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Sermon: Stablishment printer-friendly MP3 MP4
by Chris Cumming Open your
Bibles to 1 Peter 5:10 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.
What does
this verse mean when it says “make you perfect, stablish, strengthen,
settle you.”?
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. This
single verse is perfectly written. It contains 7 perfect phrases or
parts. Put all together they express great truths about God, Christ,
and the Salvation Process. Let us begin by looking at the meaning of
four key works in the verse: “Perfect”, “Stablish”, “Strengthen” and
“Settle.”
--to complete thoroughly, i.e. repair (literally or figuratively) or adjust:
Rendered:
- fit, frame, mend, (make) perfect (-ly join together), prepare,
restore. –Strong’s Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Stablish: NT:4741 sterizo (stay-rid'-zo)
--- to
set fast, i.e. (literally) to turn resolutely in a certain direction, or
(figuratively) to confirm: --- to
strengthen, i.e. (figuratively) confirm (in spiritual knowledge and
power): Settle: NT:2311 themelioo (them-el-ee-o'-o)
--- to
lay a basis for, i.e. (literally) erect, or (figuratively) consolidate:
Repairing, Adjusting, Confirming, Consolidating and Completing us.
How does He do this? Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
2 Corinthians 1:5-7 5 For as
the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth
by Christ. 7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
Philippians 3:7-11 7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
So
through trials, persecutions and tribulations God: Stablishes you: Turns you to a right direction.
Strengthens you: Confirms you in spiritual knowledge and power. The Word of God strengthens us. God through His Word strengthens us.
Settles you: God lays the basis of your existence, that is, your foundation and in doing so justifies you.
In other
words, God uses trials to turn us in the right direction. Through God’s
Word we gain spiritual knowledge and power to withstand the trial,
understand the direction God is taking us and to ultimately justify us
in the Salvation Process, which IS the foundation.
[But
the God of all grace] But the God of all grace. Peter has enjoined
upon them the graces consistent with their calling. He now commits them
to the God of all grace [But
the God of all grace] To God, as it source, all grace is to be
referred: He in grace completes what in grace He began. ------------------- [Who
hath called us unto His eternal glory] And who means, therefore,
that we shall be saved. As He has called us to His glory, we need not
apprehend that He will leave or forsake us. [Unto
his eternal glory] To the infinite felicity of the heavenly state. [By
Christ Jesus] Through the merit of His passion and death, by the
influence of His Holy Spirit, by the precepts of His Gospel, and by the
splendor of His own example. --------------------------- [After
that ye have suffered a while] After you have suffered as long as He
shall appoint. The Greek is, "having suffered a little," and may refer
either to time or degree. In both respects the declaration concerning
afflictions is true. They are short, compared with eternity; they are
light, compared with the exceeding and eternal weight of glory. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Matthew 5:11-12 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for
so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
---------------------------- [Make
you perfect] By means of your trials. The tendency of affliction is
to make us perfect. [He
will make you perfect] Put you in complete joint as the timbers of a
building. [He
will make you perfect] Vulgate; Coptic versions read 'Shall Himself
perfect (so that there shall be nothing defective in you.). -------------------------------- [Stablish]
The Greek word means "to set fast; to fix firmly; to render immovable.
Notice a verse for this one… 25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, …
1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 13 To the
end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even
our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. ------------------------
[Strengthen]
Give you strength to bear all this. [Strengthen] shall fill you with might, shall put you upon a firm foundation.
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
[Settle
you] Literally, found you, or establish you on a firm foundation.
The allusion is to a house which is so firmly fixed on a foundation that
it will not be moved by winds or floods. Ye also,
as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to
offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
-------------------- Up to
this point we have defined both words and phrases and even combined all
seven phrases into one single concept. Now we get full immersed. Now
we show the linkage of each phrase to the rest of the Word of God and
thereby confirm its meaning and make this verse a part of our heart and
mind. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Psalm 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalm 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Thessalonians 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
2 Thessalonians
2:14
Fight the
good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also
called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 2 Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
1 Peter 1:15 But as he
which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of
conversation; And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
“After
that ye have suffered a while”:
1 Peter 1:6-7 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Psalm 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Isaiah 54:8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Jude 24 Now unto
him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless
before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
2 Corinthians 13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
James 1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
2 Thessalonians 2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the
Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Zechariah 10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Isaiah 40:29-31 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Ephesians 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Matthew 7:21-28—speaking to how we must be settled to enter Kingdom 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
2] His
calling us. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Romans 8:35
Romans 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
2 Corinthians 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
1 Peter 4:12-16 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. 16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
Revelation 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
So stay
immersed in the Word of God. Keep this verse close in your heart. Keep
moving forward in the Salvation Process. Do this and you will be part
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