“Hope beyond Suffering”
1 Peter 1:1-9
Pastor Joe Alain
Date: September 26, 2021, Carrollwood Baptist Church
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of 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, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood:
Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
3 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, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is 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. 6 In all 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 the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 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, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:1-9, NIV
We Have a Permanent Inheritance (1:4)
1. Unravaged: Can never “perish,” “Imperishable” (ESV), “Incorruptible” (NKJV).
2. Undefiled: Can never “spoil,” “Undefiled” (ESV, NKJV), “Be ruined” (CEV).
3. Unfading: Can never “fade,” “Disappear” (CEV).
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. Matthew 6:19-20, ESV
We Have a Divine Protection (1:5, 9)
1. Kept by God’s Power: “Shielded,” “Being guarded” (ESV), “Kept” (NKJV).
2. Kept for God’s Purpose: “Until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.”
(1) “Chronos,” ordinary time.
(2) “Kairos,” special or seasonal time. The “last time” is a reference to the second coming of Jesus (Matt. 24:36, 44; 1 Thess. 4:16-17; 5:2-3; 2 Peter 3:10).
The word, “End” (1:9) means “completion” as in the completion of purpose, or a goal has been realized.
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6
We Have a Developing Faith (1:6-7)
1. Trials are necessary, “proven genuineness of your faith” (1:7).
2. Trials are distressing, “suffer grief” (1:6).
3. Trials vary in number and forms, “all kinds of trials” (1:6).
4. Trials grow our faith, “genuineness of your faith” (1:7).
