Life isn't fair: A Lesson from Peter

1. LIFE ISN’T FAIR
A Lesson from Peter

2. Some Historical Background: Nero

3. 1 Peter 1:7
•That the trial of your faith, being much more
precious than of gold that perisheth, though
it be tried with fire, might be found unto
praise and honour and glory at the appearing
of Jesus Christ…

4. -Elder D.Todd Christofferson
“Though I suffered then, as I look back now, I am
grateful that there was not a quick solution to my
problem.The fact that I was forced to turn to God
for help almost daily over an extended period of
years taught me truly how to pray and get answers
to prayer and taught me in a very practical way to
have faith in God. I came to know my Savior and my
Heavenly Father in a way and to a degree that might
not have happened otherwise or that might have
taken me much longer to achieve. … I learned to
trust in the Lord with all my heart. I learned to walk
with Him day by day.”

5. Nov. 5, 1856 in Shelby, Alabama
•Marriage to PherabyWomack Miller – 3rd
generation Irish-American

6. -Roy Doxey
•“The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that it is a false
idea to believe that the saints will escape all the
judgments—disease, pestilence, war, etc.—of the
last days; consequently, it is an unhallowed
principle to say that these adversities are due to
transgression. …
•“President Joseph F. Smith taught that it is a feeble
thought to believe that the illness and affliction
that come to us are attributable either to the mercy
or the displeasure of God.”

7. -President Kimball
•“Too late!The terrestrial for them! It could have
been the celestial, and it could have been
exaltation! But they procrastinated the day of their
preparation.The same lamentable cry of ‘Too late!’
will apply to many of today’s Church members who
did not heed the warning but who proceeded—
sometimes carelessly, sometimes defiantly—to
bind themselves through mortality to those who
could not or would not prepare for the blessings
which were in reserve for them.”

8. •How have trials helped you in your life?
•Did you immediately see the benefits?