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This book is for anyone that has gone through a storm and maybe going thru one now. Learn the types of storm and how they relate to you. Trust Gods word and learn his way out of each and every storm.

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Preface

This book is for anyone that

has gone through a storm

and maybe going thru one

now. Learn the types of

storm and how they relate to

you. Trust Gods word and

learn his way out of each and

every storm.

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Tables of Content

God’s purpose for storms

Even great men go through 17

Real men don’t run from Storms 45

Buffed but Blessed 55

Speak to your peace 75

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GOD’S PURPOSE FOR THE

STORM

"For we would not, brethren,

have you ignorant of our

trouble which came to us in

Asia, that we were pressed out

of measure, above strength,

insomuch that we despaired

even of life."--II Cor. 1:8.

"We are troubled on every

side, yet not distressed; we are

perplexed, but not in despair;

Persecuted, but not forsaken;

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cast down, but not destroyed;

Always bearing about in the

body the dying of the Lord Je-

sus, that the life also of Jesus

might be made manifest in our

body."--II Cor. 4:8-10.

The surge of trouble is nothing

new to God’s people. The Bi-

ble is filled with stories of

those in trouble. The Hebrew

children had their fiery fur-

nace. Daniel had his den of

lions. Joseph was cast into

prison.

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Paul was shipwrecked and

beaten with stripes. Peter was

sent to prison. John was exiled

at Patmos. James had his head

cut off. David fled from Saul.

Samson had his eyes put out.

Psalm 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the

righteous: but the Lord delive-

reth him out of them all.

Clyde Gordon, who was com-

pletely paralyzed from his

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neck down, edited a magazine

called The Triumph. In it he

said:

"Christ is no security against

storms,

But He is perfect security in

storms.

He does not promise an easy

passage,

But He does guarantee a safe

landing."

The road to success is always

under construction. It seems

that those who seem to have

it hard always get more done."

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Paul said in I Corinthians

10:13, "There hath no tempta-

tion (trouble) taken you but

such as is common to man: but

God is faithful, who will not

suffer you to be tempted

above that ye are able; but will

with the temptation (trouble )

also make a way to escape.

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7 ways God may use a

“surge of problems” in

our lives:

1. To Direct Us.

Sometimes God must light a

fire under you to get you mov-

ing. Problems often point us in

a new direction and motivate

us to change. Is God trying to

get our attention?

Proverbs 20:30

The blueness of a wound

cleanse away evil: so do

stripes the inward parts of the

belly.

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The world deceives us. But af-

ter a serious bout with

trouble, we don’t usually care

as much about what people

think.

Pride is plowed under, the

world loses its value, the ap-

petites for sin lose their taste.

God could have kept Daniel

out of the lions’ den, Paul and

Silas out of jail, the Hebrew

children from the fiery fur-

nace; but it was good for all

these to go through these ex-

periences.

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2. To Inspect Us.

People are like tea bags…if you

want to know what’s inside

them, just drop them in hot

water! Has God ever tested

your faith with a problem?

What do problems reveal

about you?

James 1:2-3

My brethren, count it all joy

when ye fall into divers temp-

tations; [3] Knowing this, that

the trying of your faith wor-

keth patience.

3. To Correct Us.

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Some lessons we learn only

through pain and failure. It’s

likely that as a child your par-

ents told you not to touch a

hot stove. But you probably

learned by being burned.

Sometimes we only learn the

value of something by losing

it."

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have

been afflicted; that I might

learn thy statutes.

4. To Connect Us.

When someone dies in the

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family, loved ones gather from

far and near for the funeral.

People want to be together

when in trouble. When some-

one is seriously ill, their friends

and neighbors gather in to

check on them and make sure

things are all right.

Trouble not only draws people

together, but it also draws

them to the Lord. David said,

"Before I was afflicted, I went

astray" (Ps. 119:67). Many a

person has called for a

preacher in time of trouble to

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make things right with God.

Then trouble also draws

people to church. It is not un-

common to see a whole family

show up at church after a fu-

neral.

Sometimes when people get

bad news from the doctor

about their physical condition,

they take a renewed interest

in church. So trouble unifies.

5. To Protect Us.

A problem can be a blessing in

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disguise if it prevents you from

being harmed by something

more serious. I read about a

guy who was fired for refusing

to do something unethical that

his boss had asked him to do.

His unemployment was a

problem - but it saved him

from being convicted and sent

to prison a year later when the

management’s actions were

eventually discovered.

