A Living Hope
Praise
be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In
his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can
never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, 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. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little
while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 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. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and
even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an
inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith,
the salvation of your souls.
Concerning this
salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you,
searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and
circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he
predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving
themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you
by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from
heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
1 Peter
1:3-12
Have you ever had a
Certificate of Authenticity? God’s Word through the Bible is that Certificate
of Authenticity that we will see everlasting life. His grace provides us that
proof.
Are you looking for
evidence of God’s grace? Read the Bible, and know that it is the Word of God.
To trust
God is to trust in His holy Word.
Our Daily Bread –