The Making of a Man of God

I want to tell you about three men whom God used mightily - and how God used failure to produce godliness in each of them.

We hear so much talk today about how to be successful. It is time the body of Christ learns to recognize the scriptural pattern God uses to produce His chosen servants. And the hard truth is this: Pain, torment, sorrow and failure have produced the men and women of God who have stirred their generations.

1. Consider Job, the man who failed in his Motives.

2. Consider also David, the man who failed in his Morals.

3. Consider Peter, the man who failed in his Mission.

4. Consider Jesus - the Son of God, who was touched by all of these men's infirmities and testings, and who is touched by ours as well.

We May ask:

What are the processes used in the making of a man or woman of God?

What forces and pressures does God use to produce righteousness in those who love Him?

What deep, hard, cold battles