Joseph said to his brothers in

Genesis 50:20

But as for you, ye thought evil

against me; but God meant it

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unto good, to bring to pass, as

it is this day, to save much

people alive.

God is the only true “surge

protector!”

6. To Perfect Us. the perfect

storm

Problems, when responded to

correctly, are character build-

ers. God is far more interested

in your character than your

comfort. Your relationship to

God and your character are

the only two things you’re

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going to take with you into

eternity.

Romans 5:3-4

And not only so, but we glory

in tribulations also: knowing

that tribulation worketh pa-

tience; [4] And patience, expe-

rience; and experience, hope.

David said in Ps. 71:19-21

O God, who is like unto thee!

Thou, which hast shewed me

great and sore troubles, shalt

quicken me again, and shalt

bring me up again from the

depths of the earth. Thou shalt

increase my greatness, and

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comfort me on every side."

Here we find the effect of

trouble. It was a blessing in

disguise, a benefit to the life of

this good servant of God.

All things work together for

good to them that love God, to

them who are the called ac-

cording to his purpose"

(Rom. 8:28).

The graduate degree of spiri-

tuality comes from attending

the University of Hard Knocks.

7. To Project Us.

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The surge of trouble focuses

us outwardly, on what is most

important…it furthers God’s

cause.

Philip. 1:12

But I would ye should under-

stand, brethren, that the

things which happened unto

me have fallen out rather unto

the furtherance of the gospel;

“For God to make manifest the

fact that He gives songs in the

night, He must first make the

night!”

Who don’t get Tired

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I suppose all of us at some

time or another get de-

pressed, or want to give up

and quit. In the heat of a mo-

ment we’ll say, "I’ll just leave

this job, this church, or this

family, and they’ll miss

me…they’ll wish they had

treated me different!"

Often we have some of these

feelings:

“there’s no use, harder I try,

worse things get, don’t wit-

ness, no one listens, just spin-

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ning wheels, getting nothing at

church, daily stresses and

problems (life is just mundane,

repetitive, like Chinese water

torture!)

I know this is true for 2 rea-

sons:

I talk to many of you going

threw it

I’ve gone threw it!

Sometimes God’s people need

a spiritual 2nd wind…

Examples:

• Moses

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The Greatest leader, hand-

picked by God!

Had God’s power on his life,

but in Numbers 11:15 he said

to God, “if thou deal thus with

me, kill me, I pray thee!”

• Joshua

Greatest General, handpicked

by God to lead Israel into the

Promised Land…but in Joshua

7:7, he said, “would to God we

had been content and dwelt

on the other side of Jordan”

(so this is what we get for

serving God, he said, after a

great defeat!)

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He felt like quitting! He got

over it, thankfully!

• Elijah

Greatest prophet of OT willing

to challenge the idolatry of his

day called fire down from hea-

ven won a faceoff with proph-

ets of Baal, but in I Kings 19:4

after it was all over, he re-

quested for himself that he

might die, and said, it is

enough now, O Lord, take

away my life!

• Job

We talk about his patience and

faith, and he was truly a great

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man…he had a great beginning

and a great ending, but in-

between, when he lost every-

thing, he wished he had not

been born, became suicidal,

extremely depressed for a pe-

riod of time!

Job 3:3 he said, let the day pe-

rish in which I was born!

• Jonah

He wanted God to kill him, and

was spiritually depressed and

not even happy for the all the

souls that just got saved in Ni-

neveh!

• Paul

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In Acts 18 we find Paul in his

2nd missionary journey, arriv-

ing from Athens to Corinth ex-

periencing a low time in his

life (of depression)

I Cor. 2:3 Paul says of that

time in Acts: “I was with you in

weakness and in fear, and in

much trembling” (could be

translated: “I was far from

strong, nervous, and rather

shaky!”

-He was fatigued (53 mile

walk)

He was alone

He was bi-vocational (v. 3:

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tentmaker)

Stressed-v. 5 “pressed in the

spirit” (spiritual stress)

Had a sense of failure (not

much success in Athens called

a “babbler” (bird brain)

Frustrated, leaving a city of

idolatry and heading for the

worst in the world for immo-

rality! (Sin city! The Temple:

Aphrodite, goddess of sex, and

a thousand prostitutes sold

their bodies in the temple in

the name of religion!)

unappreciated…he later wrote

to the people of Corinth:

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2Co 12:15 -

And I will very gladly spend

and be spent for you; though

the more abundantly I love

you, the less I be loved.

