Life’s Problems-God’s Solutions: Answers to 15 of Life's most Perplexing Problems

by J. Dwight Pentecost

Publisher:

Kregel

, 1971

Overview

Depression, loneliness, and disappointment creep into every believer's heart at one time or another. But we can be set free from these and other difficult emotions and situations that pull us out of fellowship with God.

J. Dwight Pentecost draws from his years of teaching and counseling experience to find the answers to life's problems in the Word of God by surveying fifteen Bible characters who struggled with such issues as guilt, doubt, and resentment. But this is much more than a survey of Bible characters! It's a path to finding unwavering hope, unsurpassable peace, and unlimited love.

"These studies were prepared," says Pentecost, "to enable God's people to find God's answers to the problems they face from day to day."

Contents

Top Highlights

“Before a person can understand God’s will for him, he must have a right attitude toward God’s will while he is seeking it.” (Page 158)

“God does not reveal His will to His child so that he can debate about it and decide what he is going to do with it. God’s will is not revealed to be debated, but to be obeyed. Christ is giving a very vital principle: until the child of God settles in his own mind that he is committed to doing God’s will—no matter what it may be—God will not reveal His will to him in any detail at all. There may be generalities, but there will never be specifics. Thus this is the primary prerequisite to knowing God’s will: unreserved committal to God’s will, no matter what it is, before we can expect a revelation of that will.” (Page 159)

“This sacrificial system was not designed to give peace of conscience. Its purpose was to remind men that they were guilty.” (Page 15)

“‘Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward’ (Job 5:7).” (Page 24)

“So Job’s suffering brought him to a personal, intimate knowledge of God and to dependence upon God for his strength.” (Page 29)

Product Details

• Title: Life’s Problems-God’s Solutions: Answers to 15 of Life's most Perplexing Problems
• Author: J. Dwight Pentecost
• Publisher: Kregel
• Publication Date: 1971, republished 1998
• Pages: 192

About J. Dwight Pentecost

Dr. Pentecost was a professor of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological seminary for over sixty years. He was also a pastor for thirty-five years. He wrote twenty-one books, including Things to Come. He died in 2015.