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*1 Peter 1 Sermon*
*“The Trinity at Work”*
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Big Idea: We rejoice in the work of the Trinity in salvation.
I.
Introduction
A. Reasons to rejoice – circumstantial or eternal?
B. Where can we find joy?
In what can we rejoice?
II.
Transition
A. Read 1 Peter 1:3-12
B. This section of Scripture is a wonderful doxology
1.
A doxology is a hymn of praise to God
2. This helps give us context in how we are to see the rest of the epistle.
3. One author said, “The first section of 1 Peter is the foundation of the entire epistle” (Barbieri, 50)
C. This doxology is one long continuous sentence in Greek, and starts off in a powerful way: Blessed be God
1.
This is a traditional Jewish formula of blessing
2. It is also very Christian, because it identifies God as the “Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Pet.
1:3)
3. It is offered here as both a recognition in the sovereignty of God and as a praise for all that He has done for us.
III.
Body
A. *We rejoice in the Father’s gift of hope* (1 Pet.
1:3-5)
1. Exposition
a. Based on God’s election, foreknowledge and grace, He has chosen to grant us the greatest of all gifts: the reality of eternity in heaven.
b. Biblical hope
i. Biblical hope is not like the word “hope” as we use it today.
ii.
Biblical hope is sure and secure; something we can have confidence in.
a.) Romans 5:5 says that biblical “hope does not disappoint”
b.)
In Hebrews 11:1, there is an “assurance of things hoped for”
iii.
Biblical hope is “living” because Jesus is alive; resurrected from the dead.
a.) Different than any false hope that any religion or worldly system will try to sell.
b.)
Those hopes are based on dead leaders and prophets: Buddha, Muhammad, Mao, Freud and Darwin.
c.)
They are dead and there is no hope that can come from them.
d.) “We … have a living hope, because our hope is based in a living Savior!” (Barbieri, 46)
c. Eternal inheritance
i. Inheritance
a.) Refers to the promise of heaven and to dwell in the presence of God for eternity.
ii.
Eternal (four-fold description):
a.) Free from death (will never perish),
b.) Free from sin and immorality (will never spoil)
c.) Free from decay (will never fade).
d.) Kept = being vigilantly watched over and protected by the God who never slumbers nor sleeps.
iii.
This is completely different than what Peter’s readers would have been experiencing.
a.)
They were strangers in the world, scattered about away from their homeland of Israel.
b.)
They knew full well the suffering the people of the Old Testament went through when their inheritance of the land was taken away from them because of sin, and they had to live in exile in foreign lands.
c.)
This inheritance is far superior, because it is sure and eternal.
iv.
Is this inheritance for everyone?
2. He has caused us to be born again.
a. Just we were all once born into our physical family, not by anything we did to earn or manufacture it,
b.
The child of God enters into the family of God to receive the inheritance of God through the new birth, which comes from God.
i.
As a member of the family, we have a right to the inheritance, and it will be ours.
ii.
Romans 8:17 says, “If we are children [of God], then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ”
c.
More specifically, it comes from His great mercy.
i. Mercy is a word that describes the unfailing lovingkindness of God in allowing the unworthy sinner to share in His righteousness through salvation.
ii.
It is completely undeserved and unearned, like grace
iii.
Often, in the NT, it is connected with His grace
a.) First & Second Tim.
1:2 – “Grace, mercy and peace, from God the Father”
b.) Here, we have grace and peace in Peter’s opening, now he includes God’s mercy.
3.
He guards us through faith
a. Just as our inheritance in heaven is being kept for us, we are being kept for heaven.
b.
Within these three verses we see both the divine initiative and the human response.
i. God gives us new birth by His mercy
ii.
We are shielded or guarded by His power, through our faith in Christ.
c.
We are protected until that day, at the end of time, when we fully receive our inheritance by God’s power through our faith.
i.
Even now, that inheritance is ready to come, because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
ii.
And when it does come, we will receive our salvation.
4. *Salvation*
a. What does that mean “We will receive our salvation?”
Isn’t a person saved when they believe in Christ?
b.
There are three aspects of salvation in Scripture
i. Past is justification
a.)
One time event when a person accepts Christ as Savior.
b.) Sins are forgiven, because of Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross and God justifies this person, or declares them righteous, in His eyes.
ii.
Present is sanctification
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