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December 23
Sunday



RESERVED
IN HEAVEN



READ:
1 Peter 1:3-12
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An inheritance
incorruptible...
reserved in heaven for
you, who are kept by
the power of God.
__ 1 Peter 1:3-12
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A friend of mine spent several months rebuilding an old Ford Bronco and turning it into an off-road vehicle for use here in Idaho. He kept it in his garage under lock and key. When Christmas came, Gary thought, What better place to hide my daughter Katie's present.

Shortly before Christmas, someone asked Katie what she was getting for Christmas. "Oh," she replied, "I already have it. It's a bicycle in a box under the Broco in the garage!"

I don't know what methods Katie used to discover her present. But I do admire her unshakable confidence that the bike was hers even though she did no yet have it in her hands.

That confidence reminds me of the apostle Peter's words: "[God] has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time" (1 Peter 1:3-5).

What is reserved for us? Our inheritance--heaven, and legacy beyond description that rests on the certainty of eternal life, "which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began" (Titus 1:2). __ David Roper
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I am living for the moment~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When before His feet I fall,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~And with all the host of heaven~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~Own Him Lord and King of all. __ Christiansen~~~~~~
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***************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Peter 1:3-12*************

1 Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who according to His
abundant mercy has begotten
us again to a living hope
throught the resurrection of
Jesus Crhist from the dead,

4 to an inheritance
incorruptible and undefiled
and that does not fade away,
reserved in heaven for you,

5 who are kept by the power
of God through faith for
salvation ready to be
revealed in the last time.

6 In this you greatly rejoice,
though now for a little while,
if need be, you have been
grieved by various trials,

7 that the genuineness of your
faith, being much more
precious than gold that
perishes,...may be found
to praise, honor, and glory at
the revelation of Jesus
Christ, 8 whom having not
seen you love. Though now
you do not see Him, yet
believing, you rejoice with
joy inexpressible and full of
glory, 9 receiving the end of
your faith--the salvation of
your souls.

10 Of this salvation the
prophets have inquired and
searched carefully,...

11 searching what, or what
manner of time, the Spirit of
Christ who was in them was
indicating when He testified
beforehand the sufferings of
Christ and the glories that
would follow. 12 To them it
was revealed that, not to
themselves, but to us they
were ministering the things
which now have been
reported to you through
those who have preached the
gospel to you by the Holy
Spirit sent from heaven__
things which angels desire to
look into.

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First Peter may well be called the "job of the New Testament" because
of its theme of undeserved suffering and steadfast submission to the
sovereignty of God. (From Talk Through the Bible, P.473.) __ SKT