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“Satan didn't ask for Job. God recommended Job. God said, 'Since you're trying to get somebody,' He said to him, 'Why don't you pick on somebody that's going to give you a fight?”
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In this message, Pastor Fred Luda Jr. draws from Psalm 34:19 to address the trials that believers and ministers face when life unexpectedly falls apart. He contrasts the joy of belonging to God's family with the painful realities of betrayal, loss, and hardship that can accompany faithful service. The sermon offers an honest look at the unseen struggles behind decades of ministry and points to God's faithfulness to deliver the righteous through every affliction.
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“Satan didn't ask for Job. God recommended Job. God said, 'Since you're trying to get somebody,' He said to him, 'Why don't you pick on somebody that's going to give you a fight?”
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Unlock with your sermon →“The promises of God aren't suggestions. They're the script. No weapon formed against you shall prosper. Written in. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Written in. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. Written in.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional →“Pastor Luter said one of the hardest parts of this passage is that the words "afflictions" and "righteous" appear in the same verse. He put it this way: "Afflictions come our way not because of who you are, but because of whose you are.”
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Unlock with your sermon →“Pastor Luda said that afflictions come our way not because of who you are, but because of what?”
Take the sermon quiz →“The stunning claim of Psalm 34:19 is that tsaddiq people, people genuinely trying to walk with God, face ra'ot troubles. These two words sitting in the same sentence is the theological tension the entire sermon explored.”
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Unlock with your sermon →“The tsaddiq is not suffering despite their righteousness; they are suffering as the righteous. This dismantles the prosperity gospel's implicit equation of faithfulness with ease.”
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Unlock with your sermon →“What gets him is the word many. Not occasionally. Not every few years. Many are the afflictions. I can handle every once in a while. I can handle every now and then. But, God, why so often?”
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Unlock with your sermon →This sermon teaches that even the righteous experience affliction, Psalm 34:19 says 'many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.' When blessings turn to bitterness, the answer is to hold on, walk by faith each day, and trust that God sees the road ahead even when you cannot.
The sermon calls this 'the other side of ministry', unexpected moments when phone calls, doctor's reports, betrayal, or chaos shatter the feeling that everything is fine. The pastor says these trials are real but not final, because God's promise is that He will never leave nor forsake us through them.
According to this sermon, accepting Christ surpasses any earthly award or achievement. You gain God as Father, Jesus as Savior, the Holy Spirit as Comforter, and membership in a worldwide family. You receive assurance, peace, victory, and eternal life, a joy no trophy can match.
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