Obeying the truth through the Spirit

1Pe 1:20,21  indeed having been foreknown before the foundation of the world, but revealed in the last times for you,  those believing in God through Him,  He who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory,  so that your faith and hope might be in God.

1Pe 1:20  Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

1Pe 1:21  Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

Our faith and hope might be in GOD.

Jesus Christ KNOWN BEFORE the FOUNDATION of the WORLD.

Let that sink in for a moment. Before the foundation of OUR world, our Savior existed. Our Savior REVEALED in the last times for us.  The plan of salvation for this world was a part of this world before this world existed.  It's just like any of us making plans to do something spectacular but knowing there are risks involved. Because we know there are risks involve we make contingency plans should any of those risks become realized. We can comprehend that, so why can't we comprehend the Creator of our World, the Creator of Us, doing the same thing? 

The plan for salvation wasn't introduced to mankind until it was absolutely necessary. All the while Adam and Eve were in the garden of Eden before sinning, they didn't need to know there was a plan in place, the plan was there if needed. Once it became needed mankind heard this…

Gen 3:13  And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Gen 3:14  And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Gen 3:15  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

A hatred was PUT between Satan and God's people.

This hatred between sin and love would result in the enmity's being bruised in the heel- and the sin, Satan, being destroyed with its head bruised.

Our Savior's contingency plan included His own temporary death and great suffering. The Creator became the Savior.

 1Pe 1:20,21 'those believing in God through Him,  He who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory,  so that your faith and hope might be in God.

Our FAITH and HOPE must be in GOD who did all this for us.

1Pe 1:22  Purifying your souls in the OBEDIENCE OF THE TRUTH THROUGH THE SPIRIT TO UNFEIGNED LOVE OF THE BROTHERS, LOVE ONE ANOTHER FERVENTLY OUT OF A PURE HEART,

We must purify our souls - purify ourselves with the OBEDIENCE of the truth- obedience of the truth through the Spirit- through the spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers- unfeigned love, loving one another- loving one another fervently- loving one another fervently out of a pure heart.

Do you see?  Through the Spirit we can love others, from a pure heart, this purifies us!

Loving through the Spirit.

Obeying the truth through the Spirit.

Please, Lord, please… help us to love, to obey, to be YOURS, all by YOUR LOVE.