
1Pe 1:8 You never saw him, yet you love him. You still don’t see him, yet you trust him—with laughter and singing.
1Pe 1:9 Because you kept on believing, you’ll get what you’re looking forward to: total salvation.
1Pe 1:10 The prophets who told us this was coming asked many questions about the gift of life God was preparing.
1Pe 1:11 The Messiah’s Spirit let them in on some of it—that the Messiah would experience suffering, followed by glory. They clamored to know who and when.
1Pe 1:12 All they were told was that they were serving you, you who by orders from heaven have now heard for yourselves—through the Holy Spirit—the Message of those prophecies fulfilled. Do you realize how fortunate you are? Angels would have given anything to be in on this! —MSG
YOUR FAITH IS THE
THAT OPENS THE
1Pe 1:9 you are to be saved. That’s why you have faith. —CEV
Your Faith has a
; it is to
you to the promise.
Heb 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Heb 11:2 For by it the people of old received their commendation.
Heb 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. —ESVEcc 3:11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. —.
Rom 1:18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
Rom 1:19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them.
Rom 1:20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
Rom 1:21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused.
Rom 1:22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.
Rom 1:23 And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. —.
Just as our physical sense of sight gives us
of the physical world,
is the “sense” that gives us proof of the invisible, spiritual world.
THIS
IS THE
OF
LIFE
1Pe 1:10 The prophets who told us this was coming asked many questions about the gift of life God was preparing.
1Pe 1:11 The Messiah’s Spirit let them in on some of it—that the Messiah would experience suffering, followed by glory. They clamored to know who and when. —MSG
The first believers were Jewish believers, and they did not struggle to believe in the story of a coming saviour; instead, they had to
that the prophecies were fulfilled in
and that He was the Messiah.
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Luk 24:25 Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.
Luk 24:26 Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?”
Luk 24:27 Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. —NLT
PREACHERS
AND ANGELS
1Pe 1:12 They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen. —NLT
This is our job! We are the spirit-filled
of the good news the
of old talked about! —.
Luk 15:8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
Luk 15:9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’
Luk 15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” —NIV