Jesus Our Living Hope
Message Text: 1 Peter 1:3-9
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:3-9
Hope: Life shaping certainty of something that has not happened yet, but you know will.
We are a hope-based creatures, what we believe about our future is how we behave now.
1.Why Jesus is Our Living Hope
- Real hope has to be grounded in reality.
- He’s the sin conquering Death destroying Creator King of the Universe who cannot fail in any of his purposes or break His promises.
2.How Jesus is Our Living Hope
- Sin has stolen our peace and destroyed the perfection of everything God has created. Sin makes life look hopeless.
- Key word: Living not dead
- The problem is that we put most of our hope in Jesus when we are dead and not alive – Remember: Jesus is our living Hope.
- In hope against hope Abraham believed” Romans 4:18
