To God's Elect, Strangers In The World

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,

And into an Inheritance that can NEVER PERISH, spoil or fade--

Kept in Heaven FOR YOU,

Who through Faith are SHIELDED by God's Power

Until the Coming of the Salvation that is ready to be REVEALED

At The Last Time.

In this YOU greatly Rejoice,

Though now for a little while YOU may have had to suffer grief

In all kinds of TRIALS.

These have come so that YOUR Faith—of greater worth than gold,

Which perishes even though refined by fire--May be proved GENUINE

And may result in Praise, Glory and Honor when Jesus Christ is REVEALED.

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 Inexpressible and Glorious Joy,

Four YOU are receiving the Goal of YOUR Faith, the Salvation of YOUR souls.

Concerning this Salvation, the Prophets,

Who spoke of the Grace that was to come to YOU,

Searched intently and with the greatest care,

Trying to find out the TIME and circumstances

To which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing

When He predicted the SUFFERINGS of Christ

And the Glories that would follow.

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves

But YOU,

When they spoke of the things that have now been told YOU

By those who have preached the Gospel to YOU

By the Holy Spirit sent from Heaven.

Even angels long to look into these things.

Therefore, prepare YOUR minds for ACTION;

Be self-controlled; set YOUR Hope FULLY on the Grace to be given to YOU

When Jesus Christ is REVEALED.

As OBEDIENT children do not conform to the EVIL desires YOU had

When YOU lived in Ignorance.

But just as He Who called YOU is Holy, so be Holy in all YOU do;

For it is written: 'Be Holy, because I AM Holy.'

Since YOU call on a Father Who judges man's work impartially,

Live YOUR lives as STRANGERS here in REVERENT FEAR.

For YOU know that it was not with perishable things

Such as silver or gold

That YOU were REDEEMED from the empty way of life handed down to YOU

From YOUR forefathers,

But with the Precious Blood of Christ, a Lamb without blemish or defect.

He was chosen before the creation of the world,

But was revealed in THESE LAST TIMES

[The last two thousand years of Time] for YOUR sake.

Through Him you believe in God,

Who raised Him from the dead and Glorified Him,

And so YOUR Faith and Hope are in God.

Now that You have PURIFIED YOURSELVES by OBEYING the Truth

So that YOU have sincere Love for YOUR brothers,

Love one another deeply from the heart.

For YOU have been BORN AGAIN,

Not of PERISHABLE seed, but of IMPERISHABLE,

Through the Living and Enduring WORD OF GOD.

For, 'ALL men are like grass,

And ALL their glory is like the flowers of the field;

The grass withers and the flowers fall,

But the Word of the Lord stands FOREVER.'

And this is the Word that was preached to YOU. (1 Peter 1)

Therefore, RID YOURSELVES of all Malice and Deceit, Hypocrisy,

Envy, and Slander of every kind.

Like New Born Babies, crave PURE SPIRITUAL MILK,

So that YOU may grow up in YOUR Salvation,

Now that YOU have tasted that the Lord is good. (1 Peter 2:1-3)

The apostle Peter makes PLAIN the simplicity of the Gospel.

It is simple but profound.

Unless we are in fact STRANGERS here on earth, we have not been SAVED.

Unless we have been Born Again we have not been SAVED.

Unless we PURIFY ourselves by OBEYING the Truth we have not been SAVED.

But if we have, we are SHIELDED by God's Power

Until Christ Jesus is REVEALED.

I pray that this is true of all who read this message.

Today, the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!