Contributed by Doug Lyon on May 11, 2008
                
                
                
                    REFINING
A woman called a silversmith one day because she was curious about the process of refining silver.	So she made an appointment to come to his shop and watch him work. 
She saw him hold a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, you need to
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Harrison on Apr 9, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE REFINER'S FIRE
The story is told of a group of women that met for Bible study. While studying in the book of Malachi, chapter three, they came across verse three which says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver." This verse puzzled the women and they wondered how this statement
                    
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                    Contributed by Chad Garrison on Dec 23, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The process of refining silver is a long process of heating the metal until all the imperfections have boiled out. Once the silver is cooled, it is then re-heated again to remove any other imperfections. This process is repeated until there are no signs of anything that isn’t the precious
                    
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                    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jun 25, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Malachi 3:2-3 says, “But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will be able to stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire and like cleansing lye. 3 He will be like a refiner and purifier of silver…”
A certain woman read this verse and was intrigued by the phrase “He will
                    
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                    Contributed by James Kirkland on Aug 29, 2006
                
                
                
                    Ewen Huffman tells of a story in reference to Malachi 3:2-3a;
There was group of women in a Bible study group studying the book of Malachi. As they were studying chapter three, they came across verse three, which says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver." 
 
This verse puzzled the
                    
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                    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Aug 26, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I read recently about a group of women who were studying the book of Malachi. As they were studying chapter three, they came across verse three which says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver." (Malachi 3:3) This verse kind of puzzled the women and they wondered what this statement
                    
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                    The story is told of a group of women that met for Bible study. While studying in the book of Malachi, chapter three, they came across verse three which says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver." This verse puzzled the women and they wondered how this statement applied to the
                    
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                    Contributed by Dennis Jones on Feb 16, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Three ladies had a bible study and were talking about being refined by the fire.  They did not understand about being refined in the fire like silver.  One volunteered to go to the silversmith and see what that meant.  When she went she did not tell the silversmith why she was really there.  He
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 18, 2008
                
                
                
                    Another result is that we pervert our assignment to care for the earth. Humans have misunderstood the use of having dominion over the earth as a license to do what we want with the earth. After all, since it is all going to be incinerated (rather than purified by a refiner’s fire), then let’s use
                    
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