Homiletic Review Ecclesiastes 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other… in adversity: — I. THE DESIGN OF THE VISITATION. It includes — 1. Correction. 2. Prevention. 3. Trial or testing of character. 4. Instruction in righteousness. 5. Increased usefulness. II. THE RELIEF WHICH GOD IS READY TO BESTOW. 1. Your afflictions are not peculiar. It is not "a strange thing that has happened unto you." 2. They happen not by chance. God's wisdom plans, and His love executes, them all. 3. They are not unmixed evil. "It is good for me that I have been afflicted." 4. They are not to endure always. Only for "a moment," and then heaven! 5. We are not asked to bear these afflictions alone. (Homiletic Review.) Parallel Verses KJV: In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. |
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