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Introduction
It’s February, so it’s time to talk about relationships!
We will talk about THOSE kinds of relationships next week, but this week we are going to talk about one relationships that rules all of the others.
Sounds like Lord of the Rings, right?
Let’s jump into 1 Peter 1:3-9
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Right off the bat, Peter makes a distinction.
He isn’t talking about any god.
He is talking specifically about the God who revealed Himself in His Son Jesus.
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Our inheritance is eternal life with Jesus, and it is the only thing that can be possessed on this earth that won’t fade away in some way.
While initial faith gets us to the point of salvation, our continued faith and God guarding us preserves us until we obtain that final, lasting salvation.
The people Peter was writing to probably had some major persecution to deal with.
This could have been in the time of the Emperor Nero who covered Christians in freshly killed animals and fed them to dogs and wolves and covered Christians in tar and lit them on fire to light up his garden.
Peter uses an image of refining gold to talk about difficulty and proven character.
When refining gold, it would be heated up then all of the impurities would rise to top and be taken out.
The refiner would know it is ready when He could see Himself in it.
Sometimes God uses suffering and pain to take thing away from our lives which hold us back from being more like Him.
Our proven character will result in praise, honor, and glory of Jesus Christ.
OUR PURPOSE!
These believers had not seen Jesus, but they put their faith in Him anyway because the truth of who He is is unmistakeable.
We are in the same boat.
The salvation of their souls is found in their continuing, persistent faith in Jesus.
Body
Why do I need relationship with Jesus?
(6, 8)
The people Peter was writing to seemed to feel really grateful and to need this salvation, but we live in an enlightened world now, so why do we need this?
We know way more about life, this world, and the universe than they did, so why are we still talking about Jesus like we NEED Him?
When you do some serious evaluation of your life, knowing everything you know, do you feel complete?
John 8:
What the scriptures say is that you aren’t and you know it.
You know you are in need of someone greater than you to save you because there is no way you can save yourself.
You can’t do enough good, you can’t work hard enough, you can’t pray enough.
Ephesians 2:
The scriptures say that because you are separated from God by your sin, your only destiny is death.
BUT GOD being rich in mercy sent Jesus to bridge the gap through His sacrifice so that you could be whole with God.
The people Peter wrote to understood this, and that is why this joy they had affected everything.
What does a relationship with Jesus look like?
Worship (3, 6-9)
Joy (6, 8)
Proven Character (6-7)
Faith (6-8)
How can I have a relationship with Jesus?
(3b-5, 8-9)
Simple, continuing faith.
Faith can simply be defined as “continuing trust or faithfulness.”
Conclusion
Worship
Mercy/Grace
New Life
Sealed by God’s Power
Salvation is not complete
Suffer with joy to proven character (New Life)
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Conclusion
We will close with this illustration, who sits in your chair.
Something besides you
You
God
Whoever sits in your chair, gets to tell you what to do.
Having faith in God means that you have a continued trust of His leadership and salvation in your life.
Some of you need to start this continued faith today.
Some of you have been going to church for a long time, you may have even been baptized, but you know that you do not have a continued faith in Jesus and you really never did.
Some of you have faith in Jesus, but you have fallen off the path and you need to put your trust in Him again to lead and guide you.
Some of you have that one area where you are in the chair and not your Lord and King.
Decisions need to be made tonight.
What are you going to do?
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What did you think about what we talked about tonight?
Do you have any questions that I can help you with?
Was anything unclear?
Where are you in your relationship with Jesus?
Have you ever been through one of those “refining experiences” where you went through something difficult and came out better for it?
Tell us about that.
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