'And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, pass the time of your earthly residence in fear, knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers, but with the PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot' 1Pe 1:17-19
IF we call on the Father.
The Father- who without respect of persons-judges according to the work of each one.
Pass the time of your earthly residence in fear.
Knowing that you were not redeem with corruptible things- silver or gold.
Not redeemed from our VAIN manner of life handed down from our fathers.
REDEEMED by the PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, as a lamb without blemish and without spot.
What is this telling us?
We must call on the Father, right? Jesus told us we are to pray--'Our Father…' We must call upon the Father and IF we call upon the Father we have to do so while realizing that our Father is NOT one who respects person, meaning He treats us ALL the same. The ONLY thing our Father judges us on is the actions of our life, each one of us individually are judged based on the choices we make, this is our work that is judged.
Because we choose to call upon the Father we have to realize that the Father and the Father alone is our JUDGE. HE IS OUR JUDGE! When we call upon Him we have to do so knowing He is our judge. We can't call upon Him in any other way. We must call upon Him with this knowledge as we call upon Him. Because we are to - 'PASS the time of our EARTHLY residence in FEAR!'
Yes, in FEAR! A fear that demands we respect the only One who can save us from ourselves. A fear that we will fall short of accepting the salvation offered to us. A fear that tells us to seek the FATHER as a child who is solely dependent upon that Father for all life, in fact for life eternal. A fear that tells us to go anywhere else but to the Father is to give up all love, all life.
We are told not to fear but to trust, but we are also told to fear. The difference between the two is the things we fear.
Remember --
Heb 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
A consuming fire.
Heb 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
Heb 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
Let us have grace…
Whereby we may serve God acceptably with REVERENCE and GODLY FEAR.
Our life is in HIS hands. We must revere and fear, we must love and fear, we must let the fear be attached to our faith.
1Jn_4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Perfect love- only GOD has perfect love and we have to let our fear be faith by the grace of our LORD.
'And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, pass the time of your earthly residence in fear, knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers, but with the PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot' 1Pe 1:17-19
We re NOT redeemed with anything that is corruptible.
No silver, no gold can save us from our VAIN manner of life, a life we've inherited.
The ONLY thing that can save us is the PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST!
A perfect LAMB, the perfect SACRIFICE.
Please, Lord, please let our fear become faith all by YOUR grace.
We are passing our time here, our time on this earthly residence in fear. We cannot redeem ourselves, there is nothing we can do to save ourselves we can't buy our salvation in any way shape or form. Please let Your Son be our Savior! He alone is worthy to save us, while we are unworthy to be saved. By His GRACE, HIS MERCY, HIS LOVE, save us who are unworthy, us whose works are nothing, save our choice to believe and even that is by YOUR GRACE!
IF we call on the Father.
The Father- who without respect of persons-judges according to the work of each one.
Pass the time of your earthly residence in fear.
Knowing that you were not redeem with corruptible things- silver or gold.
Not redeemed from our VAIN manner of life handed down from our fathers.
REDEEMED by the PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, as a lamb without blemish and without spot.
What is this telling us?
We must call on the Father, right? Jesus told us we are to pray--'Our Father…' We must call upon the Father and IF we call upon the Father we have to do so while realizing that our Father is NOT one who respects person, meaning He treats us ALL the same. The ONLY thing our Father judges us on is the actions of our life, each one of us individually are judged based on the choices we make, this is our work that is judged.
Because we choose to call upon the Father we have to realize that the Father and the Father alone is our JUDGE. HE IS OUR JUDGE! When we call upon Him we have to do so knowing He is our judge. We can't call upon Him in any other way. We must call upon Him with this knowledge as we call upon Him. Because we are to - 'PASS the time of our EARTHLY residence in FEAR!'
Yes, in FEAR! A fear that demands we respect the only One who can save us from ourselves. A fear that we will fall short of accepting the salvation offered to us. A fear that tells us to seek the FATHER as a child who is solely dependent upon that Father for all life, in fact for life eternal. A fear that tells us to go anywhere else but to the Father is to give up all love, all life.
We are told not to fear but to trust, but we are also told to fear. The difference between the two is the things we fear.
Remember --
Heb 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
A consuming fire.
Heb 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
Heb 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
Let us have grace…
Whereby we may serve God acceptably with REVERENCE and GODLY FEAR.
Our life is in HIS hands. We must revere and fear, we must love and fear, we must let the fear be attached to our faith.
1Jn_4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Perfect love- only GOD has perfect love and we have to let our fear be faith by the grace of our LORD.
'And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, pass the time of your earthly residence in fear, knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers, but with the PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot' 1Pe 1:17-19
We re NOT redeemed with anything that is corruptible.
No silver, no gold can save us from our VAIN manner of life, a life we've inherited.
The ONLY thing that can save us is the PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST!
A perfect LAMB, the perfect SACRIFICE.
Please, Lord, please let our fear become faith all by YOUR grace.
We are passing our time here, our time on this earthly residence in fear. We cannot redeem ourselves, there is nothing we can do to save ourselves we can't buy our salvation in any way shape or form. Please let Your Son be our Savior! He alone is worthy to save us, while we are unworthy to be saved. By His GRACE, HIS MERCY, HIS LOVE, save us who are unworthy, us whose works are nothing, save our choice to believe and even that is by YOUR GRACE!
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