Song of Praise001

TEXT: I PETER 1:3-5

INTRODUCTION:

1.      TEXT IS A DOXOLOGY (SONG OF PRAISE)

2.      EARLY CHRISTIANS WERE SO QUICK TO BURST INTO SONGS OF PRAISE

a.             FOUND ALL THROUGH THE EPISTLES

b.      HAS THE LORD DONE AS MUCH FOR US

1.      THIS DOXOLOGY CONTAINS

a.       A NEW THEME •. (V.3 ) “BLESSED BE •.. GOD ..”

                                                                                                  i.      NEW INTERNATIONAL SAYS “PRAISE” INSTEAD OF BLESSED

1.      SAME WORD RENDERED . .“ WELL OF HIM”

b.      “SPEAK WELL OF GOD” .. PRAI SE GOD .. BLESS HI S NAME

                                                                                                  i.      HE HAS DONE GREAT THINGS

c.       THIS IS A SONG OF PRAISE .. WE HAVE SOMETHING TO PRAISE GOD FOR. 20 A NEW RELATIONSHIP ..(v. 1) “BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER ..“

                                                                                                  i.      “FATHER” . . THIS IS A NEW RELATIONSHIP

                                                                                                ii.      UNKNOWN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

                                                                                              iii.       JESUS IN TEACHING US TO PRAY USED “OUR FATHER” (JOHN 20:17)

                                                                                              iv.       MY FATHER .. YOUR FATHER

d.      HE IS A PERSONAL GOD

2.      WHAT BROUGHT ON PETERS BURST OF PRAISE

a.       A NEW BIRTH .. (V.3) “ACCORDING TO HIS .. MERCY HATH BEGOTTEN US AGAIN” (N.I.)( “GIVEN US NEW BIRTH)

                                                                                                  i.      GOD IS WILLING TO GIVE YOU A NEW BEGINNING AS A NEW CREATURE

1.      ONE TRANSLATIONS SAYS “HAS GIVEN US A NEW LIFE

a.       ARE YOU TIRED OF THE OLD ONE

b.      ACHANCE TO START OVER FOR GOD

b.      A NEW HOPE .. (V. 3) “.. BEGOTTEN US AGAIN UNTO A LIVELY HOPE” ( A LIVING HOPE) BY THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD”

                                                                                                  i.      BEFORE THE NEW BIRTH THERE WAS NO HOPE

                                                                                                ii.      NOTE” OUR HOPE IS BECAUSE OF THE RESURRECTION

                                                                                              iii.      “IF THE SAME SPIRIT THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD DWELL IN YOU HE SHALL ALSO QUICKEN YOUR MORTAL BODIES”

                                                                                              iv.      OURGOD IS NOT DEAD .. WE HAVE HOPE

c.       A NEW INGERITANCE .. (v.4) “TO AN INflERI TANCE INCORRUPITABLE AND UNDELFILEI AND THAT FADETH NOT AWAY, RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR YOU.”

                                                                                                  i.       BORN.AGAIN •.. THIS TIME TO A WEALTHY FAMILYi

                                                                                                ii.      AS CHILDREN OF THE WORLD OR INHERITANCE WAS DEATH FOR SINS.

                                                                                              iii.      CAN YOU PRAISE GOD FOR THE PROMISE OF HEAVEN.

d.      A NEW SECURITY ..(V.5) “WHO ARE KEPT BY THE POWEROF GOD..”

                                                                                                  i.      THE WORD “KEPT” IS ALSO RENDERED “GUARDED”

1.      “IF GOD BE FOR US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US”

2.      BY GOD POWER” ALL THE DEMONS OF HELL CAN NOT TOUCH THE
CHILD OF THE KINGS

e.       A NEW SALVATION . . (V.5) “UNTO SALVATION THAT IS READY TO BE REVEALED”

                                                                                                  i.      JESUS DIED FOR YOU .. HE PROVED GOD LOVE FOR YOU

                                                                                                ii.      AT THE JUDGENENT WILL SALVATION BE REVEALED FOR YOU?

CONCLUSION: CAN YOU PRAISE GOD FOR ALL HIS BENIFITS???