30/09/2023
1 Peter 1:8-9
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.
In this passage of Scripture, Peter is discussing the present enjoyment of our salvation - Christ taken by faith. Even though we have never seen Jesus with our physical eyes, we love Him.
I was sharing Christ with an unbeliever one time and she said to me, “If I could actually see Jesus I would believe in Him.”
My response to her was, “Do you believe in the wind?” She of course said ‘yes’. I told her that no one had ever actually seen the wind, only the effects of it. She had to admit it was true. Well, I see the effects of Jesus in my heart and life so that there can be no doubt that He is real!
When we trust in Christ by faith even though we have not seen Him, we enter into the blessedness in which Jesus Himself mentioned to Thomas in John 20:29 “Blessed are they who have not seen and yet believe.”
We receive a blessing for believing in Christ, having seen Him only with our eyes of faith.
Trusting in Christ fills us with an “inexpressible and glorious joy”,
yes indeed it does! As children of God, our joy is not dependent on our circumstances in life. Our happiness may be dependent on our circumstances, but never our joy, that is deep seated in us by God Himself, no one can separate that joy from us. We have uninterrupted and eternal contact with the fountain of all pure joy!
Mac Donald writes, “It is no more possible to rob a child of God of his joy than it is to unseat Christ from His place in glory. The two stand together.”
So very true!
The end result of this faith in Christ Jesus is the salvation of our souls. The minute we received Christ by faith our souls were saved for eternity.
Romans 10:13
For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
John 10:28
(Jesus said) “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will take them out of My hand.”
It is so very comforting to know that no one can ever steal my salvation from me, it was God given and He has said that it is eternal, God never lies (Numbers 23:19)!
Thank You Father God for sending Jesus to bleed and die for my sins. Thank You for giving me eternal life that is received through simple child-like faith in Christ, and thank You most especially for loving me! I love You so Abba and give You all glory and honor this day, Amen.