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Adversity: Causes Opposing Efects in A Believer & An Unbeliever

Since the all o man there has been a battle going on in this universe bet!een the armies o "od & the orces oSatan# $he battle is or the souls o men & !omen# $he efects o the battle being ought in the spirit realm aremaniested in the lie o a person in the orm o everyday problems trails hardships & sufering# Satan brings aproblem or time o hardship in the lie o a person to manipulate the person to ma%e a choice# "od allo!s this oris o!n purpose o testing re'ning molding people & separating believers rom unbelievers & alse believers#Every problem & hardship & trial you have ever aced in lie no matter ho! big or ho! small is brought into yourlie or one speci'c reason( that is to ma%e you choose bet!een "od & Satan# )*or godly sorro! !or%eth

repentance to salvation not to be repented o: but the sorro! o the !orld !or%eth death )# + Corinthians ,:-. /01#

Adversity in the lie o a believer dra!s them closer to "od and moulds them to be more Christ(li%e but adversity inthe lie o an unbeliever drives them a!ay rom "od !hen they choose to re2ect the $rue "od and moulds them tobe more li%e the Antichrist# 3hile believers are led by the oly Spirit the unbelievers are led by the spirit oAntichrist#

Adversity is never !ithout a cause# 4t has a purpose# Both believers & unbelievers ace trials problems & adversityin lie# But adversity brings about opposing results in believers & unbelievers# Satan uses the same strategy in thelie o both believers & non(believers but the outcome difers bet!een the t!o# Adversity can either lead a personto Salvation in 0esus Christ & eternal lie or it can lead a person to re2ect "od & to eternal damnation# 5ememberthat every problem that comes in your lie as a believer is to get you to re2ect "od & to ma%e you compromise!ith the !orld system because !hen believers are aced !ith hardship their aith is sha%en & they tend to doubt"od# 6any times in the lie o believers "od7s ans!ers do not come immediately & being human believers !ill gothrough phases o doubt uncertainty conusion !orry despair & panic# So !hen the person is emotionally &mentally !ea% Satan !ill tempt the believers !ith thoughts o re2ecting "od# 4n the lie o a believer Satan brings

trials to ma%e the believer to lose aith in "od & to be ofended at im & thereore become bac%slidden & thusbecome an inefective Christian & to compromise !ith the !orld#

And every problem that comes in the lie o an unbeliever is to urther %eep him8her bound in Satan7s systemhe8she is already part o & to prevent the person rom 'nding the $rue "od & the $ruth# 4n the lie o an unbelieveras he8she already !orships a alse god Satan brings problems to %eep them in bondage to these alse gods# 3henproblems come unbelievers !ill do various rituals & !orship many alse gods & thereby become more & moreentangled in the system o Satan# *or a !hile Satan !ill even give them success & prosperity all the !hile stealingtheir soul & gaining more & more control over their heart mind & !ill#

Adversity changes us either or our best or !orse# "od allo!s adversity into a believer7s lie to chasten him8her as"od chastens is children as a *ather 9ebre!s -+:(; /01<# A believer !hen he8she trusts "od during adversity!ill be molded to be li%e 0esus# 4t doesn7t mean !e !ill be perect# As long as !e are in this allen !orld !e !illhave short comings but adversity sotens our heart to!ards other people & cultivates in us the ruits o the Spirit9"alatians :++(+= /01< li%e love 2oy peace longsufering gentleness goodness aith mee%ness & temperanceor others & it ma%es us spiritually mature & brings us closer to "od# As believers trials drive us to our %nees &ma%e us ac%no!ledge our utter & desperate need or "od# 3hen in adversity believers trust "od to deliver themrom all hardship# $he !ay believers should deal !ith adversity is to humbly submit & !ait on "od until e deliversthem instead o being sel(reliant and trying to deliver themselves in their o!n strength & !isdom# "od7s tells thebelievers in adversity to completely rely on im & to !ait on im until e delivers them 9>salm -+=:+ /01 >salm-=.: /01<# 4n the lie o believers !hat Satan intended or harm "od turns it into good 9"enesis .:+. /015omans ;:+; /01<# "od teaches us many spiritual lessons during times o adversity# 3e may not be great strong!ise people but "od is still "od & no matter !hat !e can still trust im to deliver us?

