Sermon Notes September 20, 2015
“A Living Lord Gives a Living Hope”
(1 Peter 1:1-12)
I. God has given us a new _______________.
(1 Peter 1:3)
A. The new birth is a ____________ of God’s mercy.
(John 3:7; 1:12-13; James 1:18; John 3:5-6)
B. The new birth is a birth to a new ____________.
1. It is a life of ____________. (1 John 3:9)
2. It is a life of ____________. (1 John 4:7)
3. It is a life of ____________. (1 John 5:4)
II. God has given us a living ______________.
(1 Peter 1:3)
A. There is no hope in this ____________.
(Ephesians 2:12; Matthew 6:19-20)
B. For the Christian there is ____________ hope.
C. There is hope for the believer even when life is
____________.
III.God has given us a protected ______________.
(1 Peter 1:3-4)
A. The inheritance we have through Jesus is
____________. (Lamentations 3:24; Psalm
73:23-26)
B. The inheritance we have through Jesus has a
____________ protection.
1. It can never ____________.
2. It can never ____________.
3. It can never ____________.
4. It is kept in ____________ for us.
5. We are also ____________ by God’s power.
Response Questions …
When were you born again? If you haven’t opened
your life up to the work of God … are you ready to do
so now?
What makes you hopeful about the future? What
robes you of hope?
How does it make you feel that you have an eternal
inheritance from God?