1st Peter 1: 1-12: Tenacity and Perseverance - Video

Sermon Notes . Check us out at: https://citylightvicksburg.org/ Or check us out here: https://www.facebook.com/citylightvicksburg . God is faithful in all circumstances. He will bring peace amid all kinds of confusion, suffering and trials. The Christian can find comfort in the calling of God. The Christian can find comfort in Christs resurrection. the Christian can find comfort in the beauty of the sanctification of the Holy Spirit. the Christian can find comfort because all believers are beneficiaries of His Grace The calling of God: Peter is addressing this letter to the “elect” exiles of the persecution throughout modern day Turkey. These are not Israelites. They are gentiles suffering for their faith. Being called “elect” we receive the inheritance through the sacrifice of Christ. Our citizenship is not in this world, it is in heaven. It is not easy, but joy comes in the morning! We are called to live holy lives in an unholy world to show the glory of Christ to the world. We are to live, in a way, as exiles, so when we experience the chaos of this world, and hardship, we are prepared to face it with faith and trust in Him. . Christs resurrection: Christ’s death burial and resurrection is a source of comfort. No one can rob our inheritance - because God is guarding it. Our future salvation and inheritance is kept by God. So we can be sure that Christ’s resurrection is a source of comfort for us during hard times. He is sovereign over all things! . Sanctification: The beauty of our sanctification is done by the Holy Spirit! So, we can take comfort in the Holy testing and trials we experience in this world. We can be certain that the trails are here not to break us, but to refine and purify us. This call to rejoice is because the Holy Spirit is working something within us to sharpen us for the Kingdom to come! When we trust God with our lives despite the pain, God is shaping us into the image of Christ, Jesus. The better we understand that, the easier for us to trust God to remove hardship from us. . Beneficiaries of Grace: the prophets made proclamations back in the day to show the grace that will be given to New Testament Christians. The Old Testament prophets prophesied that Christ would allow Himself to be crushed to pay for our sins. We can take heart - God calls us to be peculiar nation among everyone else. . Christ has supplied all that you need through His Grace and Mercy.