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Kept By The Power of God

10/9/2021

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As we continue our study on absolute surrender. Our surrender to God the  Father, Jesus our Savior and God the Holy Spirit is the key to our  relationship and growth in our walk with Jesus. This week we will be  looking at what it means to be kept by the Power of God!  
Let's begin in 1 Peter 1:3-5 
"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 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." 
"Kept by the power of God through faith" here we find two extraordinary  truths about our keeping unto salvation. The first great truth is, "Kept by  the power of God"; and the second is "Kept through faith." There are two  sides to this wonderful promise! On one side, God promises to send the  Holy Spirit to keep us in Jesus every moment of every day; then our part  
is, by faith to allow the Holy Spirit to keep doing His work in us by  surrendering ourselves every moment of the day. Through this process we  have already started our Heaven right here on this earth, and the Holy  Spirit keeps us dwelling in Jesus day by day as well. We are doubly kept!  Our inheritance in Heaven is our promised future; and we are kept here on  earth until Jesus comes back to accomplish that inevitable reality. 
We have a great inheritance promised! But what would we think of a man  who spent his whole life accumulating millions of dollars to leave to his 
children and neglected to educate and train them for the responsibility of  wealth? If he allowed his children to run the streets chasing sin and selfish  pleasures? We would think he was a fool, am I right? 
We would feel sorry for his ignorance! We would wonder why he would  sacrifice to save all this money for his children's inheritance, and not  prepare them to handle it wisely. 
I am so thankful that our God has not only sacrificed beyond reason to  give us the inheritance of eternity in bliss! But, He has also promised that  He will prepare us for this inheritance. 
Again, there are two simple truths; the divine side - we are kept by God's  power; the human side we are kept through faith. Next week we will  continue to look at what this keeping means for us as believers.

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    Pastor Brad Traxler is the pastor of the Wrangell SDA Church. Brad Traxler is the husband of forty years to Cheryl, father to Kimberly and Ryan, and grandfather to Brad, Kevin, William, Eamon, Zairhen, Seraphina, and Zeelyah. He holds a BA in Theology and has been pastoring churches for twenty years. The greatest passion of His life has been to share Jesus. 

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