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in Signs of the Times vol.15 no.13 (1847)
AUTHOR: | Mitchell, William M. |
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WHEN THE LORD AFFLICTS HIS CHILDREN, it is in love
and mercy, and not in wrath or indignation, for “whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth and scourgeth every son whom he
receiveth,” and they often learn some very important lessons by
such afflictions, it often brings them back when they have gone
astray, it often brings them to consider their ingratitude to God,
and his goodness and mercy toward them: so it was with many
of the Israelites and with David; “Before I was afflicted (says David)
I went astray; but now have I kept thy word,” Psalms 119:67, 71.
If I could reap the important benefit that David did, from
my afflictions, I certainly ought to feel that I have no just cause
of complaint, and be prepared to say with all my heart, “It is
good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy
statutes.” If these afflictions should aid my capacity for learning
and keeping the statutes and commands of my Lord and Master,
then indeed I might say it is good for me that I have been
afflicted. If I have been made wise unto salvation through faith
in Christ, I will no doubt profit by being chastened and afflicted
of the Lord, but “Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a
mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness
depart from him.” Proverbs 27:22. |
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