Peter Exhorts the Persecuted Believers Volume 5

 Being Born Again to a Living Hope Part 3

1 Peter 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. KJV Note: NKJV=New King James Version

Now the Apostle Peter puts a giant bow on this gift of faith from our Father in Heaven, whereby He has 'begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead' declaring that it is God Himself who keeps us from 'falling away' as will be the case for all false believers or false converts (2 Thessalonians 2:3) with these very reassuring words, "Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." (1 Peter 1:5) (KJV). That little phrase we mentioned above 'falling away' is translated by the Greek word apostasia meaning simply defection from truth. This is what we are seeing today in the visible world of Christendom. Actually what is taking place is the beginning of the 'falling away' apostasia by virtue of every false convert and false believer unmasking themselves by departing from the truth of the Word of God. The Apostle Peter writes to the scattered Jewish converts to our Lord Jesus Christ and to we true converts to Christ today and from every era and generation in verse 5 that we (unlike those who are hypocrites, that is, pretenders/actors) 'who are kept' and this little English phrase is translated by the Greek word phroureō meaning to be a watcher in advance, i.e. to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect:--keep (with a garrison). The English word 'power' in 1 Peter 1:5 is translated by the Greek word dunamis meaning force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself):--ability, abundance, power, strength, mighty (wonderful) work. In other words, those of us who have truly been begotten again or born again to a living hope by the resurrection of our Lord, Master, and Savior Jesus Christ are preserved, powered, and protected by the Power of God through God the Holy Spirit from being deceived by false prophets who twist, tangle, and torture the Word of God for our remaining time ⌚ here on the earth 🌎, as it is written with these verses of Scripture from the Old Testament, "For the LORD loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off." (Psalms 37:28) (NKJV) also "And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me." (Jeremiah 32:40) (NKJV), likewise as it is written with these verses in the New Testament, "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are one." (John 10:27-30) (NKJV). Note: "Do we as believers disobey our Father and sin against His everlasting love for us, yes we do far to often, however, we can never depart from the faith because true 'saving faith' is the Gift 📦 we have received from our Abba through the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and He keeps us walking 🚶 in repentance and faith, as it is written, "As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving." (Colossians 2:6-7) (NKJV), for we received Him by 'faith', therefore, "For we walk by faith, not by sight." (2 Corinthians 5:7) (NKJV).

Here is what John Wesley had to say of 1 Peter 1:5, "Who are kept - The inheritance is reserved; the heirs are kept for it. By the power of God - Which worketh all in all, which guards us against all our enemies. Through faith - Through which alone salvation is both received and retained. Ready to be revealed - That revelation is made in the last day. It was more and more ready to be revealed, ever since Christ came." Here is what Alexander MacLaren had to say of 1 Peter 1:5, "The Revised Version substitutes ‘guarded’ for ‘kept,’ and the alteration, though slight, is important, for it not only more accurately preserves the meaning of the word employed, but it retains the military metaphor which is in it. The force of the expression will appear if I refer, in a sentence, to other cases in which it is employed in the New Testament. For instance, we read that the governor of Damascus ‘kept the city with a garrison,’ which is the same word, and in its purely metaphorical usage Paul employs it when he says that ‘the peace of God shall keep’—guard, garrison—’your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.’ We have to think of some defenceless position, some unwalled village out in the open, with a strong force round it, through which no assailant can break, and in the midst of which the weakest can sit secure. Peter thinks that every Christian has assailants whom no Christian by himself can repel, but that he may, if he likes, have an impregnable ring of defence drawn round him, which shall fling back in idle spray the wildest onset of the waves, as a breakwater or a cliff might do. Then there is another very beautiful and striking point to be made, and that is the connection between the words of my text and those immediately preceding. The Apostle has been speaking about ‘the inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,’ and he says ‘it is reserved in Heaven for you who are kept.’ So, then, the same power is working on both sides of the veil, preserving the inheritance for the heirs, and preserving the heirs for the inheritance. It will not fail them, and they will not miss it. It were of little avail to care for either of the two members separately, but the same hand that is preparing the inheritance and making it ready for the owners is round about the pilgrims, and taking care of them till they get home."

If you do not know the Lord Jesus Christ and His amazing healing power, pray this from your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ (you speaking directly to Him), Dear Lord Jesus, I confess to You that I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. I believe You shed Your Blood and died for my sins. I believe that You rose from the dead proving that You alone are God. I repent of my sins. I want to turn from my sins. I ask You Dear Lord Jesus to come into my heart and take control of my life. I want You to be my Lord, Savior, and my God. Amen...


Sincerely in Christ,


Clifford D. Tate, Sr.


Author of “Silent Assassins of the Soul - Are you Broken by Pornography and Masturbation? You can be Restored by the Lord Jesus Christ and brought into Deliverance, Freedom, and Victory! A Guide for Men and Women in the Enemy’s Crosshairs” e-book available now @ Amazon Kindle, @ Apple I Bookstore for IPod, Barnes and Noble for Nook, Reader Store for Sony Reade, Kobo, Copia, Gardners, Baker and Taylor, and eBookPie…