3. Living With Hope
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Sanctity of Life Sunday
Sanctity of Life Sunday
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Introduction
Introduction
Read 1 Peter 1:3-12 (ESV)
When I was a teenager, I wanted to get a tattoo… “You want to be different from everybody else by doing the same thing everybody else is doing?”
Do you know how everybody else is living? Without hope. According to a story published this week in the Wisconsin State Journal…
Mental health ER visits among children have nearly tripled at UW Health in the past decade. Many of these visit involve suicidal thoughts, along with drug or alcohol intoxication or overdose.
Throughout Wisconsin, 34% of high school students report feeling sad and hopeless almost every day, a 10% increase over the past decade.
Hospital emergency visits related to suicide increased 59% in Illinois from 2016 to 2021.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death of children ages 10 to 14.
As Christians we have been chosen by God to live differently. Last week: God chose us and set us apart for himself so that we could become like Jesus. Living in obedience to Christ makes our lives qualitatively different from the world around us. And one of those differences is hope. We’ve been called by God to live with hope.
Subject: We’re going to talk about: (1) the reason for our hope, (2) the result of our hope, and (3) the responsibility of our hope.
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The reason for our hope is that we have been born again. (1 Peter 1:3-5)
Exposition
Into a living hope, not a dying wish. Christian hope isn’t wishful thinking but confident expectation, and it is based on the reality of Jesus’s resurrection.
Into a secure inheritance, not an uncertain future. People today live without hope because they place their hope in perishable, defiled, and fading people and things. Christians are guarded through faith by God himself.
Into a coming salvation, not a zombie apocalypse.
Application
If you say, “I don’t have that kind of hope,” my first question for you is: Have you been born again?
If you have been born again, but you are struggling to have hope, then my question is: Are you living out of your born again identity in Christ?
The result of our hope is great joy, even in trials.
Exposition
1 Peter 1:6… “Trials” means suffering because of faith in Jesus.
Why does God allow his people to experience persecution?
1 Peter 1:7a… It’s easy to follow Jesus when there’s no social cost. Only those with genuine faith will follow Jesus when it costs them their reputation.
Illustration: Carter, “When we were kids, all our parents had to do was take us to church. But with our kids, we have to teach them to be Christians in a world that hates Christians.”
1 Peter 1:7b… When Jesus returns he will bring praise and glory and honor for you! You are his great masterpiece.
1 Peter 1:8-9… Hallelujah!
Application: Rejoice!
The responsibility of our hope: we’ve been given a priceless gift. (1 Peter 1:10-12)
Exposition
Prophets longed to see it, angels longed to see it, God gave it to us.
We’ve been given a priceless gift. What will we do with it?
Application: Let’s reflect for a few moments with the Lord.
Have you been born again?
Are you living out of your born again identity in Christ?
Are you or someone you know facing social pressure to hide, ignore, or reject your Christian faith in Jesus?
You’ve been given a priceless gift in Christ. What will you do with it?
Conclusion
Conclusion