But he who has mastered the truth of adoption both retains assurance and receives blessing in the day of trouble: this is one aspect of faith’s victory over the world. Only the person who has grasped this can make sense of Romans 8:28, “All things work together for good to them that love God” (KJV) equally, only he can maintain his assurance of sonship against satanic assault as things go wrong. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it” (Heb 12:6-7,11). No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Endure hardship as discipline God is treating you as sons. Sometimes the chiseling process is painful and the discipline irksome, but then the Scripture reminds us: “The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son. The clue to understanding all his dealings with them is to remember that throughout their lives he is training them for what awaits them, and chiseling them into the image of Christ. It is the same with the children of the King of kings. In this world, royal children have to undergo extra training and discipline which other children escape, in order to fit them for their high destiny. “The Christian up to his eyes in trouble can take comfort from the knowledge that in God’s kindly plan it all has a positive purpose, to further his sanctification.

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