Therefore…You Need to Look and See What It is Therefore

Isaiah 36; Isaiah 37; Psalm 76; 1 Peter 1
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Scripture

1 Peter 1

13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.


Observation

Whenever you see a “Therefore” in scripture you need to look and see what it is “Therefore”! You would need to go back to verse three where Peter says, “3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you,

5 who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls… “Therefore…” prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Application

I will pay careful attention to everything that comes before all “Therefore’s” I find in scripture!

Prayer

Heavenly Father, help me prepare my mind for action. Help me to be self-controlled. You have saved me and I have such a rich inheritance waiting for me in heaven. Help me remember that this is not my home. I am just passing through this world and time is flying by. Thank you for an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for me by you. In Jesus Name Amen.

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