Note for 2024/07/22 - ‭1 Peter 1:1-25 KJV‬ - God's Will Be Done

 

‭1 Peter 1:1-25 KJV‬

[1] Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, [2] elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. [3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, [4] to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, [5] who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. [6] Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: [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: [8] whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: [9] receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. [10] Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: [11] searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. [12] Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. [13] Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; [14] as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: [15] but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; [16] because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. [17] And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: [18] forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; [19] but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: [20] who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, [21] who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. [22] Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: [23] being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. [24] For All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: [25] But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

https://bible.com/bible/1/1pe.1.1-25.KJV

Note for 2024/07/22

Do not forget your First Love. Remember how you came into Salvation by your faith in this Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD, Whom Peter is testifying of here. Keep in remembrance what you were saved from, and if possible, also that which you are now protected from. Reborn, a new creature in Christ, being reformed and delivered, in the process of sanctification by trials and tribulation, purified like gold and silver, unto your redemption at Christ's return.

In the text today, there is much to learn, if not known already. To the unbeliever, these are just a group of words, seemingly high minded and hard to comprehend. See it then as a summation of the Gospel, and the purpose of prophetic word, to learn the will of GOD to us-ward. And yet, it is but the start, with a promised end of our time here on this earth. Read it again if you can, and know that it applies to all that truly believe in Jesus Christ, and our Father in Heaven. By the Grace of GOD and by the Blood of Jesus Christ, in faith, we are joined to Christ, by the Holy Spirit as His betrothed. In Christ, have we become the children of the Living GOD, the God of all creation. The GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, yes, even the hope of Israel. Grafted in by faith and the merciful Salvation of our GOD in Heaven, in Jesus Christ, His only Begotten Son and our Lord and Savior.

What does this mean to us who are still here among the thorns and weeds? If then separated unto Christ, even unto The Father and by the Holy Spirit; then Holy unto God, by the redemption of Jesus Christ, for which He paid on the Cross in atonement made for us. Then, we are no longer lost, but found; awaiting the wedding feast in Heaven. For the Groom is returning, just as He promised to take us to where He is. Our Hope is thus in Him, not in our works, but our works is because of the Grace and Mercy that we have been shown, a product of our Gratitude of Salvation and not bound by law. Yes, the good works we do, is by the love of GOD, knowing that He wishes for none to perish, but all to repent and come into the belief that they may have everlasting life, as we have. Our words and works, thus a product of our faith in Christ, comforted by the Holy Spirit of GOD sent to us in the Name of Jesus Christ our Beloved.

I know, there is much here to take in and consider. And I beg of you, to give the words of Peter here a full and due consideration, not just briefly reading it over. Think on what it means, especially for you, but also inspiring you to remember the love of GOD towards His creation. To remember as we deal with others, that GOD loves them too, so we are sent to all, with the Gospel of His Salvation plan for mankind.

It is the LORD that will divide the wheat from the chaff and remove the weeds from amongst us. It is GOD that will judge the world. We were sent out in His love. He is our vengeance, His Wrath will be poured out on the wicked. In simple words then, GOD will make the final cut. That is not our ministry, no! Our ministry is in the Love of GOD unto Salvation in our Lord Jesus Christ.

This then, a reminder, that we should not think more of ourselves than what we ought to. That we should live according to GOD'S will, that was made known to us chiefly by the Word of GOD, which is our Lord Jesus Christ.

There is more, but this is abundant for today.

Shalom

Verse of the Day (Expanded)

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‭Philippians 2:1-8 KJV‬

[1] If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, [2] fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. [3] Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. [4] Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. [5] Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: [6] who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: [7] but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: [8] and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 

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Inspiration for the Image

‭Philippians 2:10-11 KJV‬

[10] that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; [11] and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Then, from a brother in the faith, sent to me, in obedience to the Holy Spirit

‭Isaiah 34:1-17 KJV‬

[1] Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. [2] For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. [3] Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. [4] And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. [5] For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. [6] The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. [7] And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. [8] For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. [9] And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. [10] It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. [11] But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. [12] They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. [13] And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. [14] The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. [15] There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. [16] Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. [17] And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

https://bible.com/bible/1/isa.34.1-17.KJV

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