*or unbelievers adversity may either prompt them to see% "od or is !ay o calling them to 0esus Christ or maylead to harden their hearts & re2ect "od# $he choice to choose bet!een the t!o is !ith the unbeliever# But !hen anunbeliever acing adversity re2ects the $rue "od again & again his8her heart hardens to!ards "od & gets ofendedby "od & he8she is driven to !orship alse gods & becomes even more hard hearted cruel mean & bitter to!ardsother people# As believers are molded into the character o their @ord(0esus Christ the unbelievers !ho choose tore2ect "od are molded into the image o Satan !ho has po!er over them & ta%e upon themselves Satan7scharacters# As the unbeliever gets molded into the character o Satan he8she !ill be 'lled !ith pride become sel

reliant & !ill hate all things related to "od & the Bible# $hey !ill lose a sense o compassion & empathy or ello!human beings# $hey become stubborn & rebellious to!ards "od & then their parents & then to!ards any authority#

 $his ma%es the unbelievers to urther spiritually degenerate & cultivates in them the !or%s o the esh such asadultery ornication uncleanness lasciviousness idolatry !itchcrat hatred variance emulations !rath strieseditions heresies -envying murders drun%enness revellings 9"alatians :-(+- /01<# $his gives them areprobate mind so that they reach a point that they can never be saved & their damnation is sealed# Satan blindsthem rom understanding the Biblical $ruth#  $hen !hen lust hath conceived it bringeth orth sin: and sin !hen itis 'nished bringeth orth deathD# 0ames -:- /01# $rials drive unbelievers to be sel reliant or to be in bondage toalse gods & ultimately leads them to death & destruction# 3hile adversity o believers s!eetens a person theadversity o unbelievers embitters them# Each and every hardship that a believer goes through in lie has meaningbecause in the end "od 2usti'es them but or an unbeliever everything is meaningless# $heir sufering is in vain#Believers sufer temporarily on earth but have everlasting rest !here as unbelievers go rom temporary suferingto eternal sufering# $hey 2ust echange one sufering or another#

3hen adversity comes !ith it come hopelessness despair misery and conusion# 3hen in adversity believers 'nd

comort and strength in the 3ord o "od( the /01 Bible# But !hat do unbelievers haveF $hey see% comort in theiralse gods and their religion and perorm endless rituals but cannot 'nd it# So they see% to 'nd comort in drugsalcohol se music movies serials and all !orldly things but still cannot 'nd it# $hey see% to ul'll the desires otheir esh( the lust o the eyes the lust o the esh9 senses< and the pride o lie 9- 0ohn +:-G /01< but peace andcomort still eludes them# $here al!ays remains in them an emptiness !hich only "od can 'll# But in the hardness

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o their heart they do not go to "od# "od created man !ith ree !ill and the choice to either accept "od or re2ect"od remains !ith man# 4 a person accepts 0esus Christ he8she becomes covered by the sinless Blood andrighteousness o 0esus because o is atonement o sins or us and thereore is 2usti'ed but a person !ho re2ectsChrist has to ofer "od his8her o!n atonement !hich is impossible or man because man is sinul and so is hisblood 9>salm H:,( /01: Ione o them can by any means redeem his brother nor give to "od a ransom or him:9*or the redemption o their soul is precious and it ceaseth or ever: $hat he should still live or ever and not seecorruptionD<# Based on man7s choice o accepting or re2ecting Christ a man is saved eternally or damned eternally#

"od speci'cally tells in 5omans - /01 that e has revealed imsel to every person on earth through his8herconscience and "od7s attributes are clearly visible to man in nature# And thereore people !ho re2ect "od are

!ithout any ecuse as they deliberately suppress is %no!ledge# Even the person !ho has never heard o 0esusChrist is !ithout an ecuse because "od has revealed imsel to each and every person# And people !ill be 2udgedaccording to the %no!ledge they have o "od 95omans +:-+ /01: *or as many as have sinned !ithout la! shallalso perish !ithout la!: and as many as have sinned in the la! shall be 2udged by the la!D<#

