1Pe 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
The end of something, we know that the end of something is very important. If you're working towards something you expect an end, a finish, the finale. All of us can probably remember various aspects of our lives that consist of beginnings and endings. We can recall them with fondness or sadness, but we can recall them. When a test was finally over and you passed. When a journey was begun and then over. When a life became part of your life and then that life was over. We experience so much and the sum of our experience is our life. At the end of our lives people have funerals and almost always speak of the life of the person whose life is now over. People often try to remember the very best of the people that have passed even as they know their lives were just as their own- filled with ups and downs, good and bad things. Life is filled with so many ups and downs and that is for everyone- no exemptions at all.
Life's ups and downs. People write books on life's ups and downs. Daily we hear about life's ups and downs- just pick up a newspaper and you'll very likely find good stories and sad/bad stories. Constantly in magazines, in tabloids, on television shows, the radio, and online we are reading, listening, watching the ups and downs of peoples lives. If there are big group ups they can go down in history, if there are big groups downs they too are written in our history record and told for many, many years to come.
These are life's trials.
Yes, I said these are life's trials, including the good, including those ups to our lives. Because though a lot of people do not tend to consider anything good a trial it is. How we live our lives when we receive the good tells so much about us. The glory belongs to God in all things.
Read this-
Luk 17:13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
Luk 17:14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
Luk 17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
Luk 17:16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
Luk 17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
Luk 17:18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Luk 17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
He was healed- A GOOD thing!
He was cured- he was having an 'UP' day, not a down day.
And he glorified God with a LOUD voice!
His FAITH made Him whole!
Were the others cured? Yes, but they didn't hear these words of Christ- 'Arise, go thy way; they faith hath made thee whole.'
The others were cleansed. 'And it came to pass that as thy went they were cleansed.'
But were they 'made whole'?
Think about it. Their leprosy was gone but that doesn't mean that they were truly made whole- spiritually, physically, mentally. They did not glorify God. They were Jews, not Samaritans and they did not glorify God upon receiving a cure for this horrendous disease.
We DO have a trial of our FAITH in good things, make no mistake about it.
'Thy faith hath made thee whole.'
The Samaritan's faith made Him whole.
Our faith can make us whole. Our faith in God can make us whole.
The END of our FAITH is our being made perfectly whole in CHRIST.
By the grace of our God more tomorrow! All in HIS LOVE may we have faith that will make us whole in our Savior!
Please LORD, save us!
The end of something, we know that the end of something is very important. If you're working towards something you expect an end, a finish, the finale. All of us can probably remember various aspects of our lives that consist of beginnings and endings. We can recall them with fondness or sadness, but we can recall them. When a test was finally over and you passed. When a journey was begun and then over. When a life became part of your life and then that life was over. We experience so much and the sum of our experience is our life. At the end of our lives people have funerals and almost always speak of the life of the person whose life is now over. People often try to remember the very best of the people that have passed even as they know their lives were just as their own- filled with ups and downs, good and bad things. Life is filled with so many ups and downs and that is for everyone- no exemptions at all.
Life's ups and downs. People write books on life's ups and downs. Daily we hear about life's ups and downs- just pick up a newspaper and you'll very likely find good stories and sad/bad stories. Constantly in magazines, in tabloids, on television shows, the radio, and online we are reading, listening, watching the ups and downs of peoples lives. If there are big group ups they can go down in history, if there are big groups downs they too are written in our history record and told for many, many years to come.
These are life's trials.
Yes, I said these are life's trials, including the good, including those ups to our lives. Because though a lot of people do not tend to consider anything good a trial it is. How we live our lives when we receive the good tells so much about us. The glory belongs to God in all things.
Read this-
Luk 17:13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
Luk 17:14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
Luk 17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
Luk 17:16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
Luk 17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
Luk 17:18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Luk 17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
He was healed- A GOOD thing!
He was cured- he was having an 'UP' day, not a down day.
And he glorified God with a LOUD voice!
His FAITH made Him whole!
Were the others cured? Yes, but they didn't hear these words of Christ- 'Arise, go thy way; they faith hath made thee whole.'
The others were cleansed. 'And it came to pass that as thy went they were cleansed.'
But were they 'made whole'?
Think about it. Their leprosy was gone but that doesn't mean that they were truly made whole- spiritually, physically, mentally. They did not glorify God. They were Jews, not Samaritans and they did not glorify God upon receiving a cure for this horrendous disease.
We DO have a trial of our FAITH in good things, make no mistake about it.
'Thy faith hath made thee whole.'
The Samaritan's faith made Him whole.
Our faith can make us whole. Our faith in God can make us whole.
The END of our FAITH is our being made perfectly whole in CHRIST.
By the grace of our God more tomorrow! All in HIS LOVE may we have faith that will make us whole in our Savior!
Please LORD, save us!
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