ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_60 1:1
Our Imperishable Inheritance 1Pe 1:1-12 Scattered strangers ! The designation is true of us all. Note the reference to the Trinity involved in the opening sentence. Our inheritance is prepared and kept for us, as we for it. We who believe may count on the guarding power of God. Not till our spirit is joined to a perfected body in the presence of Christ will our salvation be complete. Trial is manifold. There is more or less of it in every true life. The best diamonds take longer in cutting and polishing. But, after all, compared to the eternity before us, it is but short-lived, and there is a needs-be for all. Hope in 1Pe 1:3 , faith in 1Pe 1:7 , love in 1Pe 1:8 , blend in the joy that is unspeakable and full of the glory which is as yet hidden. Notice that the prophets, angels and apostles are represented as deeply interested in that glorious salvation which God has declared unto mankind in the gospel, and by which we have been redeemed.