“Eternity Awaits!”
So, be truly glad. There
is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little
while. These trials will show that your
faith is genuine. It is being tested as
fire tests and purifies gold---though your faith is far more precious than mere
gold. So, when your faith remains strong
through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day
when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. 1Peter
1:6-7
A TRUE BELIEVER may face various trials, but they can FACE
them, knowing that there is a PURPOSE for each trial that comes their way. And with that KNOWLEDGE they can have
WONDRFUL JOY in the ASSURANCE of their PROTECTED ETERNAL INHERITANCE, and the
ASSURANCE of their PROVEN FAITH, or the GENUINENESS of their FAITH.
They can take heart, in KNOWING that TROUBLES do NOT LAST,
they serve a PURPOSE, they do bring DISTRESS, which is like the FIRE getting
hotter, and they come in VARIOUS forms.
But they SHOULD NOT diminish the TRUE BELIEVERS JOY! We are NOT talking about EVERYDAY PROBLEMS,
but mostly PERSECUTIONS that we might face, concerning our FAITH in JESUS CHRIST. This
is where our FAITH comes in to view, what will we do about those HARD TIMES of
PERSECUTIONS that tend to WEAKEN our FAITH, when it SHOULD withstand the FIRES
of ADVERSITIES.
The ONLY way we can go through these TRIALS is to TURN TO
GOD, and put our FAITH and TRUST in Him. BELIEVING that He has a PURPOSE and
WILL NOT allow more than we can stand, and we can realize that God’s PURPOSE is
to TEST the REALNESS of our FAITH. When
one goes through a trial, and STILL TRUSTS in the LORD, they can be ASSURED
that their FAITH is GENUINE. And that it is STRONGER than when they first went
through the FIRES of ADVERSITY.
And through that STRONG FAITH they have a PRICELESS
INHERITANCE---an INHERITANCE that is KEPT in HEAVEN for them, PURE and
UNDEFILED beyond CHANGE and DECAY. So, they
can be TRULY JOYOUS for what is waiting for them in their ETERNAL HOME.
This VICTORY will result in PRAISE, GLORY and HONOR at the
REVELATION of JESUS CHRIST. And though we
have NOT seen Him, we LOVE Him, and though we do NOT see Him NOW, we BELIEVE IN
Him, therefore we, the TRUE BELIEVERS, can GREATLY REJOICE with JOY
INEXPRESSIBLE and FULL OF GLORY, obtaining as the OUTCOME of our FAITH, the
SALVATION of our souls, and knowing that ETERNITY AWAITS!! Where will YOU spend your ETERNITY?
If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God then your
ETERNITY will be in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY of ESCAPE, once you
are there. But God has a PLAN to RESCUE
you from the UNENDING SUFFERING of HELL. If you will TURN AWAY from your sinful
life-style, and TURN TO HIM, He will SAVE your SOUL from that DESTINY. This is what you MUST DO. You MUST ADMIT that you are a SINNER, in NEED
of a SAVIOR, then you MUST BELIEVE that JESUS CHRIST, God’s Son, died for YOU
and that HE is ALIVE in HEAVEN. You MUST
CONFESS your sins to Him, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS. You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and face
every TRIAL with a STRONG FAITH, REMEMBERING that ETERNITY AWAITS!! So, do this NOW, while you still can. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!
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