Kept by the Power of God (1 Peter 1:5)

2024-04-18

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:5)

Since Christ is the power of God (1 Corinthians 1:24), and we were placed in Christ (1 Corinthians 1:30), then it is by Christ that we are kept. He is our stronghold, preserving us until the last day. We do not keep Him. No manner of self-effort could ever do this. He keeps us because we are weak even to death.

What is our salvation but that He saved us from our sin’s penalty and power? We may know this because of faith in and revelation from the Savior, but our salvation is not fully revealed in experience until we are raised from the dead. “And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves” (Ezekiel 37:13). (This is, should the Lord return beyond our lifetime...)