“Is it true that the refiner must sit there in front of the fire the entire time the silver is being refined?” she asked.
“Yes, the entire time,” the silversmith answered. “Not only does he have to sit there holding the silver, but he has to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it is in the fire.”
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Do You Ever Wonder ‘Why’?
The first speaker wonders the same thing and decides to find out by searching the Bible. “I found the answer!” he exclaims.
“Where and what does it say? Show me,” the second man says, skeptically.
Refiner’s Fire
Malachi 3:3 says, “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.” This verse on the refiner’s fire puzzled some of us women at a Bible study. We wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One woman offered to find out the process of refining silver to see if it gave meaning to our puzzlement and would get back to our group at our next Bible study. When Scripture speaks to us and we do not understand its message, we must search to find the answer. And that is exactly what one woman did. Read More