*or the !rath o "od is revealed rom heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness o men !ho hold the $ruth in unrighteousnessJ Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hathshewed it unto them. For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they arewithout excuse Because that !hen they %ne! "od they glori'ed im not as "od neither !ere than%ulJ butbecame vain in their imaginations and their oolish heart !as dar%ened# >roessing themselves to be !ise theybecame ools And changed the glory o the uncorruptible "od into an image made li%e to corruptible man and tobirds and our(ooted beasts and creeping things# 3hereore "od also gave them up to uncleanness through thelusts o their o!n hearts to dishonour their o!n bodies bet!een themselves: 3ho changed the $ruth o "od into alie and !orshipped and served the creature more than the Creator 3ho is blessed or ever# Amen# *or this cause

"od gave them up unto vile afections: or even their !omen did change the natural use into that !hich is againstnature: And li%e!ise also the men leaving the natural use o the !oman burned in their lust one to!ard anotherJmen !ith men !or%ing that !hich is unseemly and receiving in themselves that recompence o their error !hich!as meet# !nd even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to areprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being 'lled !ith all unrighteousnessornication !ic%edness covetousness maliciousnessJ ull o envy murder debate deceit malignityJ !hisperersBac%biters haters o "od despiteul proud boasters inventors o evil things disobedient to parents 3ithoutunderstanding covenant brea%ers !ithout natural afection implacable unmerciul: !ho knowing the "udgmentof God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but havepleasure in them that do them. #herefore thou art inexcusable, $ manD# 5omans -:-;(=+ +:- /01#

While believers are drawn to the Light of Christ, the unbelievers are enveloped in the darkness of Satan.  3hen aperson goes through etreme hardships & trials in lie it causes a paradigm shit in his8her belie system & it !illeither lead them to repentance & into the arms o "od or it !ill lead them to re2ect "od & into the arms o Satanhimsel# 4ntense trial usually changes the belie systems o a person drastically# 4t causes a paradigm shit in thespiritual vie!s o a person# 4t can either lead the person to Christ or it can lead a person into the arms o the devil#

 $he choice is al!ays !ith the person# So into !hose image is adversity in your lie molding you K into the 4mage o 0esus Christ or into the image o the devilF

Sufering8Adversity in believer7s lie causes Sufering8Adversity in unbeliever7s lie causes

3ilderness Eperience: A time o intensehardship#

Lar% Iight o the Soul: A time o intense hardship

"odly sorro! !or%eth repentance unto Salvation Sorro! o the !orld !or%eth death

Spiritual regeneration and maturity Spiritual degeneration and death

>erson molded into the Character o Christ >erson molded into the character o Satan

5e'nes a person 3orsens a person

>erson7s conscience is sensitive >erson7s conscience is seared and desensitiMed

>erson %no!s the diference bet!een right and!rong and %no! !hat is good and !hat is evil

>erson cannot diferentiate bet!een right and !rongand calls evil as good and good as evil

Causes the person to lead a holy lie Causes the person to lead a perverse lie4t causes the development o the *ruits o theoly Spirit# $he *ruit o the oly Spirit is abiblical term that sums up the nine visibleattributes o a true Christian lie# But the ruit o the Spirit is love 2oy peace longsuferinggentleness goodness aith 6ee%nesstemperance: against such there is no la!D#"alatians :++(+= /01# 

4t causes the development o the !or%s o the esh inan unbeliever# Io! the !or%s o the esh aremaniest !hich are theseJ Adultery ornicationuncleanness lasciviousness 4dolatry !itchcrathatred variance emulations !rath strie seditionsheresies Envyings murders drun%enness revellingsand such li%e: o the !hich 4 tell you beore as 4 havealso told you in time past that they !hich do suchthings shall not inherit the %ingdom o "od#D#"alatians :-(+- /01#

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Causes spiritual maturity in the believer Causes spiritual immaturity in an unbeliever

Lrives the believer to 'nd comort in "od7s3ord( the Bible

Lrives the unbeliever to 'nd comort in !orldly things

4t glori'es "od through the believer 4t glori'es the person and in turn glori'es Satan

