Monday, September 12, 2016

Earthly Suffering Brings Heavenly Blessings

1 Peter 1:3-12

BLESSED BE The GOD (GOD Almighty) and Father (GOD Almighty) of Our (Believers) LORD Jesus Christ, Who according to His (GOD Almighty) Abundant MERCY Has BEGOTTEN Us (Believers), AGAIN, TO A LIVING HOPE, THROUGH The RESURRECTION of Jesus Christ FROM The Dead, to an INHERITANCE (The Kingdom of GOD Almighty), INCORRUPTIBLE and UNDEFILED (The Spiritual Body) and that does NOT fade away, RESERVED IN Heaven (The Kingdom of GOD Almighty) for YOU (Believers), Who ARE KEPT, BY The POWER of GOD (GOD Almighty), THROUGH FAITH for SALVATION (The Spiritual Body), Ready to be REVEALED IN The LAST TIME.

IN THIS, YOU (Believers) Greatly REJOICE, though now for a little while, if need be, YOU (Believers) have been GRIEVED by Various Trials, that The GENUINENESS of Your (Believers) FAITH, Being Much More PRECIOUS, than Gold that perishes, THOUGH IT (Your Faith) IS TESTED BY FIRE, may be FOUND to Praise, Honor, and GLORY, AT The REVELATION of Jesus Christ, Whom having NOT SEEN, YOU (Believers) LOVE.  Though NOW, YOU (Believers) Do NOT SEE Him (Jesus Christ), YET BELIEVING, YOU (Believers) REJOICE with Joy INEXPRESSIBLE and FULL of GLORY (The Spiritual Body), RECEIVING The END of Your (Believers) FAITH, The SALVATION (The Spiritual Body) of Your (Believers) Souls.

OF THIS SALVATION The Prophets (The Prophets of GOD Almighty) have inquired and searched carefully, Who Prophesied of The GRACE that would COME TO YOU (Believers), Searching What, or what Manner of Time, The Spirit (The Holy Spirit) of Christ (Jesus Christ) Who was IN Them (The Prophets of GOD Almighty), was INDICATING, WHEN He (The Holy Spirit) TESTIFIED, BEFOREHAND, The SUFFERING of Christ (Jesus Christ) AND The GLORIES that WOULD FOLLOW.  To Them (The Prophets of GOD Almighty), it was REVEALED that, NOT to Themselves (The Prophets of GOD Almighty), BUT TO Us (Believers), They (The Prophets of GOD Almighty) were MINISTERING The THINGS, which NOW have BEEN REPORTED TO YOU (Believers), THROUGH Those (Believers) Who have PREACHED The GOSPEL TO YOU (Believers) BY The Holy Spirit SENT FROM Heaven, THINGS which Angels (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels) DESIRE TO LOOK INTO.

1 Peter 2:13-17

 

And who is He (Unbelievers) who will HARM YOU (Believers) if YOU (Believers) become FOLLOWERS of What IS GOOD (The Gospel of Jesus Christ)?  But even IF YOU (Believers) should SUFFER for Righteousness’ Sake (Jesus Christ), YOU (Believers) ARE BLESSED.  “And do NOT be afraid of Their (Unbelievers) Threats, NOR be troubled.”  But SANCTIFY The LORD GOD (GOD Almighty) IN Your (Believers) Hearts, and Always BE READY to give a DEFENSE to EVERYONE who ASKS YOU (Believers) a REASON for The HOPE that IS IN YOU (Believers), WITH Meekness and Fear; having a GOOD CONSCIENCE, that WHEN They (Unbelievers) Defame YOU (Believers) as Evildoers, Those (Unbelievers) who REVILE Your (Believers) Good Conduct IN Christ (Jesus Christ) may be ashamed.  For it is BETTER, IF IT IS The WILL of GOD (GOD Almighty), to SUFFER for Doing Good, than for doing evil.

 

1 Peter 2:18-22

 

For Christ (Jesus Christ) ALSO SUFFERED, ONCE (Upon The Cross) for sins, The JUST (Jesus Christ) FOR the unjust (Mankind), that He (Jesus Christ) MIGHT BRING Us (Believers) TO GOD (GOD Almighty), being PUT TO Death, IN The Flesh (The Natural Body), but MADE ALIVE, BY The Spirit (The Holy Spirit), BY Whom (The Holy Spirit) ALSO, He (Jesus Christ) WENT and PREACHED to The Spirits (The Dead) IN PRISON, who FORMERLY were Disobedient (Unbelievers), when ONCE The Divine Longsuffering WAITED in The Days of Noah, while The Ark was being prepared, in which a FEW, that is, Eight (8) Souls, WERE SAVED, THROUGH Water.  There is also an ANTITYPE (other than water), which Now SAVES Us (Believers), BAPTISM (BY The Holy Spirit), NOT The Removal of The Filth of The Flesh (The Natural Body), BUT The ANSWER of a Good CONSCIENCE toward GOD (GOD Almighty), THROUGH The RESURRECTION of Jesus Christ, Who has GONE INTO Heaven and IS AT The Right Hand of GOD (GOD Almighty), Angels (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels) and Authorities and Powers having been MADE SUBJECT to Him (Jesus Christ).

1 Peter 4:1-3

Therefore, SINCE Christ (Jesus Christ) SUFFERED FOR Us (Believers) IN The Flesh (The Natural Body), ARM Yourselves (Believers) also WITH The Same Mind, for He (Believers) who has SUFFERED IN The Flesh (The Natural Body) has ceased from sin, that He (Believers) NO longer should LIVE The Rest of His (Believers) Time IN The Flesh (The Natural Body) for the lusts of men, BUT FOR The WILL of GOD (GOD Almighty).  For We (Believers) have spent enough of Our (Believers) Past Lifetime in doing the will of The Gentiles (Unbelievers) when We (Believers) walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries (Satan’s LIES).

