OUR HOPE

                                                                  I Peter 1:3-5

I.                  THE HOPE OF ALL CHRISTIANS

A.    THE INHERITANCE OF SONSHIP

B.     THIS INHERITANCE IS PERMANENT

C.     THIS INHERITANCE IS CERTAIN

D.      THIS INHERITANCE IS OUR LIVELY HOPE

II.   OUR HOPE IS ESTABLISHED IN THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS

A.    HIS RESURRECTION IS THE PROOF OF IMMORTALITY

B.   HIS RESURRECTION IS THE ASSURANCE THAT WE    HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED

C.   HIS RESURRECTION IS THE SECURITY OF OUR PRESERVATION

III      THE CERTAINTY OF THIS HOPE COMPELS BELIEVERS TO BLESS 

           GOD

          A.   WITH GREAT JOY WE OUGHT TO BE DETERMINED TO MAKE HIM HAPPY

1.     WITH THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES

2.     WITH THE WAY WE SERVE HIM

3.     WITH WHOLE HEARTED WORSHIP

D.   MAKING HIM HAPPY BY OUR COMMITMENT TO COMPLETE OBEDIENCE