Affliction - as a Furnace
Analogy★★★★1. A furnace is prepared for gold: “ The refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold;” so afflictions are appointed for the saints, who are compared to gold. 2. A furnace refines gold, and makes it much purer than before; so afflictions refine and make more holy: “When He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” 6. The metal, when it comes forth from the furnace, is more prepared for its proper use; so are the people of God when they come forth from afflictions.
B. Keach.
The point
Afflictions for believers are like a furnace for gold: appointed for the saints, they refine and purify, making one more fit for proper use.
Scripture
Job 23:10Malachi 3:2-31 Peter 1:7
Audience
Adults
Tone
Convicting · Encouraging
To tell aloud
under a minute · 89 words