Suffering and the Sovereignty of God

shelly · #1 (**permalink**) 11-02-2007, 01:31 AM

This quote is from ch 2 which was written by Mark R. Talbot.

"It is not always our place to attempt to give an answer to those who are questioning God's goodness because of the evils that others have done to them or that they have done to themselves; sometimes we should just stand silently by their sides. Moreover, we will not always have the answers for ourselves. But in glory the answers will be clear, when we will see Jesus face to face. Then we will see that God has indeed done all that he pleased and has done it all perfectly, both for his glory and our good, for in the light of Jesus' countenance--in that "light of life"--we will see that through our sufferings our loving Father has been conforming us to the likeness of his Son.

As David said, "Weeping may last for the night, but joy is coming in the morning" (Ps 30:5).

3John2 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007, 10:21 AM

I gave a copy of this book to a non Reformed friend of mine who attends a dispensational charismatic church. He loved it but was unable to finish it. He DID read the chapter written by Talbot. He even wanted to give a copy to his pastor. It explained a lot to him.