Aim: To think Biblically, so as to face all things with grace and faith.
Doctrine: Proper thinking leads to courageous resolve. False thinking is the heart's idol factory; true thinking is the saint's anchor of peace.
Exegesis: Truth stretched to life's breaking points: think Godly thoughts in reacting to the church's suffering (vv. 12-16); think Godly thoughts regarding the priority of the church's suffering (vv. 17-18); think Godly thoughts about the Lord's sovereignty in the church's suffering (v. 19).
Further application: How to employ the mind of Christ: be suspicious of all the world's wisdom, and be convinced of all the Bible's wisdom.
Key verse: v. 12 ''Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.