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INTRODUCTION
Many Christians are plagued with doubt about their Salvation.
This problem is common for those who are not mature in the faith.
That is those who are new believers, or for various reasons have been distracted by the world around them.
They are not regularly studying the scripture or participating in the membership of local church.
But this struggle is not just a struggle of the immature Christian, but of mature Christians who are faithful confessing believers.
Those who make up the membership of our church and many other churches.
How do believers doubt their own salvation?
ILLUSTRATION:
How do believers doubt their own salvation?
a. Sometimes this is because we rightly recognize our unworthiness for salvation.
Our works are not good-enough to stand before God.
Our thinking fails to recognize that it is not about my worthiness, but God’s glory.
b.
Sometimes this is because we struggle with Sin we know is forbidden.
Our sin causes us to doubt whether God is really able to save us.
We might say things like,
“I’m to old to change”
“I gave it my best shot, and I failed”
“I am to bad for even God to help”
Sin has caused these people doubt their salvation.
c.
Sometimes suffering causes us to doubt our salvation.
Some event comes into my life and I don’t understand why God would allow me to suffer that way.
Because I do not understand why a good God would allow this, maybe I am wrong about my salvation.
The reality is we are not the first to struggle under these concerns.
There was another group who doubted their salvation.
That was the Christians who were dispersed across modern day Turkey, who faced suffering at the hands of persecutors.
Who are these people and why is Peter writing to them?
Who are these people and why is Peter writing to them?
Geographically, these people live in what we call modern Turkey.
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It is also clear that these people are social outcasts because of their faith in the Gospel.
In a very unique and interesting way Peter describes these people as foreigners in a foreign land.
The text in v. 1 describes them as exiles of the Dispersion
Exile here means foreigner.
This is the same word as used by Abraham in Genesis 23:4 to bury Sarah in Canaan.
Dispersion is a very specific and technical word.
It is used to describe Jews who were dispersed across the Gentile world.
Now think about this, he is writing to mostly Gentiles who probably grew up in this area.
Yet they are described as foreigners dispersed across the Gentile world.
What does Peter mean that these Gentiles are exiles?
What does Peter mean that these Gentiles are exiles?
He is telling them, that though they are living where there they are born, the new faith in the Gospel makes them foreigners in the world itself.
Therefore, they are going to be treated as foreigners.
Understand, you as believer are a foreigner in a foreign land.
As a believer, you may feel as an outcast at times because your customs and believes are different than what people are used to.
Or at least it should be.
For these believers, they not only felt like outcasts, but they were treated like outcasts.
It is clear that these people who are beginning to face social, political, and government discrimination which eventually will yield to outright persecution of Christians in these Romans provinces.
This is observed in our text in a number places, but beginning in 1 Peter 1:6-7.
You can imagine if you have come to belief in:
Jesus Christ
Recognize him as the all-powerful and all-knowing ruler over this world.
But you are suffering, and you are suffering because you believe in this all-powerful and all-knowing person.
Why are the believers doubting their salvation?
It mighty cause you to doubt your salvation.
That is the same struggle we have.
Because of suffering we often doubt the reality of what’s true.
God has saved us.
We should trust in the Divine work of God.
Transitional Statement: And This text gives us the who, the how, and the why of our salvation.
When we understand God’s purpose we understand why we ought to trust God’s divine work in salvation.
This text gives us the who, the how, and the why of our salvation.
When we understand God’s purpose we understand why we ought to trust God’s divine work in salvation.
So how about the Who of Salvation?
1. Who of Salvation.
Who does God save?
Who does God save?
Lets read who God saves in the text.
We observe first that Peter is writing to the elect.
a.
The elect.
The Elect means the chosen.
Romans 8:33 uses the same word to describe the chosen.
According to what are these people chosen (elected)?
According to what are these people chosen (elected)?
b.
The Criteria: The Forethought and Election of God.
The word foreknowledge is a controversial word in which believing Christians sometimes disagree.
The word fore-knowledge is the word, to know, with a prefix that means before.
It literally means “to know before”.
The real heart of this debate is what does God know.
What does God know according to the text?
- Some have proposed that this means God knew we would believe in advance.
- Others have proposed that God fore-chose in advance.
The reality is that the word could mean forethought or foreknowledge.
What is the relationship of “elect” and “foreknowledge” in this context?
What does Acts 2:23 teach us about this words meaning?
(This is the only other time used in Scripture)
Even if this means only knowledge in advance, the fact is the word elect designates Christians as chosen.
The context suggests this word is forethought- God chose in advance to accomplish his Will.
Combined together; God choose in eternity past to make you one of His.
ILLUSTRATION:
Now, I say that today, if you are not a believer, then you need to consider the work of Jesus Christ.
It would be my privilege to help you understand and belief in the Gospel today.
However, as believers, understand this great truth and why Peter is telling them that they are elected by the forethought of God.
Why did Peter tell the believers they are the elect chosen by God’s forethought?
How should God’s election give us confidence and trust in our Savior?
They are being treated as outcasts and suffering because of it.
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