“Shielded by God’s Power”

“Shielded by God’s Power”

 

You, 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.  1 Peter 1:5

 

This letter was written by the Apostle Peter, who was living in the northern part of Asia Minor.  The Christians there were being PERSECUTED for their FAITH, and Peter wrote to them to ENCOURAGE them.  And what WONDERFUL words of ENCOURAGEMENT they are.  

 

To KNOW that NOT ONLY is their INHERITANCE guarded, but they who are HEIRS to that INHERITANCE, are SHIELDED by GOD’S  power. What GREATER ENCOURAGEMENT and HOPE, than to KNOW that your SALVATION is PROTECTED by GOD’S POWER.  No matter what kind of persecution they faced, they COULD BE ASSURED of their SALVATION  and their INHERITANCE of ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and to be able to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS.

 

This SALVATION, which EVERY TRUE BELIEVER, possesses now, will be REVEALED to them in ALL its FULLNESS, in the PRESENCE of the Almighty God.  And they will feel its FULL SIGNIFICANCE at the RETURN of JESUS CHRIST in the Last Time.

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, you do NOT possess this SALVATION, and the INHERITANCE it brings, the PROMISE of an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN.  You are NOT SHIELDED by GOD’S POWER, which means you do NOT have the ASSURANCE of this SALVATION and its INHERITANCE.  But you COULD be if you will ADMIT that you are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  And 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.   CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION and the ASSURANCE of its INHERITANCE.  And be SHIELDED by GOD’S POWER.   Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!