1st Peter

Your Priceless Inheritance

1 Peter 1:1-12

How do you navigate Uncertainty?

1. Remember … Where You Are

v1, “I am writing to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.”

2. Remember … Whose You Are

v1, “I am writing to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners … God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ.”

CHOSEN—

CRAFTED—

CLEANSED—

3. Remember … How To Live, Now

v3, “All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation…”

(see also v10-12)

4. Remember … Where You’re Going

v4, “and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.” (see 2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

5. Remember … Your Confidence

v6-7, “So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.”

2 Timothy 1:12, “That is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return.” v6 “So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while…”

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Final thought: “Hang in there. Trust God.”