Homilist 1 Peter 1:6-9 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations:… I. The disciplinary elements are VERY MANIFOLD. II. The disciplinary elements are VERY PAINFUL. "Ye are in heaviness." Or, as Dr. Davidson renders it, "made sorrowful." "Heaviness" is a relative term. What is heavy to one would be light to another. Paul gloried in tribulation. III. The disciplinary elements are ONLY TEMPORARY. "Now for a season." 1. The trials of life are short compared with the enjoyments of life. They are exceptional. 2. The trials of life are short compared with the blessedness of the future. IV. The disciplinary elements are VERY NECESSARY. "If need be." As storms in nature are necessary to purify the air, so trials are necessary to cleanse the atmosphere around the soul. V. The disciplinary elements are ALWAYS BENEFICENT. "That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth." Nothing is more important to man than that it should be genuine. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: |
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