In his sermon on Romans 5:3–4, Stephen Davey explains Paul’s surprising truth that pain is not a curse to avoid but a perfect gift God uses to shape His children. Davey shows that just as physical pain warns and protects the body, spiritual pain is inevitable and essential in a fallen world. God uses tribulation first to correct believers when they stray and then to construct them by producing perseverance, refining character, and strengthening hope. Like gold purified by fire, believers are refined through pressure until God’s reflection is seen in their lives. Davey concludes that pain, when surrendered to God, deepens eternal perspective and anchors hope that will never disappoint.
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