Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.
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… For those who persevere through temptation and trial. James 1.12 says, Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love him. The crown of life. So, every temptation you've resisted. How many of you have ever been tempted to sin? Raise your hand. Okay. You are a sinful bunch of people. So glad you're in church today. How many of you have resisted the temptation to sin? Raise your hand. I hope as many hands go up. But interestingly, not as many hands. But you know what? Every temptation you've resisted, God noted. Well done. Well done. He has a crown waiting for you because you've done that. Or the trial you've gone through. Some people go through extraordinary trials and hardship in life. I can't explain it. Like why did that happen to them? This godly man, this godly woman having to go through life with that severe disability or that great difficulty or that loss of a loved one or something else. …
… you may be mature, lacking in nothing. And verse 12, blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love Him. From time to time, the top people at Ligonier who are anonymous, who meet together to arrange for the conference, select difficult subjects. our subject this evening is a difficult subject. So much so, I think that in all my years of ministry, although just in the course of Bible exposition I've touched on the themes of suffering and endurance in the course of a normal round of ministry, I think this is the first time in my life I've ever actually been asked to speak on the subject of suffering. And I think there is a very obvious reason for that, that suffering is not something we enjoy, and suffering is a subject from which we tend to shrink and do everything in our powers to avoid suffering. …
… Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him. So important. You guys, okay, James 1 has been like a staple in my life. I try to just read the verses so that you can go back at any time and read through those verses yourself, because they're not that hard to understand. But this is an interesting sentence at the end. He goes, blessed is the person who remains steadfast under trial. Okay, not the person that says, okay, I'm done. I'm, you know, we're, no, you actually suffer through it. It's, it's, it's, it's to bear up under. It's like having that weight. You ever see those guys that deadlift, and they're holding this weight, and they're just staying under. That's that word. Blessed is the man who stays steadfast under trial because when he has been tested, for when he has stood the test, there's that test thing again. …