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, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (ESV)
Gelobt sei Gott, der Vater unseres Herrn Jesus Christus! In seinem großen Erbarmen hat er uns neues Leben geschenkt. Wir sind neu geboren, weil Jesus Christus von den Toten auferstanden ist, und jetzt erfüllt uns eine lebendige Hoffnung. (HOF)
These are where the hope lies. We saw that God is merciful last week, today we saw what Born again means. We are going to see how the third point lies in now.
This is why the hope is said to be living.
What did we see today?
God is merciful - He causes us to be born again - He gifts us faith - Jesus died for us - This is our hope. So when we go through trials. temptations, failures, hardships, long suffering, we must remember that this is still in God's hand. We have a great inheritance that no one can take away. We have the great reservation card at the table of heaven kept for us, with angels waiting for us. They are amazed at your salvation (These are things that even the angels desire to look into 1Peter 1:12). They are going to be like JP we had a party when you gave your life to Jesus - Gabriel will call another angel and say , look here is JP, remember that party , the other one will say how can i forget... Brothers this is our inheritance. This is our hope, this is our glory. Christ in us is our hope and Glory. We can then say we are greater than any King who has ever lived because they have not experienced this joy.
Brothers, are you hopeful? Is your faith bearing the change in your nature?
