By\u00a0Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Sabbath Sermon, 27^{th<\/sup> Jan. 2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n}

Text: Rom. 4:17-25<\/p>\n

Bad Times, a Showcase for True Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes in the midst of trials and tribulations life seems like a long dark hole of hopelessness with no light in sight. There appears to be no silver lining in the cloud \u2013 it\u2019s all gloom, no glimmer of hope.<\/p>\n

Yet it\u2019s at such times of abject hopelessness, when conditions are bleak and the future is looking even bleaker, that God who dwells in His eternal light of glory, looks for sublime faith to wok His wonders in our lives. This is a faith which refuses to give in to despair or impossibility. An iron-clad, unyielding faith!<\/p>\n

This was the kind of faith God knew Abraham for. He is not called \u2018the father of the faithful\u2019 (Rom. 4:16) just to honour him; it\u2019s not a mere spiritual honorific title. He \u2018earned\u2019 it; he demonstrated it. He went through the mill and came out with even finer faith. His faith glowed; it stood firm, refusing to buckle under the weight of undeniable impossibility. He thus became the father of the faithful, the father of those who are FULL OF FAITH in God. He modelled for us the kind of faith God requires of us. That\u2019s the only kind of faith which pleases and impresses God.<\/p>\n

We serve the God of Hope<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr (Sabbath Sermon, 27th Jan. 2018) Text: Rom. 4:17-25 Bad Times, a Showcase for True Faith Sometimes in the midst of trials and tribulations life seems like a long dark hole of hopelessness with no light in sight. There appears to be no silver lining in the cloud \u2013 it\u2019s all gloom,
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