Sovereign Grace Church

Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God

(1 Peter 1:21)

All false religion is under the delusion th at salvation is granted through something man does; nothing could be further from the truth!

I trust you will notice these two blessed words in 1st Peter chapter 1 verse 21 “by Him”. To my awakened brother and sister, I trust those two words testify to your experience in Christ, that “by Him”, by the Lord Jesus Christ, you find yourself believing God.

God’s people are not born of blood (a believer is not made a believer because his parents are Christian, as is the case with the Islamists and Roman Catholics). God’s people are not born of the will of the flesh (one does not become a believer because one exercises his or her own will to make a decision). God’s people are not born of the will of man (one does not become a believer because a group of people got together to pray). If you find yourself believing God, it is by God’s redeeming, regenerating power in Christ. Beloved, the eternal gospel declares that His people “were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:13).

Our Lord declared “thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him” (John 17:2) The power our Lord has over all flesh is the life giving power He gives to His people, whereby He grants them eternal life, making them willing and able to truly believe God (The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit).

Beloved, “by Him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God” (1 Peter 1:21).

If you find yourself believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, it is by Him you believe God. Just as Lazarus was made to come out of the tomb by the Lord Jesus Christ, your coming forth from the tomb of your unbelief was “by Him” beloved. AMEN!