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The
PLAIN TRUTH
a Magazine of
UNDIIlSTANDING
Dear Friend:
Some seem to think Christians should never encounter
difficulties, meet trials or tests, but be blessed continual l y
with smooth sailing!
Does the Bible teach smooth sailing for true
Christiana? Did the men of God, whose lives pleased God, as
recorded in .the Bible, have only an easy time of it, or were
they ·constantly meeting trials, tests, troubles of every sort
-- being continually forced to cry out to God for deliverance?
Lis t en to God's own instruction:
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MANY are the
afflictions of the righteous: but the Eternal delivereth him
out of them all" (Ps.
34:19).
"For
I
was
~nvious
at the foo l ish, when
I
saw the
prosperity of the wicked. . . . They are not in trouble as
other men ... Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in
the world; they increase in riches .... For all the day long
have
I
been plagued, and chastened every morning (Ps .
73:3-14).
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We must through much t ribulation enter the
kingdom of God" (Acts 14:22).
--
"All tha t wil l live godly in Christ Jesus shall
suf'fer persecution"
(II
Tim.
·3:12).
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If we
SUFFER,
we shall also reign with him...
(II
Tim.
2:12).
But is God unfair? Does He hate Christians and
punish them, whi le He loves the ungodly and prospers them?
Not at all!
God does not bless the
un~odly
wi t h weal t h - - t hey
acqui r e i t usua l ly in one or
bOfh
o two ways: by setting
the i r heart and mind on acquiring it, and following through
this purpose to the exclusion of a l l else, until without
realizing it, the pursuit
of~ MONEY
becomes the pursuit of
their god, destroying t he soul; or by dishonest means.
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But God does bless those who seek Him first -- no t
a l ways w1 t h great monetary wealth, but always, i n the end,
with material
prosper~ty
they never would have had otherwise.