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According to Isaiah 53, the only way of salvation is through the Suffering Servant, the Lord Jesus Christ. As Pastor Tom preaches from Isaiah 53, He identifies the heart of God: that He loves to rescue sinners, and was willing to send His Only Begotten Son into the world to do so.

In Isaiah 53, we discover that we, like sheep, have all gone astray. But our God and Savior has provided a way—through the Suffering Servant—for us to be saved from His wrath to come.

Trials also provide an environment to grow in wisdom and grace. And, in the end, “[believers]" will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. Friend, continue to press on in the Lord Jesus Christ.

According to James 1, we are to wisely act in those situations but our higher and greater focus must be on the fact that we are children of God. James doesn’t minimize trials and tribulations but rather teaches that believers must never lose sight of the fact that our heavenly Father is with us at all times, even the difficult ones.

In our study of James 1, Pastor Tom continues to show us from God’s Word that trials serve a key role in transforming the believer to be more like Christ. Trials also put believers in situations where crying out to God is required. And according to James, when believers pray to God, He delights in responding and helping His people.

God allows Christians to endure trials and tribulations to produce in them true, godly wisdom. And in God’s providence, He knows that trials uniquely work to this effect. So, rather than wasting a trial, James teaches that believers must embrace and use trials for the purpose of gaining wisdom.

According to James 1, God uses trials to bring His people to full maturity in Christ. And as believers, we can either complain about our current circumstances or we can trust that God intends to use them for His purposes—and our ultimate good.

The book of James is a collection of teachings and wisdom that He learned from Jesus Christ and pours out to us in this letter. And as we study James 1:2–12 together, he teaches that the troubles of life are God's tools to refine our character and to produce in us true Christian maturity.

According to Daniel 12, judgment is coming for all of those who do not trust in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. But Daniel 12 also teaches that we as believers have the blessed and assured hope of eternal life, solely because of what the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished on the cross.

In the book of Daniel, God, through the prophet Daniel, records several details about the future for the hope and encouragement of God’s people. Pastor Tom explains the final details of the end of all days, and compels Christians to trust God and his sovereignty over human history and the great rulers of the world.