COMPLETED LIVING FOR GOD IN OUR WORLD Can I Find Some Help?

LIVING FOR GOD IN OUR WORLD

Can I Find Some Help?
January 8,2023



WHAT TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU’RE DISCOURAGED


I. GOD LOVE YOU UNCONDITIONALLY!


1 Peter 1:1-2 - Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood:…


Ephesians 1:4 - For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.


Revelation 22:17 - And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. NKJV


Romans 10:13 - “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”


A. IT WAS PLANNED BY GOD.


B. IT WAS PREFORMED BY THE SPIRIT.


1 Peter 1:2 - …through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood:…


C. IT WAS PURCHASED BY JESUS.


THREE TIMES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AS SYMBOLISM:


1. CLEANINGS


2. CONSECRATION


. COVENANT


II. GOD HAS YOU STRATEGICALLY LOCATED!


1 Peter 1:1 - Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,


1 Peter 2:11 - Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.


III. GOD HAS YOU ETERNALLY SECURE!


1 Peter 1:3 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,…NKJV


IV. GOD HAS BLESSED YOU RICHLY!


1 Peter 1:4-5 - and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade — kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.


Ezekiel 44:28 - “‘I am to be the only inheritance the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession.


V. GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR YOUR TRIALS!


1 Peter 1:6-7 - In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that your faith — of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire — may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.