Scripture to Read: 1 Peter 1:5
What we’ve learned so far from 1 Peter 1:3-4: We know we’ve been born-again to a living hope found in Christ. We know that our inheritance is Christ, for He is our great treasure and He, as our inheritance, is perfect, eternal, never changing, and waiting in heaven for us for all eternity. God the Father has done all of this for us through our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, to add to the Good News we have in Christ, God tells us in 1 Peter 1:5 that we, as believers in Christ, are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. So, God protects and shields us through His power because we have placed our faith in Christ. The salvation we have in Christ from the power of sin and penalty of sin will be completely revealed to all of us when the final days of this life as we know it come to an end. Yet, as we live on this earth, though we have God's Word and His Spirit living in us, we still struggle to see the fullness of who we are in Christ. And God tells us in 1 Corinthians 13:12-13, For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. So, we get to look forward to the day when we will see the fullness of who we are in Christ.
Challenge & Application
1. Though we see dimly all we have in Christ, how are you pursuing your intimacy with Christ and His Word so you can know all you can know here and now?
2. What has God taught you about your salvation and inheritance?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!