WHEN TRIBULATION COME

WHEN TRIBULATION COME

In one of his expository studies on the letter to the Romans, Dr. S. Lewis Johnson said

"Paul says when tribulations come, tribulation works patience, patience works an approved character, and approved character works hope. Well, that's what we began with wasn't it? We "rejoice in hope of the glory of God." So, as the process of tribulation has its activity within us and produces its fruit, its' fruit leads to what we had originally, hope, in addition to the fact that we have an approved character. So consequently tribulations cannot destroy the faith that God has implanted in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. Tribulations actually strengthen the faith that we have and lead us also into a relationship to the Lord God that is even deeper than that that we enjoyed before the tribulations came."

It is comforting to know this.