Friday, September 1, 2023

Reflection - Joanie Yoder - The Acid Test

Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 79, "The Acid Test", Page 90.
By Joanie Yoder, Our Daily Bread Author


 The proven genuineness of your faith - of greatest worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire - may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. - 1 Peter 1:7
PHOTO: The proven genuineness of your faith - of greatest worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire - may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. - 1 Peter 1:7
Read: 1 Peter 1:3-21

A severe trial is sometimes called an "acid test." This term originated during times when gold was widely circulated. Nitric acid was applied to an object of gold to see if it was genuine or not. If it was fake, the acid decomposed it; if it was genuine, the gold was unaffected.

In God's view, our faith is "of greater worth than gold," and it too must be tested (1 Peter 1:7). But these "acid tests" are positive ones. The Lord is working to reveal genuine faith, not to expose false faith.

During hard times, though, we may feel overwhelmed with the fear that our faith is decomposing, Ronald Dunn, a Bible teacher who has experienced much personal tragedy, knows what we are going through. He writes: "I'm often mystified . . . I don't understand why it is that as I endeavor to live for God and pray and believe, everything seems to be falling apart. Sometimes I struggle, and I say, 'Dear Lord, why are You allowing this to happen?'" Dunn concludes, "It's good for us to remember that God is not an arsonist; He's a refiner."

If you're undergoing a test of your faith, you can rejoice because it may be the very thing that God wants to use to purify and strengthen you.

God is not an arsonist; He's a refiner. - Dunn
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The proven genuineness of your faith - of greatest worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire - may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. - 1 Peter 1:7
Read: 1 Peter 1:3-21
 
 
The proven genuineness of your faith - of greatest worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire - may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. - 1 Peter 1:7
PHOTO: The proven genuineness of your faith - of greatest worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire - may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. - 1 Peter 1:7 
 

A severe trial is sometimes called an "acid test." This term originated during times when gold was widely circulated. Nitric acid was applied to an object of gold to see if it was genuine or not. If it was fake, the acid decomposed it; if it was genuine, the gold was unaffected.


 A severe trial is sometimes called an 'acid test.'
PHOTO: A severe trial is sometimes called an "acid test." This term originated during times when gold was widely circulated. Nitric acid was applied to an object of gold to see if it was genuine or not. If it was fake, the acid decomposed it; if it was genuine, the gold was unaffected.
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In God's view, our faith is "of greater worth than gold," and it too must be tested (1 Peter 1:7). But these "acid tests" are positive ones. The Lord is working to reveal genuine faith, not to expose false faith.


 In God's view, our faith is 'of greater worth than gold,'
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During hard times, though, we may feel overwhelmed with the fear that our faith is decomposing, Ronald Dunn, a Bible teacher who has experienced much personal tragedy, knows what we are going through. He writes: "I'm often mystified . . . I don't understand why it is that as I endeavor to live for God and pray and believe, everything seems to be falling apart. Sometimes I struggle, and I say, 'Dear Lord, why are You allowing this to happen?'" Dunn concludes, "It's good for us to remember that God is not an arsonist; He's a refiner."


 During hard times, though, we may feel overwhelmed with the fear that our faith is decomposing
PHOTO: During hard times, though, we may feel overwhelmed with the fear that our faith is decomposing, Ronald Dunn, a Bible teacher who has experienced much personal tragedy, knows what we are going through. He writes: "I'm often mystified . . . I don't understand why it is that as I endeavor to live for God and pray and believe, everything seems to be falling apart. Sometimes I struggle, and I say, 'Dear Lord, why are You allowing this to happen?'" Dunn concludes, "It's good for us to remember that God is not an arsonist; He's a refiner."
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If you're undergoing a test of your faith, you can rejoice because it may be the very thing that God wants to use to purify and strengthen you.


 If you're undergoing a test of your faith, you can rejoice because it may be the very thing that God wants to use to purify and strengthen you.
 

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Reflection - Joanie Yoder - The Acid Test
Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 79, "The Acid Test", Page 90.
By Joanie Yoder, Our Daily Bread Author



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Reference
[1] From "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Copyright © 2021 by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Chapter 79, "The Acid Test", Page 90.


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