TEXT: I PETER 1:3-5

INTRODUCTION:

TEXT IS A DOXOLOGY (SONG OF PRAISE)

EARLY CHRISTIANS WERE SO QUICK TO BURST INTO SONGS OF PRAISE

FOUND ALL THROUGH THE EPISTLES

HAS THE LORD DONE AS MUCH FOR US

THIS DOXOLOGY CONTAINS

A NEW THEME •. (V.3) “BLESSED BE •... GOD  ...”

NEW INTERNATIONAL SAYS “PRA INSTEAD OF BLESSED

SAME WORD RENDERED. .“ WELL OF HIM”

“SPEAK WELL OF GOD”... PRAI SE GOD... BLESS HIS NAME

HE HAS DONE GREAT THINGS  

THIS IS A SONG OF PRAISE... WE HAVE SOMETHING TO PRAISE GOD FOR.

A NEW RELATIONSHIP... (v. 1) “BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER  ...“

“FATHER”. . THIS IS A NEW RELATIONSHIP

UNKNOWN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

JESUS IN TEACHING US TO PRAY USED “OUR FATHER” (JOHN 20:17)

MY FATHER... YOUR FATHER

HE IS A PERSONAL GOD

WHAT BROUGHT ON PETERS BURST OF PRAISE

A NEW BIRTH... (V.3) “ACCORDING TO HIS  ... MERCY HATH BEGOTTEN US AGAIN” (N.I.) (“GIVEN US NEW BIRTH)

GOD IS WILLING TO GIVE YOU A NEW BEGINNING AS A NEW CREATURE

ONE TRANSLATIONS SAYS “HAS GIVEN US A NEW LIFE

ARE YOU TIRED OF THE OLD ONE

A CHANCE TO START OVER FOR GOD

A NEW HOPE... (V. 3) “... BEGOTTEN US AGAIN UNTO A LIVELY HOPE” (A LIVING HOPE) BY THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD”

BEFORE THE NEW BIRTH THERE WAS NO HOPE

NOTE” OUR HOPE IS BECAUSE OF THE RESURRECTION

“IF THE SAME SPIRIT THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD DWELL IN YOU HE SHALL ALSO QUICKEN YOUR MORTAL BODIES”

OURGOD IS NOT DEAD... WE HAVE HOPE

A NEW INHERITANCE... (v.4) “TO AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPITABLE AND UNDELFILEI AND THAT FADETH NOT AWAY, RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR YOU.”

BORN.AGAIN •... THIS TIME TO A WEALTHY FAMILY

AS CHILDREN OF THE WORLD OR INHERITANCE WAS DEATH FOR SINS.

CAN YOU PRAISE GOD FOR THE PROMISE OF HEAVEN?

A NEW SECURITY... (V.5) “WHO ARE KEPT BY THE POWEROF GOD...”

THE WORD “KEPT” IS ALSO RENDERED “GUARDED”

“IF GOD BE FOR US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US”

BY GOD POWER” ALL THE DEMONS OF HELL CAN NOT TOUCH THE CHILD OF THE KING

A NEW SALVATION. . (V.5) “UNTO SALVATION THAT IS READY TO BE REVEALED”

JESUS DIED FOR YOU... HE PROVED GOD LOVE FOR YOU

AT THE JUDGENENT WILL SALVATION BE REVEALED FOR YOU?

CONCLUSION: CAN YOU PRAISE GOD FOR ALL HIS BENIFITS???