Afflictions

Afflictions

God appoints - 2Ki 6:33; Job 5:6,17; Ps 66:11; Am 3:6; Mic 6:9

God dispenses, as He will - Job 11:10; Isa 10:15; 45:7

God regulates the measure of - Ps 80:5; Isa 9:1; Jer 46:28

God determines the continuance of - Ge 15:13,14; Nu 14:33; Isa 10:25; Jer 29:10

God does not willingly send - La 3:33

Man is born to - Job 5:6,7; 14:1

Saints appointed to - 1Th 3:3

Consequent upon the fall - Ge 3:16-19

Sin produces - Job 4:8; 20:11; Pr 1:31

Sin visited with - 2Sa 12:14; Ps 89:30-32; Isa 57:17; Ac 13:10,11

Often severe - Job 16:7-16; Ps 42:7; 66:12; Jon 2:3; Re 7:14

Always less than we deserve - Ezr 9:13; Ps 103:10

Frequently terminate in good - Ge 50:20; Ex 1:11,12; De 8:15,16; Jer 24:5,6; Eze 20:37

Tempered with mercy - Ps 78:38,39; 106:43-46; Isa 30:18-21; La 3:32; Mic 7:7-9; Na 1:12

Saints are to expect - Joh 16:33; Ac 14:22

Of saints, are comparatively light - Ac 20:23,24; Ro 8:18; 2Co 4:17

Of saints, are but temporary - Ps 30:5; 103:9; Isa 54:7,8; Joh 16:20; 1Pe 1:6; 5:10

Saints have joy under - Job 5:17; Jas 5:11

Of saints, end in joy and blessedness - Ps 126:5,6; Isa 61:2,3; Mt 5:4; 1Pe 4:13,14

Often arise from the profession of the gospel - Mt 24:9; Joh 15:21; 2Ti 3:11,12

Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God - De 8:5; Ps 119:75; Pr 3:12; 1Co 11:32; Heb 12:6,7; Re 3:19