Today’s look at 1 Peter is going to be short and sweet, but there is a lot to think on.

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.

1 Peter 1:3-5 New Living Translation

EXPECTING THE BEST

• Peter gives praise, as should we, for the living hope our salvation has given us.
• The reason we have this hope is first and foremost because of God’s mercy for us and then because of Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead.
• The word translated for hope, according to Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries, is elpis, which means “(to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstract or concrete) or confidence: – faith, hope.”
• Our living hope is that we are a new creation that has inherited a Home in heaven that can never be destroyed, spoiled, and lasts forever. It’s reserved in heaven for us!
• But the best part? God guards us through His power so that we will endure until the coming of Jesus (or until we go home to heaven, whichever comes first). We are to have faith, but He helps us.

Because of the resurrection I can confidently hope, so I should live expectantly, obediently and set apart, for this world is not my home.

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