At this point on this trip alone,

he’s been beaten and jailed at

Philippi, persecuted at Thessa-

lonica and Berea, ridiculed in

Athens, and now he has to

face Corinth! He was at a low

point, a crossroads in his min-

istry, and he was just about to

quit!

But the Lord came to Paul on

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this day, and showed him that

trying times are not the time

to quit trying!

v. 11—he didn’t quit, he con-

tinued! Why? Because God

told him in 9 and 10: “it’s too

soon to quit!”

3 Promises for the ‘Winded’

We have the promise of …

1. God’s presence

v. 10 “I am with thee”

• In times of loneliness

Heb. 13:5, Jesus said, I will

never leave thee, nor forsake

thee! (gk. Word “never” there

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3 times…never, no never, no

never!)

Gospel of Matthew, 2 wonder-

ful bookends:

Beginning: “Emmanuel, God

with us”

Ending: Great commission,

where Jesus said, “Lo, I am

with you always” (don’t fly!)

Your best friend my stab you

in the back, but He’s a friend

that sticks closer than a broth-

er!

In loneliness…

• In the valley

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When defeat comes discou-

ragement sickness financial

reversal, heartaches, family

problems…remember that the

God of the mountain. is still

God in the valley!

Ill.—little boy went home after

school very sad/told mom

about Billy, his best friend,

who had been absent for 3

days/found out today why

when he returned to class…his

daddy died, and when he told

us, he cried and just laid his

head flat on his desk/mom:

“what did you do?”/I didn’t

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know what to do, so I just laid

my head on my desk and

cried, too!

that’s the kind of Savior we

have! The Bible says, “He’s

TOUCHED” with the feelings of

our infirmities!

Jn. 11:35 says Jesus wept,

why? Lazarus had died Jesus

even knew he was going to

raise him from the dead,

things were going to get bet-

ter, but Jesus’ heart still broke

in the meanwhile!

He’s there in the valley with

you!

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In loneliness, in the valley…

In death

If we’re honest, we’ll admit we

have a fear of death. (normal

defense mechanism)

Ps. 23: “yea, tho’ I walk thru

the valley of the shadow of

death, I will fear no evil…for

thou art with me!

Joke- a preacher asked church,

how many want to go to hea-

ven, all raised their hands ex-

cept 1 old man you sir, don’t

you wanna go someday? sure,

if you put it that way…I

thought you were getting up a

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load to go right now!

But when our time comes, the

Lord comes Himself with dying

grace and takes away our fear.

He doesn’t send an angel…He

comes for us Himself!

It’s too soon to quit! We have

the promise of His presence!

2. God’s protection

v. 10 “no man shall set on thee

to hurt thee” (the Lord didn’t

say no man would set on thee)

…not that he wouldn’t be hurt,

but that he wouldn’t be

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harmed!

They might have killed the

apostle Paul, but not until he

was able to say, “I have fi-

nished my course.”

They killed the Lord Jesus, but

not before He said, “It is fi-

nished!”

God has a purpose for your

life. Greater than your job!

And if you choose to, you can

live it out, fearlessly…though

there will be persecution, tri-

als and hardships…but until

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your work here is done, God’s

not finished with you, the devil

can’t harm you, man can’t hurt

you, disease cannot touch you,

there are no accidents with

God…He and He alone will call

you home when the time is

right!

So good to know, that nothing

can happen without the Lord’s

permission.

To live is Christ, to die is

gain…God, take me when

you’re thru with me…until

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then, I’m gonna serve you!

It’s too soon to quit!

First let me summarize this

phenomenal story of Elijah

and his confrontation with the

prophets of Baal.

The first we see of Elijah is in 1

Kings 18. He is told by God to

go and announce that there

will not be rain on the land un-

til he says so. Baal worship had

become common and Baal

was thought to be the god of

rain, so what better way to put

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that to rest than to stop all

rain.

Elijah makes his announce-

ment and then leaves. After a

couple of years, the wicked

King, Ahab sends another

prophet Obadiah, a good

prophet, in one direction while

he goes another. Obadiah runs

into Elijah. Elijah tells Obadiah

to go tell Ahab that Elijah is

here. Read this passage which

shows how strongly Ahab was

looking for Elijah:

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1 Kings 18:9-46

"What have I done wrong,"

asked Obadiah, "that you are

handing your servant over to

Ahab to be put to death? [10]

As surely as the LORD your

God lives, there is not a nation

or kingdom where my master

has not sent someone to look

for you. And whenever a na-

tion or kingdom claimed you

were not there, he made them

swear they could not find you.

