I am kept by the power of God by means of the faith

From: May 8-14, 2007 Study: # 491

TOPIC: “I am kept by the power of God by means of the faith” 1 Peter 1:3-9 Without faith we will perish and break. When there is not faith we don’t know how to speak, this is the reason why we have so many arguments which is the result of our lack of faith. In Christ's knowledge there is plenty of faith. The lack of faith turns into lack of enthusiasm. We need faith to face everything that happens in our lives. When there is lack of faith all our system of life is contaminated and we make God look bad. We should examine ourselves and see how great God’s power is. The enemy loves to see the believers with a fallen spirit. We must reaffirm that we can do all things through Christ, because this natural life will destroy us if we don't live active in faith. It is easier for some to walk without exercising their faith. But not us the believers, we must walk with a good attitude keeping the faith. This is why many are lost, because they can’t understand that the solution is to live by faith. The best thing to do is to go before God and put everything that depresses us in His hands. He will respond. It is His promise. Sometimes, believers focus more on bad things, in the tragedy. Then the day goes by, but it should not be this way, we must exercise our faith. Sometimes we speak with lack of faith. But, God will work in whatever is wrong because our faith is what moves the hand of God. In God there is much hope, we have believed in Him. When we realize that we can’t do anything with our own strength we must exercise our faith, for God works on behalf of those whom He loves. God loves us, and we have to believe him, we must trust Him. What we lose and do not conquer is because of our lack of faith, because we have stopped believing God. Let us stop arguing, and believe God. We must understand and learn that our faith is what makes us walk in the right direction, moving God’s hand wherever we go and bringing blessings. Our faith is what will lead us to eternal life. We will have eternity if we activate our faith day after day. We cannot allow our faith to collapse. As time goes by, what makes the church stumble and fall is the lack of faith, because many doubt that God will do. If everything surrounding us hasn’t changed it is because we have not ascended high with God. The only one who can do is the God in whom we have believed. The lack of faith makes us seek for arguments, excuses, but we can’t see that what makes us fail is our lack of faith. Those who have faith are conquerors. Those who don't conquer it is because they don't have faith. In order to conquer we need to have faith. Our God that is merciful made us reborn. Once Christ arrived at our lives we had the privilege of being born again. We must learn from the one who has loved us. Since there was a death there is a resurrection and for this reason there is hope. We are born in love and in all that has to do with God. All who have faith know that God is our Father. We cannot live without faith. We pray because we believe God. God made us reborn with a live hope so that we would believe him. Without faith there is nothing we can do. Before there was no hope in us, for this reason we had to be reborn. Those who have not been born again await death, a coffin and Hell. For this reason, it is necessary to believe in Christ and confess His name.

Jesus has left us an incorruptible inheritance and there is nothing that can destroy it, corrupt it, crack it or demolish it. This inheritance is safe against death. And it is for us. Life interrupts and keeps us from being before God. We have received an uncontaminated inheritance, without stains, nothing can steam it up or undo its purity. An unfading inheritance that cannot suffer variance value, glory or beauty. It is safe against time; it doesn't wither from the circumstances or the problems. We have an inheritance that nobody can touch because God himself protects it. The inheritance in this world is uncertain. The divine inheritance is the one that we must reach by faith. This is the one that is kept in the safe box that is in Heaven and it is for us according to how much we have believed God. Not only our inheritance is reserved in Heaven but also we are guarded by God. We are chosen by God, then we will be guarded Him by means of the faith. We are guarded by the power of God. Then, who can harm us? If we do well the eyes of Jehovah will be upon us who are righteous and we will be heard. Who can harm God’s power? As believers, in Christ we are eternally secure. As our inheritance is safe in Heaven we are safe by God by means of the faith. As long as we believe it, all our existence is known by faith. We will be preserved for that eternity by means of the faith that we have. If we hold on to this world, we will not develop faith. If we have faith we will rest in what we have believed from the day that we were born again in Christ, the day that we came to Christ, and not in what we learned before that. When we have faith there is continuity in Him. We are continuous, we build as we walk. The lack of faith paralyzes us. Faith is so that we live building in Him. The faith that saves has one characteristic, permanency. The son of God is guarded by the power of God. The body is lifted the day of our death. It is possible that we are afflicted in diverse trials, but these are necessary and we have to rejoice in them. These will force us to have faith. The Scriptures tell us to rejoice in the midst of our trials. That hope that we have should bring us more happiness. Trials come and go, but our hope is greater than the diverse trials. Let us be happy because it is more what we have to gain than the trials we must go through. If we have faith God will work on our behalf. For us who are His people there is an inheritance. The glory will be forever and the trials will be for a while. Our faith will be tested to demonstrate if it is genuine. Those who have true faith are indestructible. Nobody can destroy a woman or a man of faith. The Father will praise those who maintain their faith in the midst of afflictions. We will be exalted for believing in Him. Those who have been tested will be rewarded. We receive Christ by faith, we have not seen Him, but we believe in Him. In the midst of our trials we should not lose the smile of God for us. Let us prefer the trials before afflicting the Lord. Let us live with an ineffable, indescribable and glorious joy. When there is not faith everything yields and there is no longer victory or eternal life. As soon as we trust Christ by faith we will receive the inheritance. It is to have an uninterrupted and constant contact by means of the faith. Amen.