorite slogan about God is most glorified in us when we're most satisfied in him we add this phrase especially in suffering we don't say even in suffering we could say that that's true even in suffering but more than just even, we say, especially in suffering. For now, willingness to experience sadness and sorrow is not a concession for joy-seeking Christians, but it's an opportunity. …
… Chapter 1 1 Peter chapter 1 Verses 6 through 9 Man this is 115 Y'all look like Y'all looking like 1045 yeah and you know I'd be trying to tell people this 115 service got the Holy Ghost we opened the doors last week before the sermon and about 11 people came to Christ I'm telling you I think that's something to praise God about don't you? I think so and then I gave a little sermonette opened the doors again about 6 more came and that doesn't happen unless the Holy Spirit is working in the church and so I'm excited about what's to come and I know some of y'all are here because uh the streaming wasn't working today I'll cut that streaming off next week It's good to see you And I'm grateful 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 6 through 9 Out of the New Revised Standard Version Reads like this In this you rejoice Even if now for a little while You had to suffer various trials So that the genuineness of your faith Being more precious than gold that though perishable is tested by fire may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Although you have not seen him, Jesus, you love him. And even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious what? …
… and the word says more than anything I can say. First Peter chapter 1 verse 6 through 9. Thank you media team. Thank you ambassadors. Thank you music ministry. And to each and every one of you, thank you pastor support team. I'm appreciative of you. 1 Peter 1 6 through 9 6 through 9. in this you rejoice even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials so that the genuineness of your faith being more precious than gold that though perishable is tested by fire may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed although you have not seen him Jesus you love him and even though you do not see him now you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy James Version says unspeakable unspeakable joy for you are receiving the outcome of your faith the salvation of your soul man just read that out the message Bible real quick I know how great this makes you feel even though you have to put up with every kind of average aggregation aggregation in the meantime pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it's your faith, not your gold that God will have on display as evidence of his victory. You never saw him, yet you love him. You still don't see him, yet you trust him with laughter …
… And I just want to talk to you about it. First Peter chapter one, verse six through nine, New Revised Standard Version and Message Bible. If you are able, could you stand with me as we just let God know we honor your word above other words in our lives. It reads like this. Blessed be the God It's good to see Deacon Michael Evans I don't think he's been here since around October. When was your surgery, D? November 22nd. Well, it was a little bit before that. He hadn't been with us in a while. Had a serious back surgery. But look at him standing there clean. Looking good. Standing clean with his Deacon Lane. and I'm grateful, I'm grateful to each and every one of you who've made it through something. All right, I'm sorry, let me do this, because next time I run, I'm going out the door, so. Me and Elder Monica will be on 63rd. Y'all just come get us. 1 Peter 1, 6 through 9. …
In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. And though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining as the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls." Marvelous portion of Scripture. And I want to draw your attention to two statements. One of them appears in verse 6, at the beginning of the verse, "'In this you greatly rejoice.'" This is a statement of fact. This is a fact. In this you greatly rejoice." And then at the end of verse 8, "'You greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory.'" So, Peter is saying, that is your experience as a believer. …
… number one is because you are being purified the bible says in first peter chapter one verse six through seven i need you to listen to me it reads like this out the message bible i know how great this makes you feel even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine when jesus wraps this all up it's your faith not your gold that god will have on display as evidence of his victory one reason we go through who are righteous is because our faith is just like gold and if you want gold to be refined you don't refine it out of the fire it's refined in the fire so you have to turn up the heat on it so the impurities will be burned away so that any dirt or debris would burn away so that you can have the luminosity and the shine and the glow and the glisten on you that God wants to have on you because God wants to make you his display case. He wants people to look at you and see his grace on you but in order for us to represent the glory of God we've got to go through seasons where we're purified by the fire. …