1 Peter 5:10 ‘But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.’
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Deuteronomy 9-12 Psalms 56
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In the first Century, when the Gospel began spreading, the Romans who were traditionally pagans, felt greatly threatened. Christian beliefs clashed directly with the Roman pagan system because Christian converts stopped sacrificing to the gods.
Roman leaders thereafter blamed the Christians for any disaster in the Empire, claiming that their gods were taking vengeance for the neglect of temple sacrifices.
When Rome burned in A.D. 64, Emperor Nero blamed the Christians and killed many believers. Also when a disastrous plague ravaged the Empire in A.D. 251, claiming 5,000 lives a day, Romans rulers blamed Christians for provoking the wrath of the gods.
This was followed by terrible persecutions and massacres of believers. The refusal of Christians to renounce their faith under these severe torments drew admiration from the Roman populace and led many to convert to Christianity.
By 311AD, even the rulers of Rome recognized that the oppression of Christians was encouraging more conversions rather than silencing the believers. Thereafter, the Roman rulers gave up and granted freedom of worship to Christians. Christianity remained indefatigable and continued to spread until it eventually crushed all oppositions and became established as the official religion of the Roman empire.
In Acts 12, Christians faced terrifying opposition from Herod. But by the end of that same chapter, God’s angel had executed Herod (Acts 12:23), the very next verse said ‘But the word of God increased and multiplied.’ [Acts 12:24].
The opposition of Herod was no match for the unstoppable power of Christ and His Gospel. Jesus described Himself as the stone which the builders rejected, but has become the chief cornerstone and He said that anyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him to powder [Matthew 21:44].
It is the same with our lives as believers. Because we carry Christ within us we are unstoppable and anyone who attempts to stand in our way will only be crushed as we continue to rise higher.
The same power that is keeping the Church indefatigable is also at work in each of us because we are the living stones that make up the Church. Because we are born of God, we are born to always overcome.
This means that despite any opposition you may face today, by God’s grace, nothing will stop you from shining and experiencing your own portion of glory invasion.
No matter what you may go through, there’s coming an appointed time for your divine settlement.
1 Peter 5:10 says that God has called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, and though we may suffer momentarily, in the end God will make us perfect, establish us, strengthen us and settle us.
Through the power of God we will continue to have the victory over every resistance and keep manifesting God’s glory wherever we go.
PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for Your grace that causes me to keep thriving despite trials and temptations. Surely, by Your power at work in me, I shall ever be victorious and triumph over all oppositions in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
You will never need more than God to experience the impossible in life. WORDBITE 222
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