affliction – Flint River Primitive Baptist Church

Blessed Assurance

Recently on Words of Grace, our focus has been on suffering and afflictions. We’ve spoken to the origin of suffering, the various causes of suffering, the great difference between when God sends affliction and when Satan afflicts us, as well as many related themes like God’s sovereignty and the wiles of the Devil.

In today’s broadcast, Ben Winslett considers the great blessing of peace that we have when we are faithful and trusting of God IN our afflictions. Tune in to learn more!

Radio broadcast for April 21, 2024. Continue reading “Blessed Assurance”

The Fight of Faith

While it’s true that the devil afflicts God’s people because of their identity in Christ, there’s also a deeper, more sinister goal in mind: The overturning of their faith!

Radio broadcast for March 7, 2024. Continue reading “The Fight of Faith”

A Word to Those Who Suffer

Suffering is inescapable in this fallen, cursed world. Whether major issues such as a pandemic or regional ice storm, or our own personal battles with disease and affliction, every single one of us will suffer at some point in our lives.

Turning to God’s word for counsel in times of trial, we find two great encouragements from God’s words to Israel during their season of suffering cruel bondage at the hands of Pharaoh in this edition of Words of Grace. Continue reading “A Word to Those Who Suffer”

For This Child I Prayed: A Pastor’s Counsel to Couples Trying to Conceive December 9, 2023
The struggle of couples trying to conceive and have children is one of the most difficult seasons of life and marriage. When we might see others around us conceiving much easier, it is hard to not let unfulfillment, jealousy, and bitterness creep into our mind. We know that we are supposed to be content in... […]
In Every Thing Give Thanks November 19, 2023
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (1 Thess. 5:18) It seems each year as we arrive in late November approaching the Thanksgiving holiday, I am convicted of how much I have taken for granted and not given appropriate thanksgiving for God’s blessings in my life.... […]
“Hold” the Truth in Unrighteousness November 17, 2023
I’m sharing a brief note on the word “hold” in Romans 1:18. “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.” Or, “…ἀνθρώπων τῶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐν ἀδικίᾳ κατεχόντων,” (literally, men whom the truth in unrighteousness hold). The word hold here doesn’t... […]
Radio Series on Escatology November 16, 2023
In recent weeks, I conducted a three part series on eschatology, sometimes focusing on lesser emphasized truths among our people. Topics we briefly considered included: views of the millennium, the loosing of Satan, Gog and Magog, the Man of Sin, the Mystery of Iniquity, the Day of the Lord, the resurrection, the destruction of the... […]
Echo Chambers November 16, 2023
Short note… Proverbs 11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. The reason there is safety in the multitude of counsellors is because you get a diversity of perspectives, coupled with the wisdom which comes from experience. Echo chambers, on the other hand, are very unproductive.... […]