by John Greene
“Be sober, keep awake, because your adversary the devil is as a roaring lion, prowling, plotting whom to devour. Resist him, firm in the belief, aware that the same hardships are experienced by your brothers in the world. Then the Elohim [‘God’, YHWH] of all protective love calls us into His everlasting exaltation in Yahshua [Jesus] Messiah. After suffering for a season, you are thoroughly renewed, set firmly, strengthened and grounded.” – 1 Peter 5:8-10, Project for Truth
Disciples of the Messiah have been set right through the sacrifice of the Son. Yet, we are undergoing a work of both renewal and completion as we learn to live out our days in His Spirit. We are in a season of refining, as well as a time of completing and renewing through both our Father’s protective love and the fire of trial. This isn’t about punishment, like many teach, but about learning to depend on Him. Suffering isn’t forever, nor is life an obstacle course of torture, but time for us to listen, to learn, to understand, and appreciate what has been done and what is being done. This time is evidence of His protective love, as each human being is given the opportunity to draw closer to Elohim, to love Him and learn to obey what He says as we grow to maturity. Each of us is being brought closer, not through suffering, but through endurance and patience – through trust, through relationship in prayer and Spirit. (“Foundation of Salvation“; “Grace, His Protective Love & You“; “Holy Spirit 101“; “Set Apart for Prayer & Seeking“; “Refining Your Heart“; “YHWH’s Track of Righteousness“)
He has shown His people the Way in scripture and Spirit. In this Way, as spiritual partners, we are ultimately brought into exaltation with our Savior, as heirs and friends, integral members in His Sovereignty. This is about magnifying and exalting His Name and Authority, as each of us lives this out in His Spirit. We are saved in personal trust, our belief in a gift through Him. We are saved by His personal protective love. He truly cares for us. (John 1:17, 6:44; Romans 3:24, 28, 5:2, 11:6; Ephesians 1:7, 2:5-9, 4:7; Galatians 2:21; 2 Corinthians 9:8, 12:9; Titus 2:11, 3:7; 2 Timothy 1:9; 1 Peter 1:13; “Looking Fresh to YHWH Each Day“; “A Matter of Grace“; “The Grace of YHWH’s Vineyard“; “Being Renewed: Putting Down Deception“; “Exchanging Delusion for Regeneration“)
“Blessed is the Supreme Elohim and Father, and the Master, Yahshua [Jesus] the Messiah, who according to His great compassion, bore us into one purpose; a living expectation through the resurrection of Yahshua the Messiah from the dead into a continuing inheritance, even undefiled and unfading, guarded in the heavens for us. By the power of Elohim, we are protected through belief into deliverance, ready to be revealed in the last season.” – 1 Peter 1:3-5, Project for Truth
“…because it is written, ‘Be set apart because I am set apart.’ And when you appeal to your Father, who judges without partiality according to the acts of every man, spend your time as a foreigner on this earth with respect, knowing that you were not ransomed with corruptible silver or gold out of your purposeless manner of life inherited from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Messiah, even as a sacrificial lamb without blemish or spot.” – 1 Peter 1:17-19, Project for Truth
“But you are kin of election, righteous priests set apart as a people, as purchased possessions a people that declare the valor of the One that calls you out of darkness into His wonderful light.” – 1 Peter 2:9, Project for Truth
“Now when the righteousness and kindness towards man by Elohim [‘God’, YHWH] our Savior came to light, not by works through the loving restoration of righteousness which we have lived, yet according to His love saved us through the washing of regeneration and being made new in the Set Apart Spirit [‘Holy Spirit’], which He poured out on us abundantly through Yahshua [Jesus] Messiah our Savior. These are set right in His protective love, being heirs according to the expectation of eternal life, believing the Word and the things that I am willing to affirm thoroughly to you, because trusting in Elohim thoughtfully stands over beneficial works. These works are worthy and profitable to man.” – Titus 3:4-8