Brings the person close to "od Brings the person close to Satan

4t s!eetens a person and ma%es him8her %indto!ards others

4t embitters a person and ma%es him8her hard andcruel to!ards others

Believers begin to understand "od as their @ordand Savior

>erson begins to see Satan as their lord and savior

elps believers understand other7s sufering 6a%es unbelievers apathetic and indiferent to others7sufering

4t teaches a believer to be seless li%e Christ 4t ma%es a person sel'sh li%e Satan

Levelops godly character Levelops ungodly character

4t ma%es believers !ise and spiritually discerning 4t ma%es unbelievers oolish and spiritually blind

4t teaches believers to comort others li%e Christcomorted them in their hardship

4t ma%es unbelievers pity those in hardship but theyofer no comort but loo% do!n on them as !ea%

Believer 'lled !ith the oly Spirit and thereoreis led by the oly Spirit through adversity# $hebeliever has peace and 2oy even in the midst ohardship#

>erson !ill be 'lled !ith demonic energy and becomeeither demoniMed or demon possessed# $here !ill beconusion and peacelessness in their lie#

Causes a believer to completely rely on "od Causes a person to become sel(reliant or to be relianton their alse gods

 $eaches that only the grace and mercy o "odcan save us as !e are !orthless sinners !hodeserve nothing

Causes man to see% his o!n redemption throughreligion morality good !or%s and money# 6anbecomes his o!n god as he8she ealts themselves

Sufering is temporary Sufering is eternal

Believers are baptiMed by the oly Spirit andthereore receive the N"its o the oly Spirit7:But the maniestation o the Spirit is given toevery man to pro't !ithal# *or to one is given bythe Spirit the !ord o !isdomJ to another the!ord o %no!ledge by the same SpiritJ $oanother aith by the same SpiritJ to another thegits o healing by the same SpiritJ $o anotherthe !or%ing o miraclesJ to another prophecyJ toanother discerning o spiritsJ to another divers%inds o tonguesJ to another the interpretation o tongues: But all these !or%eth that one and the

selsame Spirit dividing to every man severallyas he !ill#D 9- Corinthians -+:,(-- /01<

Unbelievers are baptiMed by the unholy spirit andthereore receive @ucieric 4nitiation8/undaliniA!a%ening and receive Satan7s gits# Satan has theauthority to give certain po!ers to his aithul# Sincethe devil is truly a liar at times those !ho receivethese po!ers either are not or do not !ant to bea!are o their originJ they are all too happy to receivethese ree gits# >erson receive demonic gits andreceives abilities such as being psychic or clairvoyanthealing divination spea%ing in demonic languagessuch as the Enochian language magic perormingmiracles signs and !onders necromancy astrology

automatic !riting etc# 3hen thou art come into theland !hich the @O5L thy "od giveth thee thou shaltnot learn to do ater the abominations o thosenations# $here shall not be ound among you any onethat ma%eth his son or his daughter to pass throughthe 're or that useth divination or an observer otimes or an enchanter or a !itch Or a charmer or aconsulter !ith amiliar spirits or a !iMard or anecromancer# *or all that do these things are anabomination unto the @O5L: and because o theseabominations the @O5L thy "od doth drive them outrom beore theeD 9Leuteronomy -;:(-+ /01<

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That which wrestles with us, strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. Every

bad encounter in our life teaches us soething, as soe lessons are well learnt the hard way. !e"ection teach us

to be acceptable of others, cruelty teaches kindness, indi#erence teach us to be copassionate, danger teaches

courage, waiting teaches patience, hatred towards us teach us ...to be loving, pain teaches not to hurt others,

loneliness akes us resilient, fear teaches faith, lack in life teach us to be content with what we have, oppressionshows us liberty, ungratefulness teach us to be thankful, sadness teach us epathy and hardships develops

strength and aturity in us. Ta$ing e$periences can ake a person wise and better or it can bring out the worst

in the. %epending on his&her attitude towards the di#icult situation, a person can choose to coe out of such

bad e$periences either better or bitter. The choice always rests with the person'

 (ll probles in life are a contradiction because probles are opposed to the way we want things to happen in

life. )eople are not very good in dealing with contradictions as they oppose the way people think and feel. The

contradicting force creates stress and worry in our life. *ut it is in these contradicting situations that we learn

our best lessons. The best way to deal with contradiction is to understand it.