The Furnace of Affliction

“It was never designed by God, when he chose his people, that they should be an untried people. They were chosen in the furnace of affliction.” – Charles Spurgeon

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The great British preacher Charles Spurgeon commenting on Acts 14:22, specifically where it says, “through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God,” (ESV) said something that most American Christians don’t want to hear—you will suffer. Yet you walk through your typical Christian bookstore you will invar…