October 17, 2025 – Confirmed By God

Confirmed By God
October 17, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

1 Corinthians 1:8-9
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     What does it mean to confirm something? According to Holman’s Bible Dictionary, it is to “establish an agreement and to show that a word is true and reliable.” Which means it is to prove someone’s word is true. By this definition, that confirmation would only be as good as the person confirming it, right? I mean, you would not want a thief to confirm to you he or she would watch your house while you are on vacation, would you?

 

     In today’s passage, we find that God is the one doing the confirming. To whom is Paul talking? He is talking to the church of Corinth, which most theologians consider to be one of the most carnal churches in the Bible. So, let’s put this all together. Paul has just told one of the worldliest churches depicted in the Bible that because they believed in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, God was going to prove His Words of salvation were true to the end. So how could they ever lose that salvation then? To do so, they would have to prove God to be a liar and that He cannot do what he says. We also find that this promise was not based on what they were doing. As we read the rest of this book, we find that they were, in most cases, sinning unwittingly. God’s promise was based solely on what Christ had already done and their faith and trust in Him. This does not give us a license to sin. If sinning is your desire, you should check to see if you are in the faith at all. However, this truth is a reason for believers to rejoice. Though we might falter in life and fail Him, He will never fail us.

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

     A little farther along in this chapter, we find a very great little verse. It says in 1 Cor. 1:25, “Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” At God’s weakest moment (which is never), He is stronger than man in his greatest strength. He can keep those that He has saved and has promised to do so. I guess I will just be standing on the promises of Christ, my King.

 

If God is stronger than man, what will you entrust to Him?

 

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  October 17, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Daniel 3 / Psalm 93
Proverbs 17 / 1 Corinthians 1, 2

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Isa. 42-44  /  Col. 3