[11] But now you tell me to go

to my master and say, ’Elijah is

here.’ *12+ I don’t know where

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the Spirit of the LORD may

carry you when I leave you. If I

go and tell Ahab and he

doesn’t find you, he will kill

me.

Obadiah did not want to take

the chance on giving Ahab this

good news, only to find that

God had called Elijah away. I

think he assumed that Ahab

would kill Elijah, so God might

call him away to save Elijah’s

life.

But Elijah convinces him that

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he will be there when he

comes back. This is what Ahab

says:

I Kings 18:17

When he saw Elijah, he said to

him, "Is that you, you troubler

of Israel?"

Elijah debates that point brief-

ly but then sets up a challenge

to prove who is the true God.

This is what happens:

1 Kings 18:19

Now summon the people from

all over Israel to meet me on

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Mount Carmel. And bring the

four hundred and fifty proph-

ets of Baal and the four hun-

dred prophets of Asherah,

who eat at Jezebel’s table."

vs20 So Ahab sent word

throughout all Israel and as-

sembled the prophets on

Mount Carmel. vs21 Elijah

went before the people and

said, "How long will you waver

between two opinions?

If the LORD is God, follow him;

but if Baal is God, follow him."

But the people said nothing.

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Elijah was looking for someone

man enough to stand up with

him, but no one would. The

story is a great story, one of

my favorites in the Bible, so I

encourage you to read it later,

but right now I want to dis-

cover how Elijah was able to

stand alone. What made him

man enough to do this?

Personal dangers didn’t mat-

ter to Elijah. The mob may

have been ready to lynch him

when he came, but he didn’t

care. Elijah was God’s man, in

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God’s place, at God’s time. Do

you have the same attitude as

Elijah? Do you want to be

God’s man in His place and in

His time?

Real Men Don’t Run

from Storms

We live in a society that wants

to neuter manhood. People

want you to believe that there

is really no difference, it is all

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learned. Because of that, we

are raising a generation of

men that do not know what it

means to be a real man.

I am going to tell you what I

believe to be the traits of

manhood in the life of Elijah

and especially in the life of Je-

sus. Men and boys, I want you

to know that if you want to be

a real man, you will have these

traits.

These four traits come out of a

book called “Raising a Modern

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Day Knight” by Robert Lewis.

The first trait of a man is …

I. A Real Man Rejects Passivi-

ty.

Elijah was told to go and

present himself to Ahab. He

knew that was not a safe thing

to do, but he could not be pas-

sive. He does so and sets up

this challenge with the proph-

ets of Baal. But there were

others that day that were pas-

sive, sitting on the sideline,

seeing what would happen.

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I Kings 18:20-21

So Ahab sent word throughout

all Israel and assembled the

prophets on Mount Carmel.

[21] Elijah went before the

people and said, "How long

will you waver between two

opinions? If the LORD is

God, follow him; but if Baal

is God, follow him." But the

people said nothing.

Did you hear the passivity?

“But the people said nothing.”

Elijah was man enough to

stand alone, but passivity kept

others from joining him.

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Anyone who has been around

boys knows that they seem to

possess a natural aggressive-

ness to initiate, to explore,

and to achieve. They are much

more apt to trip their younger

brothers, tackle their sisters

and punch each other in the

arm.

Though it varies from man to

man, this inbred aggressive-

ness – both physical and psy-

chological – is not a learned

behavior; it is innate. It is part

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of being a man.

But, for some reason, men of

every age become passive

when it comes to initiating this

action in their homes, with the

families, and in their commun-

ities. Why? The reason is

found in Genesis.

In Genesis 3, the serpent ap-

proaches Eve with a tantalizing

proposition. He convinces her

that the forbidden fruit is ac-

tually the path to life. Satan

coaxes Eve with the promise

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that if she takes one bite, she

“will be like God" (Genesis 3:5)

The stage is set for Adam to

intervene. After all, Adam has

been given responsibility of

the garden; the prohibition

against eating fruit was spo-

ken to him. God has given the

first man a will, to obey

“don’t eat the fruit , a work to

do (“cultivate the garden”),

and a woman to love (Eve).

