KJV Bible Commentary - As weather may ruin weak plants, adversity destroys those who base their faith On emotions. James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. Cf. Proverbs 21:23 He who guards his mouth and his tongue, Guards his soul from troubles. … At first it was used quite literally, but in the New Testament it has come to describe that pressure of events which is persecution. John 16:21: "no more the anguish, for joy that a man " John 16:33: "the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome " Acts 7:10: "out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor" Acts 7:11: "Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found" Acts 11:19: "upon the persecution that arose about Stephen traveled" CHAPTER 16. (2Thes 1:6-8) (cp identical use of thlipsis in notes on Ro 2:9-note), Paul explained the inestimable value of temporal thlipsis when viewed with eternal vision, explaining that…. Psalm 138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me. Wm. “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. There is another figure which is suggested by the English word tribulation. WORDS OF JESUS IN RED. Use afflictions while you have them. As waters are purest when they are in motion, so saints are generally holiest when in affliction. the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service--The words mean … In the Greek there are two words used (for the one Hebrew word "mashal")—"parabole" and "paroimia": the former is never used in John’s Gospel: the latter occurs in John 10:6 and here. John 16:33 in all English translations. Afflictions carry away nothing but the dross of sin. Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him. A person with a solid foundation would have counted the cost, which includes hardships and sacrifices as well as benefits. 14 Which my lips uttered And my mouth spoke when I was in distress. (Collected writings of W. E. Vine), Ralph Earle on thlipsis as used in Romans 2:9 " There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek" (note) -. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. ’ . The promise was not that we won’t have trouble. Habakkuk 3:16 I heard and my inward parts trembled, At the sound my lips quivered. (2 Corinthians 4:17-18-note). Chicago: Moody Press). Chicago: Moody Press), Richards, L O: Expository Dictionary of Bible Words: Regency, Bromiley, G. W. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised. - A.W. Spurgeon's Note), Writing to the Thessalonian saints who had heard and received the gospel, Paul explained that, our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. (Ps 91:15 - see "Heirs of heaven are conscious of a special divine presence in times of severe trial. Romans 12:12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. In the early years of Christianity the man who chose to become a Christian chose to face trouble. - Alexander Maclaren, A believer may pass through much affliction, and yet secure very little blessing from it all. - Brother Lawrence, Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. He then goes on to tell Peter that he will deny and disown the Lord. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. (Mt 5:48 - notes). Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. Acts 11:19 So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone. May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high! (1Pe 5:8-note) Expect trouble, therefore, Christian, when thou lookest beneath thee. John 16:1-33.DISCOURSE AT THE SUPPER TABLE CONCLUDED. - John Flavel, The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness. In John 13, in the intimate setting of a Passover meal, the meal that later became known as “the Last Supper,” Jesus tells His disciples that one of them would betray Him. (Believer's Bible Commentary), Jesus warned that being one of His disciples in this world would bring its share of difficulties, These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. It is also worth noting that , thlipsis is used nowhere in the New Testament to speak of Christ’s sufferings. Isaiah 8:22 Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness. 22 Redeem Israel, O God, Out of all his troubles. Have overcome the world a. Greek – nike b. He ensured that death would not have the final say. Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I have kept Thy Word. לַחַץ lachats  Oppression (2 Kgs 13:4, Ps 44:24). You want to see what good that affliction was to you; you must believe it. Esther 4:17 So Mordecai went away and did just as Esther had commanded him. He brought life and immortality to light. Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. John 16:33, ESV: "I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. Then said [some] of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? Art thou asking the reason of this, believer? Deuteronomy 28:53 "Then you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you. Matthew 24:9 "Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. Selah. Notice that thlipsis in the NT does not refer to the normal pressures of every day life, but to the inevitable troubles that come upon all followers of Christ because of their relationship with Him and His Word. Paul's thought in Colossians is that the afflictions and the suffering that have come to him in the course of his ministry should not be viewed as discipline or as punishment. - Samuel Rutherford, Affliction doth not rise out of the dust or come to men by chance; but it is the Lord that sends it, and we should own and reverence His hand in it. The appropriateness of this image is attested by the frequency with which a state of joy is referred to in the psalms (and elsewhere) as a bringing into a large room. 13 For this is not for the ease of others and for your affliction, but by way of equality-- Esther 8:12 on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar). word (for fall away) also means “to cause offense,” from which comes the Eng. This is a thorough word study about the meaning of the Greek word ... as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And whatever evil of crosses or afflictions befalls us, we must look above the instruments of it to God. Do not be surprised if you suffer, but glorify God.- Robert Murray McCheyneSource: Comfort in Sorrow, Peace, Happiness, When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to sink, what can save you, sinking sinner? Look upward to thy heavenly Father, and behold him pure and holy. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. The figure suggests the heavy pressures of life that sometimes become almost unbearable. