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Living in the Light of Future Glory - 1 Peter Ch. 1
The sanctifying work of the Spirit
Conclusion - Section Three - Page 2
We are children of One Father, redeemed by the One Saviour, and sanctified by the One Spirit. We are born of the ever-living Word of God. The Holy Spirit operates the “New Birth” in the soul of the believer and nourishes that life, and the vehicle of these operations is the Word.
The outcome of our faith, the salvation of our soul
The sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit - Conclusion
We are reminded in these verses that the believer likewise through power of the Spirit to have risen to newness of life and in a new realm. It is not something we hope or strive for but is of God’s Divine grace, It His Spirit that enables us to dwell in the spere of holiness.
The attachment of the affections of the heart to the Lord Jesus Christ only occurs where the new birth is a reality. He and His Word form a unity, they are both precious to the renewed heart, and For His Word reveals Him and His fullness to the soul.
“Be like newborn babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by drinking it you may grow up and be saved. As the scripture says, “You have found out for yourselves how kind the Lord is.” (1 Pet 2:2)
Spiritual growth is always marked by a graving for and a delight in God’s word with the same intensity with which a baby craves for milk. A Christian develops a desire for the truth of God’s Word when he remembers his life’s source and like new born babies pursuing spiritual growth
“Obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls” (1 Pet 1:9)
“Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope, and so we look forward to possessing the rich blessings that God keeps for his people. He keeps them for you in heaven, where they cannot decay or spoil or fade away. They are for you, who through faith are kept safe by God's power for the salvation which is ready to be revealed at the end of time”. (1Pet 1:3-5)
A Living Hope
The final analysis is that we have a living hope, that living hope is the confident and optimism in future glory and eternal life, Paul reminds us 1 Cor.15 “That if only have hope in this life only, then our salvation is a lie. Our salvation must mean more than that and one which reaches into heavens glory.
n one sense the Christians now possess the result of their faith, a constant deliverance from the power of sin, but also in another sense, we are waiting to receive the full salvation of eternal glory in the redemption of our bodies.
The Future Glory
“I consider that what we suffer at this present time cannot be compared at all with the glory that is going to be revealed to us. All of creation waits with eager longing for God to reveal his children, For creation was condemned to lose its purpose, not of its own will, but because God willed it to be so.
Yet there was the hope that creation itself would one day be set free from its slavery to decay and would share the glorious freedom of the children of God. For we know that up to the present time all of creation groans with pain, like the pain of childbirth.
But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and set our whole being free. For it was by hope that we were saved; but if we see what we hope for, then it is not really hope.
For who of us hopes for something we see? - But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience” (Rom 8:18-25)
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The outcome of our faith, the salvation of our soul.
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