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Do you remember what it was like when you first came to believe in Jesus Christ?
What joy over the hope of salvation that we have in Jesus Christ.
Young believers are refreshing to be around because they have a joy and thankfulness for their salvation that is sweet and precious.
Typically, their faith is a such a reality in their life.
They have whole hearted confidence that they have been redeemed.
Yet, why are not all believers abounding in joy and confidence in Jesus Christ.
Why do many rejoicing new believers become less enthusiastic mature believers?
Perhaps one reason, is suffering.
As we experience the hardships of this world, our rejoicing stalls.
We never fully doubt God’s word, but we loose enthusiasm over our belief in Jesus Christ.
The Churches of Northern Turkey struggled in this same way.
Upon hearing the good news of Jesus Christ, they rejoiced in their hope of salvation.
However, opposition to the gospel begin to arise.
People began to be discriminated against because they were believers in Christ Alone.
You can imagine that such suffering discouraged them as new believers.
We as believers can be discouraged because of the hardships that God allows in our lives.
Yet, Peter reminds them in 1 Peter of the blessed hope we have in Jesus Christ.
The riches that are beyond the tragedy of this world.
ILLUSTRATION:
He commends us to anchor our hope in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
That like an anchor of a ship, the truth of the Gospel is able to keep us from being swept out to the abyss beyond the horizon.
Whether storm, or fair weather, we are secure in Jesus Christ.
Part of that anchoring is the rejoicing in the reality of the hope we have.
Notice how Peter challenges us, “In this you rejoice”.
Peter is ushering us back to the previous paragraph and the hope promised in 1 Peter 1:3.
In the living hope of Jesus Christ, whether in prosperity or suffering, Peter tells us we ought to rejoice in the Hope of our God.
From this text,
Proposition: We ought to rejoice in the Hope of God.
Transitional Statement: and Peter gives us 3 reasons why we should rejoice despite suffering.
The first reason, we ought to rejoice in suffering is that it purifies our faith.
1) Purifies our Faith (1:7)
ILLUSTRATION:
We live in an iconic culture.
Many times manufacturers make the claim, this is an authentic product.
Because we trust the brand name, and it is labeled authentic, we believe that it is genuine product.
It has become more popular in recent years to use essential oils for everything from colds to home cleaners.
In one popular brand, they have actually serialized their oils as guarantee and way to document that it is a pure oil.
It is 100% genuine whatever that oil is supposed to be.
There are no additives to the product.
It is 100% authentic.
Notice part of the reason we go through trials is to be purified, that is shown to be genuine believers of faith in Jesus Christ.
Observe, why we go through trials in this life.
So that we can be tested as genuine.
This word literally means to be tested, but is the idea of being refined.
Paul uses the refining of Gold to help them understand the purpose of trials.
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The process of purifying Gold in the Ancient Greco-Roman world involved the purification of gold by fire in a pot called a crucible.
The crucible is a clay pot in which metal was heated up to high temperature resulting in the burning up or natural separation of impurities.
The end result was a pure metallic base such as Gold, silver, or bronze.
So you are literally purifying the Gold.
Peter barrows a common biblical illustration of trials and testing.
There are a number of other places that use this same illustration.
Peter’s point, God uses the trials in our lives to remove the impurities of our faith.
That as trials come, they challenge our thinking and self-reliance, which combined with faith lead us to become dependent on God.
Thus, purifying our faith.
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You have heard me from this pulpit declare the wickedness of man’s heart.
I have cautioned you to be mindful of the deception of our heart.
But given the deception of heart, with the key to deception being that we don’t realize we are being fooled, how do we avoid being deceived.
If it was us by ourselves, we would be self-righteous deceived fools with no hope.
Often wickedness is not logical, but self-deceived.
This is why everyone in a room knows a person is in bondage of sin, yet the person has no clue.
There heart has been deceived.
How do we break through our own deception?
Part of the answer is that the God of heaven sovereignly allows various trials and struggles to come into our life.
As these struggles come into our lives they reveal the impurities of our faith, and thus give us an opportunity to overcome the deceptions of our heart.
a) Sometimes, the trials that God allows draws out our sin.
This is why often a hurting person is an angry person.
Pain and suffering often draws out our selfishness and unbelief.
Selfishness and unbelief that we did not even realize was there.
b) Sometimes, the trials that God allows exposes sin that is already there.
Were deceived, but as affliction sets in, whether the direct consequence of sin, or trials allowed by God, the suffering leads us to depend on God.
In the end, as our life heats up with trials and suffering, our faith is purified in greater and greater dependence upon God.
Thus, we become genuine and authentic believers.
To God, a pure believer is as your text says, “more precious than Gold”.
In Summary of Peter’s point, We ought rejoice in the hope of Christ, even though for a time it is necessary for our faith be purified by trials.
We ought to rejoice through trials because it
2) Glorifies Christ (1:7)
Notice a 2nd reason we have the trials.
Part of the reason we go through trials is because ultimately the purity of faith results in the praise of Jesus Christ.
“Revelation of Jesus Christ” is the Gospel.
Part of our testing brings praise, honor, and glory to the work of Christ, the Gospel.
But how so?
The Greatness of a king is known by his great works.
a) Sometimes, because of their military strength.
For example, We remember Alexander the Great chiefly because he conquered the known world.
b) Sometimes because of their great collection of knowledge.
We remember the ancient library of Alexandria because of how much knowledge had been acquired.
c) Sometimes because of their great economic achievements.
This is why Egypt is so famous.
They are remembered because of their great monuments and precious objects.
But Christ’s claim to praise, glory, and honor is not primarily found
- in military victory, though he is all-powerful.
is not
- in the collection of knowledge, though he is the all-wise counselor.
is not
- in the economic achievement, though he owns the cows on a 1,000 hills, bestows on us eternal riches, and will prosper Israel and the nations like no other king has before.
Unlike human kings, God’s honor, praise, and glory is primarily in his redemption of humanity.
Christ deserves honor, praise, and glory because of what he has done for every person who has Faith in Jesus Christ.
God’s honor, praise, and glory is increased from one glory to another level glory by the purification of his saints.
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