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1 Peter 1:3,13,18-21Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living HOPE through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your HOPE fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ…

1 Peter 1:3,13,18-21… knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and HOPE are in God

1 Peter 1:3,13,18-21…He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and HOPE are in God

1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living HOPE through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…

Resurrection HOPE1.HOPE: Established (vs. 3, 18-

21)

2.HOPE: Sustained (vs. 13)

Faith & Hope1.FAITH

1. trusting God with a Firm Assurance in the Present 2. God’s Present Grace

2.HOPE 1. trusting God with a Firm Assurance for the Future 2. God’s Future Grace

Faith(Heb 11:1) – Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

(Rom. 8:24) – …Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

BusenitzHope refers to the promises of God (of which we can be sure) even when the fulfillment of those promises is still in the future – or unseen.

1 Corinthians 15:14-19And if Christ has not been raised, then

our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins…

1 Corinthians 15:14-19… Then those also who have fallen asleep

in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

1 Peter 3:18-21knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and HOPE are in God

1 Peter 3:20aHe was foreknown before the foundation of the world

1 Peter 3:20.…but was made manifest in the last times

Luke 1:34-35And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I am a virgin?" And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy--the Son of God.

John 1:14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

1 Peter 3:19b…like that of a lamb without blemish or spot

Hebrews 4:15– For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin

2 Corinthians 5:21For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God

Acts 2:23this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men

1 Peter 3:21b…God, who raised him from the dead

1 Peter 3:21b…and gave him glory

1 Peter 3:20b-21a…for your sake, who through him are believers in God

1 Peter 3:21b…so that your faith and hope are in God.

1 Peter 3:13Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your HOPE fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ

Hebrews 12:1-2Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus…

Romans 12:2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will

Philippians 3:18-19For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things

Philippians 3:18-19For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things

Psalm 42:5Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation

Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.