Jim Bakker Show - Trials Are A Gateway To The Kingdom - Rick Joyner on The Jim Bakker Show Aired: 2018-07-27 Duration: 01:48 === Every Trial Is a Gateway (01:48) === [00:00:00] I think we're being given a period of time of incredible relative peace, relative prosperity, maybe greater prosperity than we've ever known for the harvest. [00:00:14] But we're going to see the ultimate battle between light and darkness. [00:00:18] Well, when Paul said, through many tribulations shall you enter the kingdom of God, Acts 14, 22, in every trial and every tribulation, there's a gateway to the kingdom. [00:00:31] There's a doorway. [00:00:32] And we need to see them as such. [00:00:34] Every trial in our life right now is God's providing us with a doorway to the kingdom. [00:00:40] That's why James said, count it all joy when you encounter various trials. [00:00:44] Peter said, the testing of our faith is more valuable than gold. [00:00:48] How many of you appreciate your next big trial coming your way as much as finding a big pile of gold? [00:00:54] I know where you're supposed to be. [00:00:55] Like, man, this is better than gold, this new trial. [00:00:59] But if we really understood how it is a gateway to the kingdom, it is. [00:01:05] But the great tribulation for the whole earth is going to be the doorway for the whole earth to enter the kingdom age. [00:01:13] It will be the doorway. [00:01:15] So we've got to understand that tribulations are opportunities. [00:01:20] Count them joy. [00:01:21] Count them with expectancy. [00:01:23] And, okay, how do I find the door in this one? [00:01:26] Where's the door? [00:01:27] There's got to be a door here. [00:01:28] I'm coming out of this one better than ever. [00:01:31] And I think with that attitude, we start seeing the doors and entering into them. [00:01:37] Because God doesn't let anything happen. [00:01:40] Satan can't get a shout in while God isn't looking. [00:01:43] If the Lord's letting it happen, he's letting it happen for our sake. [00:01:48] For us.