We Are Born Again
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· 6 viewsOur new birth gives us a new hope: an imperishable inheritance through Christ.
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Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-5
3 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,
4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Our New Birth Is Produced by God
Our New Birth Is Produced by God
3 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,
He Births Us by His Great Mercy
He Births Us by His Great Mercy
He Births Us to a Living Hope
He Births Us to a Living Hope
“A living hope is one that is never extinguished by untold circumstances, just as “living waters” are waters flowing fresh from a perennial spring” (Selwyn, The First Epistle of Peter, Macmillan 1958; as quoted in Rienecker and Rogers, 744).
Our New Birth Is Protected by God
Our New Birth Is Protected by God
He Secures Our Inheritance
He Secures Our Inheritance
4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
He Secures Our Inheritance From Destruction
He Secures Our Inheritance From Destruction
He Secures Our Inheritance From Defilement
He Secures Our Inheritance From Defilement
He Secures Our Inheritance From Decay
He Secures Our Inheritance From Decay
“The three verbal adjectives indicate that the inheritance is “untouched by death,” “unstained by evil,” “unimpaired by time’’; it is compounded of immortality, purity, and beauty” (F. W. Beare, The First Epistle of Peter, Basil Blackwell, 1958; quoted in Rienecker and Rogers, 744).
He Guards Us by His Power
He Guards Us by His Power
5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Our New Birth Is Proven by God
Our New Birth Is Proven by God
He Raised Jesus from the Dead
He Raised Jesus from the Dead
3 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,
He Gives Us a Salvation Ready to be Revealed
He Gives Us a Salvation Ready to be Revealed
5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Because We Are Born Again by God’s Work in Us, He Deserves All Our Praise!
Because We Are Born Again by God’s Work in Us, He Deserves All Our Praise!