Song: Keep Me True, Lord Jesus
Keep me true, Lord Jesus, keep me true;
Keep me true, Lord Jesus, keep me true;
There's a race that I must run,
There are victory to be won.
Give me power, every hour, to be true.
Purity of Faith More Than Gold.
1 Peter 1:7-9
NCV: These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold, which can be proved to be pure by fire but will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is shown to you. You have not seen Christ, but still you love him. You cannot see him now, but you believe in him. So you are filled with a joy that cannot be explained, a joy full of glory. and you are receiving the goal of your faith--the salvation of your souls.
AMP: So that [the genuineness] of your faith may be tested, [your faith] which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fire. [This proving of your faith is intended] to redound to [your] praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One, is revealed. Without having seen Him you love Him; though you do not [even] now see Him you believe in Him, and exult and thrill with inexpressible and glorious (triumphant, heavenly) joy. [At the same time] you receive the result (outcome, consummation) of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
Dorothy: What is the most difficult thing right now? It is not seeing Jesus in person, in reality. The word of God tells us how rich our faith is when we believe without seeing Jesus in person. Thomas would not believe the disciples that they had seen the Lord. Until Thomas see Jesus, he would believe. Jesus is giving us the message today that we are being blessed by putting our faith in the Word of God, the Bible. Holy Spirit is the one that witness to our spirit that we are His child. It takes faith, doesn't it? Our faith is precious to God, better than gold. That is why it is important to sing, "Keep me true, Lord Jesus, keep me true," to Him. God bless you today.
