You Have A Living Hope [1 Peter 1]

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

13Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.


The revelation of Jesus Christ.  How and when will Jesus be revealed?  This is an important question because we are to fix our hope completely on the grace that comes with this revealing.  In verse 5 we see that we are are going to "obtain an inheritance" that is "reserved in heaven" for us.  We also see that we "are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."


Once again we see that this salvation has been revealed and yet it will also be revealed in the last time.  What an ongoing salvation we have in our Lord Jesus Christ.  What a living hope.


We praise You for Your great mercy that caused us to be born again to a living hope. We praise You for Your grace and Your protection.  Cause us to have  our hope fixed completely on Your grace and the full revelation of our salvation.


Verna McCrillis, 9/15/2009