1 Peter 4:12-16, 19

 

Beloved (Believers), do NOT think it strange, CONCERNING The Fiery Trial, which is to TRY YOU (Believers), as though some strange thing happened to YOU (Believers); but REJOICE TO The Extent that YOU (Believers) PARTAKE of Christ’s (Jesus Christ’s) SUFFERINGS, that WHEN His (Jesus Christ’s) GLORY IS REVEALED, YOU (Believers) may also BE GLAD with Exceeding JOY.  IF YOU (Believers) are REPROACHED for The Name of Christ (Jesus Christ), BLESSED ARE YOU (Believers), for The Spirit (The Holy Spirit) of GLORY AND of GOD (GOD Almighty) RESTS UPON YOU (Believers).  On Their (Unbelievers) Part, He (GOD Almighty) is BLASPHEMED, but ON Your (Believers) Part, He (GOD Almighty) IS GLORIFIED.  But let NONE of YOU (Believers) suffer as a Murderer, a Thief, an Evildoer, or as a Busybody IN Other People’s Matters.  Yet if ANYONE (Believers) SUFFERS, as a Christian, let Him (Believers) NOT be ashamed, but LET Him (Believers) GLORIFY GOD (GOD Almighty) IN THIS MATTER (Suffering as a Christian).  Therefore, LET Those (Believers) Who SUFFER According TO The WILL of GOD (GOD Almighty), COMMIT Their (Believers) Souls to Him (GOD Almighty) IN DOING GOOD, as to a Faithful Creator (GOD Almighty).

1 Peter 5:5b-11

Yes, All of YOU (Believers) BE Submissive to One Another (Believers), and BE CLOTHED with Humility, for “GOD (GOD Almighty) RESISTS the proud, but GIVES GRACE to The Humble.”  Therefore, humble Yourselves (Believers) UNDER The Mighty Hand of GOD (GOD Almighty), that He (GOD Almighty) May EXALT YOU (Believers) IN DUE TIME, CASTING All Your (Believers) Care UPON Him (GOD Almighty), for He (GOD Almighty) CARES for YOU (Believers).

BE Sober, BE Vigilant; because Your (Believers) Adversary the devil (Satan) Walks About, LIKE a roaring lion, SEEKING whom he (Satan) may DEVOUR.  RESIST him (Satan), STEADFAST IN The FAITH (The Gospel of Jesus Christ), KNOWING that The Same SUFFERINGS ARE EXPERIENCED, BY Your (Believers) Brotherhood (Fellow Believers) IN The World (Satan’s World).  But May The GOD (GOD Almighty) of All GRACE, Who CALLED Us (Believers) TO His (GOD Almighty) ETERNAL GLORY, BY Christ Jesus, AFTER YOU (Believers) have SUFFERED a while, Perfect, Establish, Strengthen, and SETTLE YOU (Believers).  TO Him (GOD Almighty) BE The GLORY and The DOMINION, Forever and ever.  Amen.

Fellow Believers, We (Believers) are NOT promised an easy Earthly Life, on the contrary, We (Believers) are TOLD to expect to SUFFER, through Trials and Tribulations, BECAUSE of Our (Believers) Faith IN Jesus Christ.  We (Believers) are to EXPECT Persecution, even to The Point of Death, IF it is The Will of GOD Almighty, for Us (Believers) to do so.  After all, Jesus Christ Himself DIED (Died upon The Cross and was RAISED, ALIVE, from The Tomb BY GOD Almighty) TO FULFILL The Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Most of Jesus Christ’s Original Disciples (except John) DIED for Their (Jesus’ Disciples) Faith IN The Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Even later Followers (Believers) of Jesus Christ (through The Gospel of Jesus Christ) DIED for Their (Believers) Faith IN The Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Paul (aka Saul) who was GIVEN His (Paul’s) Own Revelation FROM Jesus Christ Himself also SUFFERED Persecution many times UNTIL His (Paul’s) Own Death for His (Paul’s) Faith IN The Gospel and The Revelation He (Paul) RECEIVED FROM Jesus Christ.  ONLY John was Blessed enough to live long enough to RECEIVE His (John’s) Revelation of The End Times (The Last Days) FROM Jesus Christ, before He (John) DIED of Natural Causes.

So, yes, We (Believers) will SUFFER Trials, Tribulations, and Persecution, for Our (Believers) Faith IN The Gospel of Jesus Christ, perhaps even to The Point of Death (of The Natural Body ONLY), BUT We (Believers) will INHERIT The Kingdom of GOD Almighty (The Spiritual Body).  We (Believers) will NOT Relent, and We (Believers) will NEVER Renounce The Name of Jesus Christ NOR Renounce Our (Believer) Faith IN Jesus Christ.  We (Believers) will continue to Share The Gospel of Jesus Christ, and We (Believers) will Always GIVE GOD Almighty All The GLORY For EVERYTHING He (GOD Almighty) Does THROUGH Us (Believers) and FOR Us (Believers).

AS Children (Believers) of GOD Almighty, AS Brothers and Sisters IN Christ Jesus, AS Co-Heirs of The Kingdom of GOD Almighty, THIS IS Our (Believers) CALLING, TO Share The Gospel of Jesus Christ, with EVERYONE, who has Ears to HEAR and Eyes to SEE, The TRUTH, so that They (Believers) may also be, IN GOD Almighty’s Immediate Presence, WITH Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels, and All The Rest of The Children (Believers) of GOD Almighty, for Eternity, Forever.  Please, PUT ON The FULL ARMOR of GOD Almighty and JOIN ME.

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