The Gift of Suffering for Sin In the Bible
“And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor” Judges 4: 2. God’s original people were fickle. When life was good they would invariably turn to other gods. So God...
“And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor” Judges 4: 2. God’s original people were fickle. When life was good they would invariably turn to other gods. So God...
“God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox” Numbers 23: 22. This verse is part of Balaam’s second oracle that he spoke to Balak the king of Moab...
“Hear then the parable of the sower: ‘When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was...
“Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf” Genesis 37: 7. Joseph’s Dream This passage...
“Then the Lord said to Abram, ‘Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. But I will bring judgment...
“You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again. You will increase my greatness and comfort me again” Psalm...
“When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him” Psalm 91: 15. This verse tells us God will be with us in...
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ 25 And when it comes,...
“The people of Israel. . . inquired of God, ‘Who shall go up first for us to fight against the people of Benjamin?’ And the Lord said, ‘Judah shall go up first’. . . And the men of...
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. “Again,...