1 Peter 1:5

(1 Peter 1:5)

『Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.』

 

It was a burrowing dig in a mountain in Turkey. Christians lived in crypts, avoiding the persecution of the Roman Empire. Peter wrote a letter to them. They are persecuted by the world because they believe in Jesus. So, there was no basic happiness. In the world, their bodies live in crypts, but they are protected by the power of God.

 

Even in this situation, only those who can be thankful are born again. In chapter 1:3, 『Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 』

The born again has a living hope. Those who are born again are the reality of heaven and hope. Those who are born again are born from above. Those who are born again do not wish to be well in the world. They do not wish for world power, honor and wealth. Saints may have difficulty in the world because of Jesus. The regenerate is not pleased with the material things that are given on earth. Those born from above rejoice in the divine things of heaven.

 

The regenerated person realizes that the material things on this earth will rot. Saints know that success and happiness on earth will also disappear. However, the Saints get an inherited, incorruptible, and infertile inheritance.

 

Gratitude is the fulfillment of worship and faith. In Psalm 150, thanksgiving appears last. Gratitude precedes prophecy. Daniel was a boy. He was taken to Babylon for the sins of Israel. He prayed three thanks a day. He will be able to open a new life if he can be grateful for the painful things together. Gratitude is spiritual. It is to thank the Lord for something. In the Bible, Jehoshaphat faced a crisis of war. There was no power or wisdom to confront this large crowd, and he prayed, "Only I look at the Lord." It wasn't a prayer to win the war, but a prayer to look only at the Lord.

 

The Lord must be with those who repent and seek Him. It's a losing situation, but why did it happen? We are seeking God's will, not His power. It is also meaningful for the pain and failure we experience. It is also meaningful to our success and happiness. It can be unfortunate if we don't know what it means. Solomon was a sign of success. He wrote a book of Proverbs, A Book on How to Succeed. But he did not know why he succeeded. If we don't know why we succeeded, we regret like Solomon. Success is not kept without knowing God's will. Solomon became as unhappy as he had been blessed.

 

Job suffered too much. Sadness, suffering, and pain came. In the midst of Job's pain, he realized the will of the Lord. A resurrection occurred in his life. His future was a resurrection. If you do not know the will of the Lord in your life, you must repent. If we realize the will of the Lord, everything will be restored and hoped. In this way, gratitude is spiritual and capable.

 

Joseph was sold to the traffickers by his brothers. He went to jail after being framed in the country where he was sold. In this situation, Joseph realized the will of the Lord, and he is the one who seeks the face of the Lord. Those who seek the Lord's face seek the Lord's will. He is grateful in the dark and in despair. Even if we are trapped in failure and suffering, we must become those who seek the Lord's will. Become a seeker of the Lord's face.

 

David was also suffering. When we read the psalms, it is not the content that transformed the world into power, but David's change in a difficult environment. David did not seek the power, but the face of the Lord. In 1 Peter 1:6, he said, "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: ".

This is only possible for those who have been born again, because "born again" is not born from the world, but from heaven. If you forget the will of the Lord and live in the material abundance of the world, you are not born again. God gives the regenerated one a succession that is incorruptible, filthy, and immortal.

 

Those who seek the will of the Lord will be more grateful for failure than success in their lives. Memories of joy are fading, but those who seek the will of the Lord are grateful even in failure. The Lord will cut us down in failure. So, God makes us suitable for heaven. The goal of life is change, not achievement. Human beings are guilty, so they are successful and do not change. Humans, like David and Job, are transformed when they look to the Lord in failure, suffering, and pain. In Romans 12:2, ``And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 』 God's good, joyful, and perfect will is to come out of the world's loving heart in change.

 

The Lord makes a man suitable for heaven in this world. Then the test is coming. Being out of the world becomes enemies with God. The test trains the world into a man suitable for heaven. So, it is a clipper. The body is sad when the things of the world are lost, but the spirit rejoices and wins by looking at the things that are lost. This is the normal Christian life. It's not a problem that you don't get more, but a problem that still holds onto the things of the world. We can say that we are true Christians only by holding on to the heavens, not the world.

In 1 Peter 1:7『That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 』 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: The body cannot understand this, but if you appreciate it, you will know.