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A wealthy man took a Journey carring a great treasure. A thief joined him to steal the treasure. But the rich man was wise enough to be careful of newfound friends.

At night, they stopped at an inn. The rich man let the thief bathe first. Then he hid the treasure under the thief’s pillow.

As the rich man bathe the thief search for the treasure in vein. He finally gave up.

As he departed, the rich man said, “The treasure was closer than you thought.”

This is a sad parable of how many christians seek to obtain a blessing. In too many instances, our search for blessings is no different than the world.

our passage today is a great reminder that the blessed life is closer than we think if you are a Christian.

in 1 Peter 3:8-12 links us back to what we have been talking about for the last 3 weeks.

How are you and I to live life in submission to unjust authority and the authority of unbelivers.

We are to live lives of beauty and be a blessing .

How can we live a blessed life in the midst of hardship and sufferring?

Through the salvation that we have recived in Jesus Christ!

Do you remember how Peter started this? Look at

1 Peter 1:3-4 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,”

You and I are Blessed because of God Through Jesus Christ

Ephesians 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,”

Without Christ you cannot be blessed. In Christ you are already blessed!

The blessed life is more than a new this, a bigger that, or better whatever