May 10, 2020                                                                        Rev. Thomas M. Cox

LIVING HOPE #2:  Kept by God 

1 Peter 1:3-5

 A) “Are you one of those B______ A__________ Christians?” (vss. 1, 23; Titus 3:4-7) 

• When did the G_________ of God A________? (When J_______ came to earth)

• On what basis are we S________?

(Because of His M________, not our own W______)

• How are we J_____________ (Just - as - if - I’d N________ S__________) before God? (By His G_________)

 B) “Cox: Table for two-- Do you have a reservation?” (vss. 4,5) 

• Our Inheritance is:

     1) Im_______________-

     2) Un______________-

     3) Un______________-

     4) in H_____________-

 C) Applications

• B___: I can ask the Lord to cause me to be M_______ A________ in Christ.

• K____: I can have complete C___________ in where I will spend E__________ because my S___________ is being G_________ by God.

• D___: I can call my loving Father B__________ and worthy of P_________.

1 Peter 1:3-5 (ESV) 

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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Titus 3:4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by His grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Revelation 21:27 But nothing unclean will ever enter (the holy city), nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.