These are his explicit respon-

sibilities as a man.

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You fully expect Adam to

come running with a garden

hoe, cut off the serpent’s

head, and end this heinous

approach of evil.

But confronted with his social

and spiritual responsibilities,

Adam becomes, of all things,

passive.

Have you ever wondered what

Adam was doing while Eve was

being propositioned? Most

people assume that he was

absent at the time, commun-

ing with nature or tilling the

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soil. Not true. He was right

there, watching his wife con-

template moral and spiritual

suicide. Genesis 3:6 tells us so:

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the

fruit of the tree was good for

food and pleasing to the eye,

and also desirable for gaining

wisdom, she took some and

ate it. She also gave some to

her husband, who was with

her, and he ate it.

Did you hear it? The text says

she gave “some to her hus-

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band, who was with her.” As

naturally aggressive as Adam

was, when the moment of au-

thentic manhood arrived –

when he was called upon to

act responsibly, to take charge

spiritually, and protect his

woman – Adam just stood

there. He went flat. He be-

came passive.

Men have been imitating

Adam’s example ever since.

Have you ever wondered why

the Bible constantly calls men

to love their wives, spiritually

instruct their children, and

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responsibly lead their homes?

The reason is because men

have a fallen nature that ac-

tually bends away from these

responsibilities. It comes with

maleness. It comes from

Adam.

Buffeted But Blessed

Text: 2 Cor.12: 9, 10

Intro: Most of us would think

the ideas of buffeting and

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blessing are totally foreign to

one another. It’s difficult to

wrap our limited insight

around the biblical idea that

the former could actually pro-

duce the latter. As a matter of

fact, the average Christian

probably isn’t the least bit

concerned with understanding

such a concept.

The Apostle Paul saw a defi-

nite connection between be-

ing “buffeted” and being

“blessed.” This great servant

of God realized that the Lord

was purposeful in all He did,

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and in all He permitted to

come into his life, whether

good or ill. Paul realized that

though he could not live obli-

vious to the billows and blows

of life, it was better to look

beyond them, and see the

blessings of growth, effective-

ness, and maturity they would

inevitably produce in him.

That all sounds very noble,

doesn’t it? However, as noble

as this concept may sound, it

is often excruciatingly difficult

to seize, spiritually. It isn’t

easy to learn to “…count it all

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joy when ye fall into divers

temptations (various trials);

Knowing this that the trying of

your faith worketh patience”

(James 1: 2-3), as James says.

It’s far easier to read the con-

cept than to realize it. But

realize it we can and must, if

we are to live victoriously to

the honor and glory of Christ.

In Second Corinthians 12:7-10,

Paul explains what God had

taught him when it seemed

that life was giving him a good

beating. There are some very

important principles to be

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learned in this brief passage.

Let’s consider them together.

Theme: Paul lists three things

for us to consider in our diffi-

culties:

I. THE BUFFETING

A. Its Purpose.

2 Cor.12: 7a “And lest I should

be exalted above measure

through the abundance of the

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revelation…”

2 Cor.12: 7c “…lest I should be

exalted above measure.”

NOTE: [1] Paul indicates that

one of the purposes of his buf-

feting was to prevent religious

pride. The word “exalted”

means, “to become haughty.”

Albert Barnes notes that:

There is abundant reason to

believe that Paul was naturally

a proud man. He was by na-

ture self-confident; trusting in

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his own talents and attain-

ments, and eminently ambi-

tious. When he became a

Christian, therefore, one of his

besetting sins would be pride;

and as he had been especially

favored in his call to the apos-

tleship; in his success as a

preacher; in the standing

which he had among the other

apostles, and in the revela-

tions imparted to him, there

was also special danger that

he would become self-

confident and proud of his at-

tainments.

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If the Apostle Paul could have

a problem with pride, believe

me; any of us could have the

same problem. As a matter of

fact, most all of us have a

pride problem from time to

time. However, God knows

how to deflate our over-

inflated ego, just like this guy:

Some people think they are a

wonder when they are not. I

heard about a bachelor who

was on an airplane. He saw a

pretty stewardess and decided

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to get her attention.

She passed by and said, “Sir,

you do not have your seat belt

fastened.”

He replied, “Well, my dear,

Superman doesn’t need a seat

belt.”

