Why do Christians have trials?

1. To glorify God
2. To discipline for known sin
3. To prevent us from falling into sin
4. To keep us from pride
5. To build your faith (by dark times)
6. To cause growth
7. To teach obedience & discipline
8. To equip us to comfort others
9. To prove the reality of Christ in us (for witness)
10. As a testimony to the angels

Hope

• Highest form of maturity is to measure your hope
  • Hope is confidence in the future over your present
  • Fretting and frustrations demonstrate a lack of hope

Romans

• Romans divided into groups of chapters that can be described as Faith – Hope – Love
• Religion is man’s attempt to reconcile himself
• The just shall live by faith
• We are: helpless, ungodly, sinners, enemies
• If He would die for us in this condition, how much does He love us now that we’re born again?