Sermon Outline: Introduction • Our View of Trials and Tribulations Determine Whether We Glory in Them or Fall into Despair under their Weight • Frustration, Confusion, Rebellion, and Hopelessness OR “Glory in Tribulations” (v. 3a; James 1:2) • Counter Intuitive to Our Natural Inclinations (1 Peter 1:6; Hebrews 12:11) • Tribulations Bring out (Increases and Enhances) the Fruit of Perseverance, Character, and Hope – “No Pain/No Gain” I. “Tribulation Produces Perseverance” – Patient Endurance (v. 3b) • Humble Submission to God’s Will (Job 1:6-2:10) • The True Believer Knows that He Belongs to God and Trusts in His Steadfastness for Good (Romans 8:28-30) II. “Perseverance Produces Character” - Proven Character (v. 4a) • Trials Test the Genuineness of Our Faith – Another Way of Speaking of Proven Character (1 Peter 1:7) • The Evidence of Genuine Faith/Proven Character • Steadfastness in Duty (Philippians 2:19-22) • Steadfastness in Truth (James 5:11; Job 2:10) III. “Character Produces Hope” (v. 4b-5) • If Justified by Our Works, Tribulations will Produce a Hope that will Disappoint (Isaiah 64:6; Romans 3:19-20; Galatians 2:10; 3:10-11) • A Hope that will not Disappoint (v. 5a) o Because Justification Includes “the Restoration of Divine Favor” – L. Berkhof o A Sure and Steadfast Hope Grounded in the Finished Work of Christ and Base upon the Promise of Salvation that Every True Believer Possesses • The Assurance of Hope is the Love of God (v. 5) Conclusion/Application • For the True believer Tribulations will produce Perseverance, Character, and Hope & by the Grace of God, able to “Glory in Tribulation"
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