Born Again to a Living Hope
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Ephesians chapter 2 verses 1 to 10
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but God being rich in Mercy because of the great love with which he loved us. Dad and I might as well live together with Christ by Grace you have me say Erase the shop with him and see this is with him in the Heavenly places in Christ Jesus. So that in the coming ages, you might show the emerge will Richie so, he's Grace and kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Like Grace you have been saved through faith and then to know that your own doing it is the gift of God not a result. It works on my brothers. We are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works with God prepared beforehand that we should walk in that. I'm and we probably the Lord will be pleased to bless his word to our hearts and enable just now is a game return to the first letter of Peter and the first chapter in this morning. We look at verses 3 and 4 of that chapter 1 Peter 1 verses 3 and 4 blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to be born again to a living through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Turn inheritance to the imperishable undefiled and unfaded kept in heaven for you.
He said she's writing this letter to these believe us gas station lineup who are suffering in various ways because of my beliefs and he knows I'm more is to come to seek in to encourage them and help them an item. I stayed out so something I didn't leave us a couple of us is in the green Trinity bring already seen such great encouragement of all that he speaks of the blessings of God's grace and got some. See what he has done to everyone has those believe as you are indeed truly elect every believer. But I see comes now. So these two of us is so he continues as it was in a similar theme. He speaks of the continued blessings and glorious Grace that is bestowed upon the true people of God. We are being presented with a species of all the praise that we give or should give to God he says but one piece of one blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Will that would blast could be quite properly translated as praise and then I Pizza is seeking to freya's Garden. Vanguard in Hawaii that she does speak of these theme the praise that he gives to the Lord and the case with believe in faith that we are we live to give praise to God because God is great because God has done such glorious thing and that preys should be ever given to him. Peaks of similar things when he writes to the craziest restaurant in 2 Corinthians 1 verse 3. He says blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ the father of mercies and God of All Comfort NIV version chapter one of us three blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ was blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in The Heavenly placed how important this is how we do another name Shane with Shane over the time dancing around Deepa much more relevant much more significant because this praise praise the come when everything is going wrong when there is Pine where there is grief weather is a bereavement where there is real hardship, but the people of God we praise God that we praise God because we think of it as a commentator says this there is contemplation of God to let alone phrase of him and alcohol, especially in distress the scriptures constantly. Why don't we need to do we need your prayers and what the situation is whatever the circumstances we praise God because God is always God and God is always shine forth the attributes of his character and pizza goes on with the she sleeps speaks of God's messy. He says according to his great mercy. God has blessed. We praise him because of all this done in accord with his great Mercy. The mercy of God is such a glorious thing such a wondrous thing when we think of what we had like by Nature when we think of how we live when we Sink of the selfishness in the arrogance of the pride that we think that we can carry on.
On a Sunday, but the rest of the week who cares. But still he shows his penis still he comes in that message of the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. How they came for the Temple Terrace East and raised in front of anyone. You're one is serving the Pharisee turn around Soho to me the reaper patient deal with my glorious mess that reaches out to those in desperate need who can do nothing of themselves. But God reaches out in that glorious Messi. I did not glorious must see if he gives today for physical and the gift that has been given to Sono a noxious and we praise God for important and significant that is in Christ Jesus. We breathe We Praise Him according to his great Mercy he is close to be born a game is caused us to be born a game and this is so as we considered lost week that this is nothing of ourselves. Kelsey on did nothing of a self in order to be born in order to the beach given not life it is again and so it is with a spiritual Reba the Y of Life seeking what it was to truly know God and Jesus says these a strange would you must be born again? You must you must be born of the spirit Nicodemus is speaking of is that spiritual rebirth that is so vital for every individual to know the blessing and the grace and the mercy of God. Pawn them Jesus says to him truly truly I say to you unless one is born again. He cannot see the kingdom of God, they could even said to him. How can a man be born when he is old can enter a second time into his mother's womb Jesus on so truly truly. I say to you unless they enter the kingdom of God that's was born as a flash is Flash an iPhone is born of the spirit is Spirit. Do not Marvel, but I said to you you must be born again. I didn't the opening chapter about Cheyenne Gospel of John Cena. When was God and the word became flesh and made his dwelling Among Us. He's saying he came to his own but he's all of them did not receive him that I rejected him. 1 + 12. Who did receive him all who believe in his name he gave the right to become the children of God who are north of lot north of Willits of Flesh nor the will of man, but God come from God and God Alone, otherwise, no one that wouldn't even like we could have only as we come by the way that God has laid out. If you don't know Jesus Christ Jesus remind me, too short for you is we might have not being Tommy just recently.
