Grace Be With You All, Part 1
 
We have come to the end of a study of one of the most wonderful ideas in the Bible, the doctrine of God's amazing grace. And we have come to the very last verse of the Bible, which not surprisingly is about grace also. In the first of these studies we began with Genesis. Now we end with the very last verse of Revelation. The verse is a benediction. The word “benediction” literally means “to speak a good word concerning somebody” or “to wish another well.” In biblical language, specifically it is a wish that God might be gracious to or bless another person.
Persevering Grace, Part 5

At the beginning of this study I called attention to the glory that is mentioned in this verse as the Christian's ultimate destiny and sure hope: “God, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ.” I return to it now, because glory is the obvious place to end a study of the subject of the persevering grace of God. God in grace perseveres with us precisely so that we might be brought to glory. 
Persevering Grace, Part 4
 
 Yesterday we looked at the first of God’s promises from our text.  Today we look at the other three.
 
God will establish you. The idea conveyed by this verb is to be established in a firm, defensive position so that the attacks of the devil will not dislodge the Christian from it. The one who is established will be able to hold his or her ground.
Persevering Grace, Part 3

Not only did Peter learn about suffering from Jesus.  He also learned from Jesus that the only way to resist Satan is through God’s power. You will recall how Jesus told Peter at the Last Supper that “Satan has asked to sift you as wheat” (Luke 22:31). The devil must have meant, “I know you are placing a lot of hope in these twelve disciples that you will be leaving behind when you return to heaven. But it is a hopeless gamble, and I will show you how hopeless it really is. If you will just let me get at Peter, your leading apostle, I will shake him so badly that all his faith will come tumbling out like chaff at threshing time, and he will be utterly ruined.” 
Persevering Grace, Part 2
Here is the third important point we need to know about the background of 1 Peter.     
 
Peter wanted to encourage them by the certainty of a glory yet to be come. He does this throughout the letter. In chapter 1 he speaks of the believers’ “living hope” (v. 3), and of “an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you” (v. 4). He says that their trials have come so that their “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” (v. 7).