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Devotional: January 13th

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"Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you." -- 1 Peter 4:12 The"fiery trial,"then, is not a strange thing which happens only to a few of the Lord’s family, but is more or less the appointed lot of all. Do we not hear the Lord saying to his Zion,"I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction?" All then who are chosen, must pass through the furnace of affliction, and all know experimentally the fiery trial, for by it they are made partakers of Christ’s sufferings. But this is indispensable in order to be partakers of his glory."If so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."Thus they suffer with him,"that when his glory shall be revealed, they may be glad also with exceeding joy."And this suffering with and for Christ in the furnace of affliction salts the soul, preserves it from corruption, communicates health, gives it savor and flavor, is a token of interest in the everlasting covenant, and is a seal of friendship and peace with God.

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