That being born again of your spirit which leads to a living hell how glorious is this year? There are some people of the things that we believe that guy a 8 said it was said an opiate for the masses religion will Christianity sayings about
God has given IHF is people a truly living. Hope I hope it is here and now but I hope that you will see later is to be realized by God's grace that is found in the game on the, that just says that all men have some sort of but why so many deceive themselves with a dead host of their own making we whom God himself be gone have a living. Hope the rest on God's promises and power with a host of others go to pieces in the last flight into the harbor of Eternal fulfillment. This is not an issue is the message of the preacher is preaching featuring Cher. Where is C4 leave us with Believers in my face great persecution. It wasn't long before Wicked Roman Emperor who caused such persecution of believers who was second light to believe is on post leading the wife in the sight of everyone is so sore to destroy Christianity has so many all today. We see it in many different areas of had different weight from people looking to challenge today free to give abortions in the device without the American election. That is to come.
And these people these Christians are standing against it are being challenged and being persecuted in many ways. We see such evil things in the world around us. And at that time we have that we have that security. I just said many times has maybe some it would happen to write maybe it will be okay and I hope it's not just grounded on absolute and total authority of foundation. That is Jesus Christ himself, which brings us to the next state. The Peter says in this fuss we are born again to a Living Hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the day crew the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is such a can of the stitchers the heart on the strength of the Gospel that can be no living. Hope that can be no being born again that timer Blessing that can be no experience of the presence of God in our lives in all that we do if it not for the resurrection and it's been trying for those Christ is alive because he knew the day that he was triumphant over there, but the grace could not hold him and he showed himself to his disciples. I want occasion the Glorious Lord of glory. Lord in heaven a rose a game for us. And this is what gives the certainty of that he is the resurrection because he lives that we don't have crucifixes a crucifix portrays a dead Christ. Price is not that Christ is alive and very much alive. And he is working he is and it will if you read through the New Testament particularly through the preaching ghost relaxing Apostles things about this that you will find that so often in that preaching the resurrection is pre-eminent. It is so important when pool preacher Athens. This is what people died because he saw was I rejected on the resurrection of Christ is so real that we do stuff and we do know. Imma do what ship truly Risen Savior pool size five and six of us. We were there is a fool with him by baptism into death and all that just for Christ. Is raised from the dead by the glory of the father we to White Wolf in newness of life. We are alive. The World Is Dead We are Alive because we share in the glory and The Wonder of the resurrection of Christ the Queen's Pizza to his next main sword main doctor that he brings to his hair in the 4th verse we have been know the blessing of God. We be born a guy in according to his resurrection to an inheritance imperishable undefiled a non fading cat in heaven for you. I did inherit that is imperishable. I'm defiled and I'm fading chat for God in heaven for you.
