Pastor teacher and author Adrien Rogers has introduced people all over the world to the love of Jesus Christ and it’s impacted Untold numbers of lives by presenting profound truth simply stated thanks for joining us for this message here’s Adrien Rogers I want you to take your Bibles today and turn to First Peter chapter 1 and we’re continuing a brand new series that we begun entitled Timeless truths for tough times and these are tough times you say tell me about it preacher well they are but times have always been tough as a matter
of fact uh since the Garden of Eden mankind has known what the Bible would describe as sorrow heartache and tribulation and trials and testings way back in the Garden of Eden God said to mankind cursed is the ground for thy sake thorns and thistles shall it bring forth unto thee and God said to man from The Sweat of your face you’re going to earn your bread and make your living and those tough times were true in the days of the Apostles and they’re going to be true in these last days but God has given us some Timeless truths for tough times now
last week the Timeless truth was this this world is not my home today that Timeless truth is this you can turn your tears to telescopes we’re going to be talking about that today turning tears into telescopes now what I mean by that is bringing your Sorrows into focus and bringing your heartaches into focus in such a way as you can see beyond the present and into the future and see what God has in store for you and your tears today can become telescopes to make the future all the brighter and all the more meaningful now I want us to begin
reading here in verse 9 1 Peter 1 in verse 9 receiving the end of your faith even the salvation of your souls underscore the word salvation verse 10 of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you you and then if you would go back and look at verse 5 he speaks of those who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time now there’s one key word that has come up in all of those verses that I’ve just read and it
is the word salvation my friend your need my need our need anybody’s need who does not have it is salvation oldfashioned know so salvation and we don’t have to be ashamed of speaking about salvation because it is the theme of The Bible and any church that does not major on salvation is missing the bible message I heard of a little lady from the Midwest who was traveling with a tour group and they were in England and they were visiting all of the historical sites and they went into that beautiful and gorgeous Westminster Abbey there were
the elite of England worship and there were the honored of England lie buried and the guide was showing them the Magnificent stained glass he was showing them the stately columns and they were going and reading the epets on the Tombstones and the markers of the illustrious Dead who were buried there and the guide was in toning on and on and on about the Glorious history in that place then finally he stopped for questions and he said are there any questions and this little old lady with her shawl on her shoulders lifted her
little hand and said yes I’d like to ask a question when was the last time anyone was saved here amen now that’s a good question ask about any church when was the last time anybody was saved here the son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost and so a Timeless Truth for tough times is to help you to understand the nature of your salvation and when you do to see how that salvation can turn your tears into telescopes now there are four things I want you to learn about this wonderful salvation that we have first of which is this it