She never hesitated, but re-

sponded immediately, “Yes,

and Superman would not need

an airplane either, fasten your

seat belt!”(3)

The potential for religious

pride lay in the “…abundance

of the revelations” given to

Paul

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[3a] Paul was blinded on the

Damascus Road, by the

brightness of the glorified Chr-

ist (Acts 9: 3; 22: 6).

[3b] Paul had seen a vision in

which he was instructed to go

preach to the Gentiles (Acts

22: 17-21).

[3c] It was through a vision

that Paul had been called to

go preach the Gospel in Ma-

cedonia (Acts 16: 9).

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*3d+ Paul was taken up “into

paradise,” where he heard

“unspeakable words” (2

Cor.12: 2-4).

[3e] Paul received the revela-

tion of divine truth concerning

the “mystery” of Christ and His

Church (Eph.3: 3).

[4] Christians sometimes fail to

understand that Satan will use

good things to corrupt our

lives. If we don’t stay alert, Sa-

tan will turn a blessing from

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God into boasting in the flesh.

B. Its Properties.

1. It was painful.

2 Cor.12: 7b “…a thorn in the

flesh, the messenger of Satan

to buffet me…”

NOTE: [1] The word translated

“thorn” refers to a “‘a sharp

stake used for torturing or im-

paling someone.’”(4)

*2+ The word “buffet” also im-

plies pain, in that it means, “to

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strike with clenched hands, to

buffet with the fist.”(5)

[3] One is caused to wonder

why God would allow such a

choice servant as Paul, to suf-

fer this kind of satanic anta-

gonism.

[3a] Paul said that the trials he

endured were a constant re-

minder of his personal weak-

ness and inability apart from

the enabling power of God (2

Cor.12: 10).

[3b] Difficulties in the Christian

life produce much the same

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effect as the ocean does upon

the rocks on the shore. Rocks

found in the quiet coves, sepa-

rated from the crashing waves

of the sea, are jagged and

sharp. However, the rocks that

are exposed to the constant

pounding of the ocean’s waves

become smooth, polished and

beautiful. Satan wants to

smash us with the trials and

difficulties of life, while God

wants to smooth and sanctify

us with them.

2. It was physical.

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2 Cor.12: 7b “…in the flesh…”

Paul was simply saying that

he suffered from “…a physical

affliction.”(6) Robertson also

agrees with this deduction. He

says, “Certainly it was some

physical malady that persisted.

All sorts of theories are held

(malaria, eye-trouble, epilep-

sy, insomnia, migraine or sick-

headache, etc.).

F.W. Farrar adds the following

comments concerning Paul’s

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There have been endless con-

jectures as to the exact nature

of this painful and most hum-

bling physical affliction. It is

only by placing side by side a

great many separate passages

that we are almost irresistibly

led to the conclusion which is

now most generally adopted,

namely, that it was acute and

disfiguring ophthalmic, origi-

nating in the blinding glare of

the light which flashed round

him at Damascus, and accom-

panied, as that most humiliat-

ing disease usually is, by occa-

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sional cerebral excitement.(8)

C. Its Producer.

2 Cor.12: 7b “…the messenger

of Satan…”

NOTE: The word “messenger”

is the Greek word “ANGELOS,”

which is the same word often

translated “angel.” The “angel

of Satan” was the delivery boy

for the bodily affliction that

Paul suffered. Though Satan or

his cohorts cannot touch

God’s children at will, God

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may sometimes use Satan and

his messengers, to accomplish

His divine purposes.

II. THE BURDEN

2 Cor.12: 8 “For this thing I be-

sought the Lord thrice, that it

might depart from me.”

John 16: 33b “…In the world

ye shall have tribulation: but

be of good cheer

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Listen to what God is saying

,Don’t loose your joy, stay

happy, it’s your joy that de-

stroy storm.

Satan would love nothing bet-

ter than to make you upset,

angry even mad at God.

Singing songs and making me-

lody to God in your heart is

crucial. Those that master

holding on to their joy masters

the storm. We tend to let

people with no joy steal ours .

Storms don’t last as long when

you keep your joy. many

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people of will get their best

praise on during the storm. So

learn to shout it out.

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Speak to your peace

Let’s go back to what God

Spoke to the wind and the

rain. Peace! he called it,

Peace belongs to God, so it be-

longs to the people of God.

Being that it belongs to us we

have the power to control it.

No matter the storm we have

power to speak to our peace.

You may not be able to control

the storm but you can control

your peace. Storms come to

distract us from our vision,

work or your purpose.

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