Our Favorite Proverbs: Proverbs 17:3
by David Chadwick
"The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts." Proverbs 17:3
Silver is refined in the crucible, as is gold in the furnace. Similarly, our hearts and lives must be tested, purified, and refined by the Lord in whatever ways he sees fit.
Titus 2:14 says that Jesus "gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works." Jesus sacrificed his life to pave the way for humanity to be reunited with the Father. He died to redeem us and to purify us! Jesus…
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