God's Purpose for Our Suffering

People wrongly believe that Christian suffering is a result of divine punishment. But in his exhortation that we "exult in our tribulations" (Rom. 5:30) Paul reveals the true purpose of Christian suffering . . . our purification. As Donald Barnhouse states, God's three purposes for our tribulation are corrective, constructive and exemplary. This messages addresses the topic of God's purposes in Christian suffering.