Patience in bearing trials(a) Either in regard to man, when we bear injuries without revenging, or (b) in regard to God, when we bear his hand without repining. A good man will not only do God's will, but bear his will: 'I will bear the indignation of the Lord' (Mic. 7:9). This patient bearing of God's will is not:(i) A stoical apathy; patience is not insensitivity under God's hand; we ought to be sensitive.(ii) Enforced patience, to bear a thing because we cannot help it, which (as Erasmus said) is rather necessity than patience. But patience is a cheerful submission of our will to God: 'The will of the Lord be done' (Acts 21:14). A godly man acquiesces in what God does, as being not only good but best for himself. The great quarrel between God and us is, Whose will shall stand? Now the regenerate will falls in with the will of God. There are four things opposite to this patient frame of soul:(a) Disquiet of spirit, when the soul is discomposed and pulled off the hinges, insomuch that it is unfit for holy duties. When the strings of a lute are snarled up, the lute is not fit to make music. So when a Christian's spirit is perplexed and disturbed, he cannot make melody in his heart to the Lord.(b) Discontent, which is a sullen, dogged mood. When a man is not angry at his sins, but at his condition, this is different from patience. Discontent is the daughter of pride.(c) Prejudice, which is a dislike of God and his ways, and a falling off from religion. Sinners have hard thoughts of God, and if he just touches them on a sore spot, they will at once go away from him and throw off his livery.(d) Self-vindication, when instead of being humbled under God's hand, a man justifies himself, as if he had not deserved what he suffers. A proud sinner stands upon his own defence, and is ready to accuse God of unrighteousness, which is as if we should tax the sun with darkness. This is far from patience. A godly man subscribes to God's wisdom and submits to his will. He says not only, 'Good is the word of the Lord' (Isa. 39:8), but 'Good is the rod of the Lord'.
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PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SAVED, PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE JOHN 3:16. PEOPLE WHO NEED TO REPENT OF THEY SINS AND HUMBLE THEMSELVES BEFORE GOD AND REALIZE THEY NEED GOD. WHY DO WE NEED GOD, BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY,SEX,POWER,AND GREED YOU HAVE FOR LIFE IT ALL FOR NOTHING IN LESS YOU KNOW CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR AND REPENT OF ALL YOUR SINS AND PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS, THEN TURN AWAY FROM YOUR LIFE OF SIN. AND LIVE YOUR LIFE AS CHRIST WOULD LIVE YOUR LIFE IF HE WAS HERE ON EARTH LIVING IN YOUR PLACE. BECAUSE WHEN U ARE TRUELY SAVED YOUR OLD SIN NATURE DIED AND WHEN YOU BECOME SAVED THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES AND LIVE IN YOU AND YOU DEVOLPE A NEW SPIRIT NATURE. A NATURE PLEASING TO GOD THE FATHER GOD, THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT. I PRAY THAT EVERYONE WILL ACCEPT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS THEY LORD AND SAVIOR
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Walking with God imports five things:I. Walking as under God’s eye. Noah reverenced a deity. A godly man sets himself as in God’s presence, knowing that his judge is looking on: ‘I have set the Lord always before me’ (Psa. 16:8). David’s eyes were here.2. The familiarity and intimacy that the soul has with God. Friends walk together and console themselves one with another. The godly make known their requests to God and he makes known his love to them. There is a sweet intercourse between God and his people: ‘Our communion (koinonia) is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ’ (1 John 1:3).3. Walking above the earth. A godly man is elevated above all sublunary objects. The person who walks with God must ascend very high. A dwarf cannot walk among the stars, nor can a dwarfish, earthly soul walk with God.4. Visible piety. Walking is a visible posture. Grace must be conspicuous to the onlookers. He who reveals something of God in his behavior walks with God. He shines forth in biblical conduct.5. Continued progress in grace. It is not only a step but a walk. There is a going on towards perfection. A godly man does not sit down in the middle of his way but goes on till he comes to the ‘end of his faith’ (1 Pet. 1:9). Though a good man may be out of the path, he is not out of the way. He may through infirmity step aside (as Peter did), but he recovers by repentance and goes on in progressive holiness: ‘The righteous also shall hold on his way’ (Job 17:9)
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