Our Coming Salvation
1 Peter 1:3-9 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire —may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Many of us are taught from an early age the importance of knowing the date we were saved. You know what I’m talking about—the date you walked the aisle to accept Jesus as your Savior.
Perhaps you were in Vacation Bible School, or maybe you were in Church Camp. As the preacher talked about sin, your heart felt as though it would beat out of your chest, so you lunged forward, not quite sure you understood what sins you had committed at eight years of age, but quite certain that whatever your sins, your soul was bound for hell.
Now you are old, and things are somewhat clearer. You have come to understand that the salvation experience you had all those years ago was only the beginning. In fact, you might say that salvation has been an ongoing experience and the completion of your salvation will only occur when you cross into heaven.
But what does that mean?
To me, it means that our passport into heaven has not yet been stamped. We have been saved and we are being saved all at the same time!
May we live in this world with the joyful expectation that heaven is not only the end of our journey, but the completion of our salvation.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. .
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