<p>5:4&nbsp;<i>A</i><i>nd endurance produces character, and character produces hope</i>&ndash; See on Rom. 5:3. &ldquo;Experience&rdquo; translates a Greek word elsewhere translated &lsquo;to put to the proof&rsquo;, and meaning &lsquo;to pass the test&rsquo;. We are going through the future judgment process right now- by passing through &ldquo;tribulation&rdquo;, living out the consequences for our sin, but in faith in God&rsquo;s acceptance of us- we pass the test. The future day of judgment isn&rsquo;t our ultimate test or putting to the proof; our faithful acceptance of salvation by grace today, right now, is our crucial testing or proving.&nbsp;</p>