Even The Best Need To Be Warned

                                          1 Peter 4:18
                  "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where
                        shall the ungodly and the sinner appear"

        By patience and fortitude in suffering, and by dependence on the promises of God, and keeping  to the word the Holy Spirit has revealed, God is glorified; but by the contempt and reproaches cast upon believers He is evil spoken of and blasphemed.  One would think such cautions as these would be needless to Christians.  Even the best of men need to be warned against the worst of sins.  There is no comfort in sufferings, when we bring them upon ourselves by our own sin and foolishness.
        A time of universal calamity was at hand, as foretold by our Saviour, Mt 24:9, 10.  And if such things befall in this life, how awful will the day of judgement be!  It is true that the righteous are scarcely saved; even those who walk uprightly in the ways of God.  I do not mean that the purpose and performance of God are uncertain, or that Christ didn't die for our sins.  I'm saying that Christians go through great difficulties, and hard encounters, and many temptations and tribulations without fear inside, because we believe in what God's Word says!
        Now, if the way of the righteous is to be so hard, then how hard shall the end of the ungodly sinner, who walks in sin and delight, and thinks that the righteous is a fool for suffering all those pains just because they love God.  The only way to keep the soul alive, is to commit it to God, through Jesus Christ The Son Of God!
        Amen!!

Reading: (1 Pet. 4:7-19) 
Note: (Scarcely ie Difficulty)

                                     May God Bless You
                                      And Your Families

                                                    Minister Robert A. Lail Sr
                                                    The Cross Life Ministry