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*FACING THE FUTURE BY FAITH*
*August 7, 2005*
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Two weeks ago, we began our examination of 1 Peter by taking a close look at the first two verses of chapter 1.
So far our discussion has only covered the issue of who Peter was writing to.
We learned that he was writing to Christians who had been scattered throughout Asia Minor and who were facing persecution for the first time in their lives.
This is a situation that most believers in the world today can relate to because the vast majority of Christians are undergoing severe persecution.
The only ones exempt so far are those in North America and most of Western Europe, and I’m not convinced that’s a good thing for Jesus said in John 15:20 that if we follow Him we will be persecuted.
Now, is our lack of persecution a commentary on our failure to walk in obedience or is it something we should be expecting?
They say that Satan attacks only those who are a threat to him.
Are you a threat to him?
Back to the subject at hand.
To encourage these persecuted believers Peter told them that, on the basis  of God’s foreknowledge, they:
 1. had been chosen as His very own people,
 2.
they were just strangers and foreigners as far as this world is concerned and should not count it strange when they are disliked by the world around them.
They were further told
3. that they were saints and that the Lord would constantly be working in them to conform them to the image of Christ, by His Holy Spirit, so they need not fear the criticism of the world in which they lived.
This week we’ll examine 1 Peter 1:3-17.
In these verses Peter outlines three great facts about salvation that are a further encouragement to our faith in regards to the future.
Would you open your Bibles and follow along as I read:                                                                                                                          /All honor to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is by his boundless mercy that God has given us the privilege of being born again.
Now we live with a wonderful expectation because Jesus Christ rose again from the dead.
For God has reserved a priceless inheritance for his children.
It is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.
And God, in his mighty power, will protect you until you receive this salvation, because you are trusting him.
It will be revealed on the last day for all to see.
So be truly glad!
There is wonderful joy ahead, even though it is necessary for you to endure many trials for a while.
These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure.
It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold.
So if your faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
You love him even though you have never seen him.
Though you do not see him, you trust him; and even now you are happy with a glorious, inexpressible joy.
Your reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.
This salvation was something the prophets wanted to know more about.
They prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you, even though they had many questions as to what it all could mean.
\\ They wondered what the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ's suffering and his great glory afterward.
They wondered when and to whom all this would happen.
They were told that these things would not happen during their lifetime, but many years later, during yours.
And now this Good News has been announced by those who preached to you in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven.
It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.
So think clearly and exercise self-control.
Look forward to the special blessings that will come to you at the return of Jesus Christ.
Obey God because you are his children.
Don't slip back into your old ways of doing evil; you didn't know any better then.
But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God—who chose you to be his children—is holy.
For he himself has said, "You must be holy because I am holy."
And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites when he judges.
He will judge or reward you according to what you do.
So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time as foreigners here on earth./
Peter says that our salvation gives us ------
1.     a living hope,
2.     a certainty about life based upon God’s power,
3.     meaning to life’s trials.
Let’s take a closer look at each of them.
*A.
The Believer's Living Hope*
1.
To begin with, it is /a living hope /(not any airy, fairy I hope so type wishful thinking but a hope based on certainty)  because it is grounded on the living Word of God, and was made possible by the living Son of God who miraculously arose from the dead.
A "living hope" is one that has life in it and therefore can give life to us.
Because it has life, it grows and becomes greater and more beautiful as time goes on.
Time destroys most hopes; they fade and then die.
But the passing of time only makes a Christian's hope that much more glorious John 3:7 tells us that /“we must be born again; born of the Holy Spirit into the divine family of God’/  Corinthians 5:17 says* * that /“those who become Christians become new persons.”
/They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone.
A new life has begun!
Ephesians 2:1 adds* */“Once you were dead, doomed forever because of your many sins.”/
And, in 1 Corinthians 2:14, we are told /that “people who aren't Christians can't understand these truths from God's Spirit.
It all sounds foolish to them because only those who have the Spirit can understand what the Spirit means.”/
Fellow believers, we have a living hope because we have been born into God’s family forever.
2. Our living hope rests on a solid basis or foundation.
This marvelous hope that keeps the soul is founded upon none other than the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
As verse 3 says/, “Now we live with a wonderful expectation because Jesus Christ rose again from the dead/.:  It’s a living hope because we have a living Saviour.
Because He lives, we shall live also.
3. It is a living hope because it is a glorious prospect it is:                                                        a.
incorruptible – unspoilable                                                                      b.
undefiled – in Revelation 21:27 we read,* */“Nothing evil will be allowed to enter—no one who practices shameful idolatry and dishonesty—but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.”/
In other words, no evil may enter.
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permanent and unchanging
The beauty of Solomon’s temple lasted only a short time – 30 years is all.
But praise God we don’t ever have to say, ”I had high hopes.”
Our hope is a living hope, a hope that is alive and unchangeable by time, weather, accident, health, or government.
It is forever!
Some may call it “pie in the sky” and think we’re a little incapacitated upstairs, but it’s there, praise God! Let’s read verse 4 again, /“* *For God has reserved a priceless inheritance for his children.
It is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.”
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In London, England, a woman took her husband to a psychiatrist, claiming that he was suffering from delusions of grandeur.
“He keeps saying he is expecting one letter that will make him the owner of 1,000 acres in Surrey and another telling him he had inherited a diamond mine in South Africa,” she explained.
The man had three weeks of intensive treatment ---then the letters arrived.
So it is with us.
Our letters will arrive!
What we claim by faith now will one day be revealed in the end as that living hope that is ours in Christ.
“We have an anchor that keeps the soul, steadfast and sure while the billows roll, fastened to the rock which cannot move, grounded firm and deep in the Savior’s love!”
So, first, we have a living hope.
Secondly, our Great Salvation …
*B.
GIVES A CERTAINTY ABOUT LIFE ** *
In verse 5, Peter says it is reserved in heaven: /“And God, in his mighty power, will protect you until you receive this salvation, because you are trusting him.
It will be revealed on the last day for all to see.”  /You and I are kept by God’s power through faith.
And even our faith is kept by Him and is from Him. (Ephesians 2:8* *makes it clear that even our faith to be saved is a gift from God)*/ /*/  /The New Living Bible puts it this way: “/God saved you by his special favor when you believed.
And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God.” /
The word “kept” in the Greek means, “to build a fortress around.”
You and I have a great God who has built a fortress around our faith.
AMEN!
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