The Joy of His Salvation; the Hope in His Returning

A Christian woman may have to endure various trials in life: the indignities inflicted by a degenerate, philandering husband…the pain of betrayal and abandonment of a deceitful friend…the loneliness of having children with different spiritual beliefs where none is the biblical Christ…the frustration of being a part of a family where almost everyone practices the apostate religion.

She may wander off at times but it won’t be for long for she will suffer the Father’s chastisement.  God will cause her to repent and be grateful for God rebukes and reproves those He loves (Rev. 3:19, Deut. 8:5, Prov. 3:12, 1 Cor. 11:32, Heb. 12:6, Rev. 2:5).

For the most dreadful moment in life is for God to withold His restraining Hand and allow us to live and die in our sins.

An afflicted Christian woman knows how to keep still and wait on the Lord. Because she is God’s child, nothing can take away the joy of His salvation from her. She remains steadfast in the faith, continuously wait and hope for that glorious day of His returning. She knows that her future is secure. She trusts that God is sovereign and will hear her prayers that one day her family will  be saved.

God instills faith, obedience, and daily repentance in His children. Left on their own, they are bound to follow the enticements of the world and to give in to the lusts of their hearts.

Salvation is of the Lord.                                                              

“Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.” Psalm3:8

“Salvation was planned by the Father for His elect before the foundation of the world. It was purchased for them by the holy life and vicarious death of His incarnate Son. It is applied to and wrought in them by His Holy Spirit. It is known and enjoyed through the study of the Scriptures, through the exercise of faith, and through communion with the triune Jehovah.” A. W. Pink

All of grace

“Everything in the great work of salvation sets forth the splendor of the grace of the Most High God. What do we see in election, predestination, redemption, regeneration, and preservation, but His grace?” Don Fortner

“Between here and heaven, every minute that the Christian lives will be a minute of grace.” Charles Spurgeon

“It is grace at the beginning, and grace at the end…The Christian life starts with grace,  it must continue with grace, it ends with grace. Grace, wondrous grace.”  Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“And he said unto me,  My grace is sufficient for thee:  for my strength is made perfect in weakness.  Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. “ 2 Corinthians 12:9

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:…” Ephesians 2:8

The Good Shepherd who has a hundred sheep will leave the ninety nine to look for the lost one.

“How think ye? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?” Matthew 18:12