J.A. Matteson
(Devotional)
The ancients walked with God as strangers and pilgrims during their stay upon the earth, enduring in faith until the end. Brevity defines human existence and soon our bodies return to the earth from which they came. "But the one who endures until the end, he will be saved" (Matthew 24:13). But one may ask, "Is it not by faith that I am saved?" Indeed it is. But do you not recognize that the transcendent supernatural characteristic of grace is His seed of Life in you, if indeed His seed is in you. He is eternal life and the one in whom He abides has received Him who is eternal, and he endures eternally in Him. Therefore, the one who has by grace received His seed has received Life eternal, and that not of himself, it is the gift of God. For this reason the children of God endure in faith until the end, for His seed remains in them, for they are His possession given by the Father. Oh how glorious and awesome is He who extends mercy to sinners. To the King immortal be all glory and honor and power and authority, now and for evermore. Amen
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