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Do you have your Bible with you this morning?

And I hope you do, please turn to the book of 1st.

Peter 1st, Peter chapter 1 where they looking at verses 6 through 9 this morning, which continues our study in the book of 1st Peter.

A letter that essentially outlines Forest Christianity 101 how to live in this world for the glory of God as Exiles.

And that's exactly who Peter is writing too.

If you remember, he's writing the Believers who's been chosen by God, to be recipients of Salvation.

And yet at the same time, they were being cast out and being rude by The World At Large around them.

And as we study this book, one of the things I think that is interesting and perhaps connects it a little bit more to what we experience is that these believer Fusion began in a very familiar way through verbal persecution in 2:12.

Peter tells us that these Believers were being spoken against as evil doers in 3:16 read that they were being slaughtered and reviled for their good behaviour.

And in 4:4 were told that they were being maligned in this spoken of It didn't matter if they were doing what was, right?

Or They were doing what was wrong.

It didn't matter how Winsome they were as followers of Jesus Christ.

The result was always the same.

They were hated reviled mistreated and looked down upon by the world.

Is Paul Rice and 1st Corinthians 4 verse 13 because of Christ.

They were considered the scum of all the earth and the garbage of all things.

Now, if you take your eyes off of what is true regarding about, who you are, if you take your eyes off of what is right in Christ, Jesus, that type of mistreatment, disparagement, and settled animosity can really start to get you down discourage, you and dry up your love and worship for God.

And so, the very first thing a Peter does a few writing, this letter is an attempt to lift these discourage Believers up to encourage them, regarding who they are as followers of Jesus Christ.

And so as we've seen in previous weeks he reminds them that though they as Believers are those whom the world has rejected?

There are also Those whom God has chosen and cost to be born again, to be regenerated to be pushed into a new realm of spiritual life.

And we saw last time the breathtaking results of that nuber, we consider them last week and verses 3 through 5. We saw that according to his own great mercy and will of God has caused us to be born again to a Living Hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead that he has caused us to be born again, to an Indescribable inheritance that is imperishable and undefiled and unfading kept in heaven for you.

And that he has caused us to be born again to another unlosable salvation that we are being kept by God's power through faith for salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time, God has done for us.

By his great mercy and Grace in Christ.

If you are someone who is born.

Again this morning, you are a living breathing walking Miracle of God's omnipotence and having such a miraculous start to our Salvation.

You would expect a miraculous continuation of it.

And that's exactly what we seen.

Verses 6 through 9 of First Peter chapter 1, Peter is just setting verse five of those who have been born again to Salvation or being miraculously kept by God's power right now currently Anna verses 6 through 9, Peter begins to describe what that miraculous preservation looks like in everyday life.

In other words, how can you tell apart those who've been truly Born Again from those who have not how can you teleport someone who is truly saved and being guarded by God's power through faith from those who are not

At a time, when millions of people in America in our neighborhoods, claim to be Christians, despite what Jesus warned that the path is narrow, that leads to life and those who find it are few.

And that many will be deceived in the last days.

How can you tell who the True Believer?

And who is not?

And even more importantly, how can you tell if you're a True Believer or whether you're not Will you answer the God gives here?

Is that true believers?

Those who have been born again and are being kept daily by God's power demonstrate?

Not only a miraculous start to their salvation but also a miraculous continuation of it.

True believers demonstrate, miraculous everyday characteristics that are, every True Believer.

Peter says, here that True Believers are first, anchored on troof anchored on true.

That's a number six in the beginning.

Verse 7, that is no matter what they might be going through in their everyday lives.

Those who've been born again, rejoicing and stay grounded on what they knew to be true regarding not only themselves but also the situation is that they're going through.

True.

Believers do not look upon the world's just with eyes that are physical.

They look upon the world through eyes of faith and they remain anchored on Truth.

Second True.

Believers are anticipating Glory.

That's a number seven.

That is there not living for the praise and adulation that comes from their living for the praise and adulation.

That one day, we'll come from God. True Believers are anticipating with confidence a future Glory.

True Believers are animated by God.

That's a state that is true.

Believers sometimes will suddenly do remarkable things, especially in the face of hardships as there was in 1st Peter were facing.

That can only be described by an inner empowerment of God.

They will do things that humanly do.

Not not make sense.

It can only be explained by the life of God dwelling within them.

True Believers are animated by gun.

And then finally we're going to see in this passage of True.

Believers are achieving Holiness, that's in verse 9, that is true.

Believers will demonstrate the cleansing power of the Holy Spirit and the Holy One that is living within them while never achieving perfect Holiness.

In this life, those who have been born again will nevertheless be achieving Holiness in this life?

don't ever arriving, they will achieve In other words, they will be growing impurity goodness and righteousness.

These are the miraculous everyday moments of true.

Believers.

They are anchored on the truth.

They are anticipating Glory.

They are animated by God and they are achieving holding us, and I say that they are miraculous experiences because there are, by God.

And yet, at the same time, they are everyday experiences because they are common to the everyday life of a genuine Christian.

And so, if you're born again by God's mercy, and kept by God's power, you will characteristically be anchored on the truth.

Anticipating Glory, animated by God, and achieving Holiness.

These in the miraculous everyday moments of True, Believers.

And we'll just cover the first today.

So that in mind.

Let's read First, Peter chapter 1 starting verse 6 on Anna verse 9.

Peter rights in 1st Peter 1:6 in this you rejoice, though.

Now, for a little while, if necessary you have been grieved by various trials, tripping, the tested genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold, that perishes, though it is tested by fired.

Maybe found result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ, though.

You have not seen him.

You love him though.

You do not.

Now.

See him.

You believe in him and rejoice with joy, that is inexpressible.

And filled with Glory of painting, the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your soul, This is the word of God which God's people shed streams of Tears over when it is not kept, let's pray.

Father, we thank you so much for your word this morning.

We thank you for how it contains and declares to us your truth.

father, we know that we live in a world,

We're Satan prowls about.

And he spreads his lies and one of the primary ways that he seeks to do that is by giving people false Assurance of salvation.

And there are many people that go around in this world today that claim to be Christians that claim to know you

But do not, how can we know?

true from false and indeed how can we examine our own Hearts to see if we have been born again, Father, we thank you for this word.

Thank you, that it shows us what a Christian is, we thank you that.

What is being described is not exceptional Christianity, but essential Christianity.

And help us father to examine ourselves today to test ourselves to see if indeed Christ is in US.

May you receive all the honor, all the glory and all the praise.

For the work that your spirit will do to the preaching of your word at this hour.

We ask this in Jesus name, amen.

Now, I believe in this section of scripture, I want you to know that I'm not going to be describing these different truths about Believers as things that you should do.