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. Ezekiel 12:18 "Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety. Psalm 4:1 For the choir director; on stringed instruments. John 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you; John 14:4 And whither I go ye know, John 14:6 I am the way; John 14:7 If ye had known me, John 14:9 Have I been so long time with you, John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father; John 14:11 Believe me that I [am] in the Father Psalm 9:9 The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble; Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction.- Christopher Love, Vanity of science. “ Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Jeremiah 6:24 We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. 7 for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith; Philippians 1:17 the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment. William Barclay writes that thlipsis "In ordinary Greek always describes actual physical pressure on a man… Sometimes there falls upon a man’s spirit the burden and the mystery of this unintelligible world. embraces the whole of the consolatory utterances from John 14:1 onwards. Bible in Basic English 16:33 I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In this life, we deal … But nowhere does he promise that there will be no external trouble from the fallen world in which we live, or that God won’t design for us some refining fire for our good and his glory. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. WORDS OF JESUS IN RED. Temptations cannot hurt us, without our own yieldance. This the saint must learn to do as we grow in grace, weathering the trial, learning to lean on and trust Him. Romans 5:3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; Spurgeon - I am certain that I never did grow in grace one-half so much anywhere as I have upon the bed of pain. Hebrews 10:33 partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated. - James H. Aughey, It is not affliction itself, but affliction rightly borne, that does us good. There is no time that the patient is such an object of tender interest to the surgeon, as when he is bleeding beneath his knife. In this world you will have trouble. This alone - I have a high priest in heaven, and he can support in the hour of affliction. Following Jesus, Paul also willingly chose a course of action that would bring him into conflict with human society. Jn 8:31; 1Jn 2:19). Samuel Rutherford wrote to one of his friends, “God has called you to Christ’s side, and the wind is now in Christ’s face in this land: and seeing ye are with him ye cannot expect the lee-side or the sunny side of the brae.” It is always a costly thing to be a real Christian, for there can be no Christianity without its cross. Corporate downsizing. In Scripture the thlipsis is most often used of outward difficulties, but it is also used of emotional stress and sorrows which "weighs down" a man’s spirit like the sorrows and burden his heart. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you. So you may be sure if you are suffering from the hand of a reconciled God, that His eye is all the more bent on you. If He seems not to come to us in our affliction, it is only to test us. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. Job 15:24 "Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack, In the world you will have tribulation. Tribulation. But I’m not abandoned. And he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 1 Kings 1:29 The king vowed and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress, Through a land of distress and anguish, From where come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent, They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys And their treasures on camels' humps, To a people who cannot profit them; I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation to their assembly. Key Thought. Selah. Paul’s use of “in Christ”) “ye may have peace”. In fact, you’re about to make a run for it—saving your own skins and abandoning me. If anyone is carnal, weak, blind, wicked, irascible, haughty, and so forth, tribulation will make him more carnal, weak, blind, wicked and irritable. Choose Book of Bible to StudyGenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SolomonIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Search Wikipedia using spiritual discretion, see notes on uses in individual verses below, MacArthur, J: Romans 1-8. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you. 6 For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, Robertson's Word Pictures - Tribulation (thlipseōs). His promise was that if we abide in Him, we will have peace in spite of trouble. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. Read Introduction to John . Death could not hurt us, without the sting of our own sins. צָרַר tsārar Bind, oppress; hiphil: bring distress on (Jer 10:18). Wilt thou easily be conformed to His image? B. Eerdmans). Tribulation (2347) (thlipsis from thlibo = to crush, press together, squash, hem in, compress, squeeze in turn derived from thláo = to break) originally expressed sheer, physical pressure on a man. This term comes from the Latin tribulum (see youtube video), which means a threshing instrument. - John Wesley, Even in the greatest afflictions, we ought to testify to God, that, in receiving them from his hand, we feel pleasure in the midst of the pain, from being afflicted by Him who loves us, and whom we love. 2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you. They are light when compared with the sufferings of the Lord Jesus. I have overcome the world.” Jesus was in the upper room at the last supper with His disciples when He said to them "in this world you will have trouble, but peace can be found in Him in the midst of it." Jeremiah 10:18 For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land At this time, And will cause them distress, That they may be found." Believers are not delivered or preserved in a way which lowers them, and makes them feel themselves degraded; far from it, the Lord's salvation bestows honour upon those it delivers. In both the idea of pressure is dominant, though thlipsis does not convey the idea of separation (as of corn from husk) which is implied in tribulatio." His promise was set against a background of unavoidable trouble. Morris rightly notes that "No one likes troubles of this kind, but they may be seen as difficulties to be overcome, as ways of opening up new possibilities. Romans 8:35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? John 16:33 "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. He hath said, "I will be with thee in trouble; I will deliver thee and honour thee." - Charles Spurgeon, The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. ’ . 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