1 Peter 1:3-6 – Blessed 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, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,
1. Our relationship with God: Father and Children – Ephesians 1:3-5
A. Our Heavenly Father: The Greatness of our God (Part 1)
B. Our Lord Jesus: The Hope From His Resurrection
1. A Living Hope – 1 Peter 1:3-5 (Part 2)
2. A Certain Inheritance – 1 Peter 1:3-5 (Part 3 – Today)
a. The Place of our inheritance: Heaven – Romans 8:16-17
– An imperishable, undefiled, unfading inheritance: 1 Peter 1:3-5
– The Reality of a rich eternity: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, John 14:1-3, John 17:24
b. The Person of our inheritance: The Lord Jesus – 1 John 3:2-3, 1 Thess. 1:9-10, Psalm 16:11
– Our source of full joy
– Our source of eternal pleasures
3. A Secure Salvation – 1 Peter 1:3-5
– The assurance of deliverance from Satan, sin, suffering, self: Romans 4:23-25