1 Pe 1:3-5
While I was growing up, I don't think I ever thought of what I would inherit from my parents when they went Home. As they get older, they bring up things that they have left in their will for me or for my sister. Some of the things have only sentimental value. Some have financial value. Others are of undetermined value. Regardless they will be mine or my sister's because our parents have chosen to give them to us. God has planned an inheritance for his children that is of matchless value. It is waiting in heaven just for you as His child. The object of your hope should be waiting in heaven. The inheritance is there, but is that where your hope is anchored?
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.
- How did God's mercy cause you to be born again?
- What was the result of your being born again?
- What is living hope?
- Through what means or mechanism were you born again? - What is the object of your living hope?
- How does Peter describe the permanence of your inheritance?
- Where is your inheritance now?
- How does this inheritance reinforce your being alien in this world? - What protects you?
- What is the goal or outcome of this protection?
- What role does faith play in this protection?
- When will you receive your salvation? - How do the following influence your daily life?
- living hope
- reserved inheritance in heaven
- God-powered protection
- waiting salvation
While I was growing up, I don't think I ever thought of what I would inherit from my parents when they went Home. As they get older, they bring up things that they have left in their will for me or for my sister. Some of the things have only sentimental value. Some have financial value. Others are of undetermined value. Regardless they will be mine or my sister's because our parents have chosen to give them to us. God has planned an inheritance for his children that is of matchless value. It is waiting in heaven just for you as His child. The object of your hope should be waiting in heaven. The inheritance is there, but is that where your hope is anchored?
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