But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Doctrine is useless air unless God works by His Spirit to give it effect. When I call God the author of all grace and remind you that you were called to eternal glory, I mean to confirm you that the work of your salvation, which He began, will be completed. Every blessing flows from Him alone.
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Peter does not pray they escape suffering, but that their trials be brief and that God restore, strengthen, and establish them after. Only the God of all grace can perfect and settle believers so firmly in Him that nothing can shake them loose.
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Commenting on 1 Peter 5:10-14
God is the God of all grace because He treasures an immense fulness in His Son and gives every spiritual blessing: electing grace, pardoning grace, regenerating grace, and all the graces of the Spirit. This call is not a weak external word but an effectual, unchangeable, holy call to eternal glory in Christ.
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