“Love and Trust Him”

 “Love and Trust Him”

 

You love Him even though you have never seen Him.  Though you do not see Him now, you trust Him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.  The reward for trusting Him will be the salvation of your souls.   1 Peter 1:8-9

 

 LIVING HOPE brings about PRESENT JOY.  How should the TRUE BELIEVER live in times of TRIALS?  God’s Plan of SALVATION was made possible through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, which should make the TRUE BELIEVER’S focus of FAITH be on the PERSON of CHRIST.  They NEED to LOVE Him even though they have NEVER SEEN Him, and though they do NOT SEE Him NOW, they BELIEVE in Him and TRUST HIM .  And because of their FAITH and TRUST in the LORD JESUS CHRIST, for their PROMISED INHERITANCE, namely their SALVATION, which is the CULMINATION of their FAITH and OBEDIENCE to Him.

 

For those who LOVE and BELIEVE in the LORD JESUS, SALVATION is PAST.  He has already given us a NEW BIRTH.  PRESENT:  Through our FAITH, God is PROTECTING us by HIS POWER.  FUTURE: We have a PRICELESS INHERITANCE, in Heaven, that is PURE, and UNDEFILED, BEYOND the reach of CHANGE and DECAY. And it will be REVEALED in the LAST TIME.  

 

The TRUE BELIEVER of today, has NEVER, with their PHYSICAL EYES, seen the LORD JESUS, but they have SEEN Him with their SPIRITUAL EYES.  They are able to get a CLEAR PICTURE of Him, by READING and STUDYING the WORD of GOD, which is the HOLY BIBLE.  In the Book of John, the first verse says:  “In the beginning the WORD already existed.  The WORD was WITH God and the WORD was GOD.  He (JESUS) existed in the beginning WITH God.”  (V 1).  In verse fourteen it tells us that: “The WORD became human, and made His home among us.” If you will continue to read the Book of John, you can get a GOOD picture of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

 

Each day brings the TRUE BELIEVER a little CLOSER to that LAST DAY, when the FULLNESS of their SALVATION is made READY and their PROMISED INHERITANCE will FINALLY be theirs.  And they will be able to GAZE upon the ONE who MADE it ALL POSSIBLE.  Is this YOUR FUTURE?

 

If you are NOT a TRUE BELIEVER, and you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, through the SACRIFICIAL WORK of His SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who GAVE His Life to SAVE your SOUL, then you are DESTINED to spend your ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  But because of GOD’S ABUNDANT MERCY and AMAZING GRACE, you have the OPPORTUNITY to CHANGE that DESTINY by:  ADMITTING that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.  And YOU MUST BELIEVE that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to HIM and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  Then you MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And you MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and LOVE and TRUST in His SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  And when the LAST DAY has come, you will experience your SALVATION in its FULLNESS, and receive your PRICELESS, PROMISED INHERITANCE.  And REJOICE with a GLORIOUS, INEXPRESSIBLE JOY!  So, do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be Left Behind!!!