God’s law, as a rule of life, is not opposed to grace. Rather, used in the right sense, it is the handmaid of grace. Or, to use an analogy, it is like a sheepdog that keeps driving back into the fold of grace, when we stray out into the wilderness of works.
Jerry Bridges

PATIENCE

PATIENCE

PATIENCE

  1. God, is the God of # Ro 15:5
  2. Christ, an example of # Isa 53:7 Ac 8:32 Mt 27:14
  3. Enjoined # Tit 2:2 2Pe 1:6
  4. Should have its perfect work # Jas 1:4
  5. Trials of saints lead to # Ro 5:3 Jas 1:3
  6. PRODUCES 6a) Experience

    # Ro 5:4

6b) Hope # Ro 15:4 7) Suffering with, for well-doing, is acceptable with God # 1Pe 2:20 8) TO BE EXERCISED 8a) Running the race set before us # Heb 12:1 8b) Bringing forth fruits # Lu 8:15 8c) Well-doing # Ro 2:7 Ga 6:9 8d) Waiting for God # Ps 37:7 40:1 8e) Waiting for Christ # 1Co 1:7 2Th 3:5 8f) Waiting for the hope of the gospel # Ro 8:25 Ga 5:5 8g) Waiting for God’s salvation # La 3:26 8h) Bearing the yoke # La 3:27 8i) Tribulation # Lu 21:19 Ro 12:12 9) Necessary to the inheritance of the promises # Heb 6:12 10:36 10) Exercise, towards all # 1Th 5:14 11) They who are in authority, should exercise # Mt 18:26 Ac 26:3 12) Ministers should follow after # 1Ti 6:11 13) Ministers approved by # 2Co 6:4 14) SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY 14a) Godliness # 2Pe 1:6 14b) Faith # 2Th 1:4 Heb 6:12 Re 13:10 14c) Temperance # 2Pe 1:6 14d) Long-suffering # Col 1:11 14e) Joyfulness # Col 1:11 15) Saints strengthened to all # Col 1:11 16) Commended # Ec 7:8 Re 2:2,3 17) Illustrated # Jas 5:7 18) Exemplified 18a) Job # Job 1:21 Jas 5:11 18b) Simeon # Lu 2:25 18c) Paul # 2Ti 3:10 18d) Abraham # Heb 6:15 18e) Prophets # Jas 5:10 18f) John # Re 1:9