"The End Result of Your Faith"

“The End Result of Your Faith”

 

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.         1 Peter 1:8-9

 

It is quite possible that the Apostle Peter, had recollected the time when Jesus said to Thomas: “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have NOT seen and yet have believed.”  (John 20:29).   Christians who DO NOT SEE Christ, YET, like Peter, they LOVE and BELIEVE in Him, are BLESSED and FILLED with an INEXPRESSIBLE and GLORIOUS JOY. 

 

They can ENJOY and REJOICE, because they are RECEIVING what was PROMISED to them; their SALVATION.  SALVATION is a culmination of three parts:  The PAST, which is NEW BIRTH: “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!  In His great mercy He has given us NEW BIRTH into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”  (v3)  The PRESENT, which is FAITH: “Who through FAITH are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.”  (v5)    And the FUTURE, which is INHERITANCE: “And into an INHERITANCE that can NEVER perish, spoil or fade.  This INHERITANCE is kept in Heaven for you.”  (v4). 

 

Because the Day of Christ’s RETURN, is approaching, and it is getting CLOSER with each passing day.  Those who have BELIEVED and LOVED Him, are being FILLED with an INEXPRESSIBLE and GLORIOUS JOY, because they are RECEIVING the END RESULT of their FAITH; the CULMINATION of their SALVATION.  Have you BELIEVED and LOVED Him, whom you have NOT SEEN?  Is your HEART filled with INEXPRESSIBLE and GLORIOUS JOY because His RETURN is getting NEARER and NEARER?   Or does it put FEAR and DESPAIR in your HEART, because you ARE NOT READY?

 

If you are NOT READY for Christ’s RETURN, and are destined for an ETERNITY in HELL with all its HORRORS, your HEART SHOULD be filled with FEAR and DESPAIR.   You can CHANGE your DESTINY.  God has a PLAN, First you MUST TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO God, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then you MUST CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that, Jesus died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then you MUST ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and have your HEART FILLED with INEXPRESSIBLE and GLORIOUS JOY.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!