ARE you in trouble? Have you been sorely afflicted?
Of course you say, Yes; for “man who is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble” (Job 14:1).
But there is a still more important question. It is, “Are you comforted in your affliction?" "Do you have peace in the midst of your trouble?”
Conviction is showing a man that he is guilty. Condemnation is the putting of the sentence upon him.
He comforts us by showing us sin. The comfort of God’s reproof lies in the fact that the very thing, which causes the conviction, is the righteousness that is given to take away the sin for which we are convicted.
When will Christians learn that in times of darkness they are to look up and not down. Though cast down, they are not forsaken. Ellet J. Waggoner