MONDAY MORNING!
Salvation
"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, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls." -- I Peter 1:8-9
In simple terms "salvation" means: safe keeping, deliverance from difficulty.
Moses speaks of salvation in Exodus 15:2 -- "The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
David speaks of salvation in I Chronicles 16:23 -- " Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim His salvation day after day." And, in Psalm 51:12 -- "Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me."
Isaiah speaks of salvation in Isaiah 25:9 --- in that day they will say, "Surely this is our God; we trusted in Him; let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation." And, of "everlasting salvation" in Isaiah 45:17 -- "But Israel will be saved by the LORD, with an everlasting salvation; you will never be put to shame or disgrace, to ages everlasting."
Zechariah prophesied of the salvation of Jerusalem coming riding on "the foal of a donkey" in Zechariah 9:9 -- "Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."
Peter states in Acts 4:12 -- Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
Moses never saw the One, David never saw the One, Isaiah never saw the One, Zechariah never saw the One, Peter did see the One but encourages those who have not seen Him -- the One -- to love Him, believe in Him and in so doing be filled with inexpressible and glorious joy in receiving the salvation of our souls.
Bottom Line: Can you say with inexpressible and glorious joy that even though you have not seen Him -- the One -- that you love Him and believe Him and have received the salvation of your soul? May all come to know the salvation -- safe keeping -- of their souls. Amen? Amen.
Morris
About Morris Gurr
- Morris Gurr
- Tifton, Georgia, United States
- Morris Gurr served as the Senior Pastor at Christian Covenant Church in Albany, GA from December of 2007 until the end of March 2012. Before that he had served as the Associate Pastor for eight years. He and his wife, Sarah, of nearly 45 years have three wonderful, born again, dedicated, Holy Spirit filled children and nine grandchildren. Morris was elected to a 4 year term for the Albany Ward 3 City Commission seat in December of 2005. However, he chose not to seek a second term. In January of 2012 Morris was appointed to a 2 year term by the City Commission to sit on the city's Water, Gas & Light Commission board. Currently, he and Sarah are being led by the Holy Spirit to the foreign mission field. In June of 2012 they attended an orientation/training class at World Indigenous Missions located in New Braunfels, TX. Morris went on a mission trip to Mexico in December 2012 and He and Sarah spent 3 weeks in Russia in November 2013, a week in Honduras in 2014, 3 weeks in India in 2015 and 12 days in Mexico in 2016. They will continue to connect with the nations for the purpose of equipping and training kingdom leaders and pastors. They currently reside in Tifton, GA.
