Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Confirmed and Strengthened In Christ


Be of sober spirit, be on the alert.  Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.  But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. 

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself, perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

To Him be dominion forever and ever.  Amen.

1 Peter 5:8-11

It is true the devil sneaks around working to trip us up so that we will believe that we have fallen from grace.  It is also true that God is more powerful than the devil and undid all his work when He sent His Son, Jesus, to die once and for all for everyone’s sin.  There is no sin God cannot forgive.  All we have to do is ask forgiveness and confess Jesus as our Lord, Master and Savior and by this action we undo the devil’s power over us.

We are perfected, confirmed and strengthened in Christ.

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