Do you believe?
Strenuous efforts, of course, have been made to “prove” that the Resurrection never happened. There is good reason for these efforts. If these efforts fail to show that the Resurrection did not happen, we are left with the fact that it did. The Resurrection is the key to the Beginning and the End of the meaning of the universe. The universe is shot through with intelligence. It exists so that reasonable beings other than God could exist. These rational beings, are, each, offered eternal life, which is what the Resurrection is about. It grounds, as it were, the offer. The universe, essentially, is filled with choices for and against God’s creative intention. Nothing more, nothing less. (https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2016/03/29/the-tuesday-after-easter/)
Your salvation is going to be completed. It is ready to be shown to you in the last days. Because you know all this, you have great joy. You have joy even though you may have had to suffer for a little while. You may have had to suffer sadness in all kinds of trouble. Your troubles have come in order to prove that your faith is real. Your faith is worth more than gold. That’s because gold can pass away even when fire has made it pure. Your faith is meant to bring praise, honor and glory to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ returns. Even though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not see him now, you believe in him. You are filled with a glorious joy that can’t be put into words. You are receiving the salvation of your souls. This salvation is the final result of your faith. (1 Peter 1:5-9)
Peter wrote to those who believed. Do you believe? Live it out!!!
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