Re: Verse reading–1 Peter 1:1-12 (day six)
“obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.” (v 9) What is the outcome of faith? The result? It a question that needs to be clear for every believer. Peter says the promised outcome of faith is salvation. Not success. . .for some will experience criticism and public shame for the sake of Christ. Not comfort. . .for all will be called to bear a cross of pain or grief. The only promise (and the only one that ultimately matters) is salvation. “I give eternal life to them and they shall never perish” (John 10:28) In a materialistic age, we must carefully consider. Am I willing to follow Christ with eternal life as the promised outcome? If life is hard and the road narrow, am I still glad to follow the Lord under these gracious terms? “What shall it profit a man, if he gains the world and forfeits his soul?” (Matthew 16:26)
