Manifold Temptations vs. Manifold Grace

#1 · August 29, 2016, 8:27 am

Posted by: al <al@...>

Manifold Temptations vs. Manifold Grace

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations —1 Peter 1:6

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. —1 Peter 4:10

  In the Peter’s first epistle he uses the word “manifold” twice—Once in reference to temptations and once referring to the grace of God. These two references make an interesting parallel.
  The word “manifold” is a combination to two words: “Many” + “fold.” It means “various in kind or quality; numerous; multiplied or complicated.” It indicates a thing of many kinds or having a variety of forms.  For example, an automobile engine has an exhaust manifold. It collects the exhaust gases from multiple cylinders into one pipe.
  As believers we encounter “manifold temptations”— Temptation comes in all shapes and sizes and from various sources — Sickness… Financial… Family… Persecution… Disasters… Ministry… Satan.
But, as believers we are stewards of “the manifold grace of God” which is more than sufficient to counteract the “manifold temptations” we face.

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