You see what pages do in here? He's in cars in these Christian believers who are suffering the whole of that Christian lives that Christian Life begins with a new when they're born a God in Jesus Christ in that lives and that he goes to bed. Every believer shares in incredible thing. He says the spirit himself Bears witness with a spirit that we are children of God. And if children then ass and serve God and feather as with Christ provided we suffer with him. It'll it may be may also be glorified with We are. We are fellow as with Christ. Now, I don't know. if I don't hear anyone listening to this today is anticipation some inherited when my grandparents and parents whatever they receive some particular inheritance, I think for the documents that we could go to high for just happened then experience when my mother died and when his mom died
But we never really knew. Where do we get our inheritance? Because I will make me something different. but when God that will is always right. Is always sure it's always such I'm we will get that inherited. I'm so sure is I receive an inheritance is with Jesus Christ. on the same level as Jesus Christ is that not actually incredible? And I know tell him I easy. And we are treated. As far as an inheritance into cancer. in the same way as Christ himself, and we know that
I need a shortage of it. What size is absolute certainty? I can't pull the phaeacians one. Armbruster see in him you also when you heard the word of Truth The Gospel of your salvation and believed in him was sealed with a promise. Holy Spirit who is the guarantee of our inheritance possession of it is a praise of his glory. the Holy Spirit Is the guarantee of inherit? I mean you no doubt. I'll get a bit concerned. Sometimes that's how many Believers believe it seems so it's right to die.
Because I didn't heritance when we die. I'm going to share everything. Drive to the Hebrews 9-15 there for Christ the mediator of a New Covenant so that those or cooled my receive the promised internal inheritance. Should the death is a cud that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first colony that is ours last week. We mentioned about hemorrhoids in that glorious 7 when he was 29 when he died.
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They know that didn't hear it. I'm on my way to get to Glory. Assume that is being funny joke. We going to know the full reality of that you and I offered watch the program repashy Open People bring things and they have too many years. I relax by their grandparents or parents whatever in Lego Dimension people repaired and they do have wonderful job, but often you hear people sign a be looking down from out there and if he said, please best Notes app not only be hard to anyone air tool don't have anyone here to I am not going to be thinking of you when I'm in heaven.
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for this Glory this wonder is never going to fight. Are you saying every day but I want but he died. You're always be the same. I just to make it absolutely abundantly clear. Create a reminder. But that inheritance is kept in heaven for you. That is a result of spy used to that. We're in heaven for every True Believer. I'm I'm a dude I whenever that might be and it's in God's time. He has that plan.
He was cytus. Well done good and faithful servant. Receive that inherit. what a glory this is Anna sui today face, very real problem situation that we've never been in before and all seems to be indication is going to continue. American Style we are worried. We just stood up. Don't look at that. Look at this inheritance of the thing that understandably distressed people when we come to worship we can sing. So I said something about him last week and another him to diet fits in with this actually what we've been thinking about two buses from him on this occasion. One of the Glorious Day hymns of the 6,000 us out of the Charles Bradley rug, but this was written as America preaching and people being convinced him to give himself. I will stop and sings Try a loan in prison Spirit lie around incision and Nature's night, then Sean and your glorious gospel dry. I woke the dungeon Flames with light by chains fell off. My heart was free with you by Rose went forth and followed you my chains fell off my heart with you. I Rose went forth and father G the nuba Amanda you the scriptures intimately. Who preached the scriptures you nothing of an Uber until this experience and his life being taken as a dungeon being set free from these chains of sin that held you and it led to a glorious, which was the last rest of the head. No condemnation Azurite X1. No condemnation get no condemnation. Now I dread Jesus and all in him is mine alive and here in my living add and clothed in righteousness divine. Photo I approach the Eternal throne and claiming the crown for Christ. Bold, I approach the Eternal throne and claim the crown through Christ my Aragon nope, right? Tell Jason Bishop of God's Grace by grace that gave him a very reassuring we would have been singing that him but we come but I do hope that I Suites think about the words that he wrote. But that's what it's to bless us and help us. Let me remind you of what Peter say blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to his great Mercy is caused him to be born again to a Living Hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead doing in Heritage the imperishable for you. Best Buy
gracious God and Father. We thank you for that Cuba. We thank you for that glorious inheritance. We probably know that each was here today right now. Who the reality is that nuva? Cher and I Glory inherit apply Iowa to us we do fry in Jesus name. Oh, man.
As I said at the beginning of the service, we have a very joyous thing to do today.