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My Church My Ministry Where is Hope and How Can I find it? ‘Finding hope that is everlasting’ 1 Peter 1:3 – 5 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (NASB) 1. God’s M
is the reason for our Hope. vs. 3 (Ephesians 2:4-5)
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is the means of the Living Hope. vs. 3 “But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.” 1 Corinthians 3. Only B
have this Living Hope vs. 3 (Ephesians 2:12-13) “But there is hope …… (John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8,9) 4. We NOW obtain an I_____________________ vs. 4
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because of God’s P vs. 5 (John 10:27-30) The Son’s Work (Ephesians 1:13-14;
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.” Titus 2:11-14 |
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