Are We A Graduate Of Adversity?
Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin Articles, uncategorizedHistory tells us that when a society becomes addicted to pleasure and luxury, it soon ceases to exist through self-destruction. Tribulation ensures our survival by helping to instill within us the qualities of discipline, independence, and creativity. Paul said that adversity helps create perseverance, character, and hope.
In Romans 5:3-4, the apostle Paul writes:
“And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance [endurance]; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.“
Christians who have graduated from the “school of hard knocks” [adversity] should be individuals who have grown the most (1 Peter 1:3-9; 1 Peter 2:1-5).
Are we a graduate?