Title: Regeneration and Hope (1 Peter 1:3-7)
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Where there is life, there is hope. Everyone lives with hope. 'cause you're alive
Because. There is nothing more important than being alive. If you lose hope, you die.
Alderfer, a public administration scholar, advocated a three-stage theory of human needs: survival, relationship, and growth
Because of this, I saw people grow. This desire is a wish, and every living person has a wish.
The hopes of the world often do not go as expected, and even if they do, there is no real satisfaction. humans are
Being made in the image of God, without the satisfaction of the soul, human hope will not give satisfaction.
can not do it.
1. The condition of being born again is the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Verse 1 reads, “that through the resurrection of Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ.” The resurrection of Jesus is the condition of our being born again. Our rebirth is
It is based on the resurrection of Christ, and if there is no resurrection of Jesus, we cannot be born again.
Bonhoeffer said, "Christianity as a religion is scary. Being alive is the scariest thing in the world.
Regeneration, in which our souls are reborn, is based on a resurrection of eternal life physically.
2. The proof of rebirth is hope
“He hath begotten us again to a living hope” means that there is hope only by being born again.
it means. It is said that in the world there is hope even if you are not born again. But that hope is a dead hope.
Those who are born again have a living hope. Our recent society has been completely polluted with the evils of capitalist society.
look like. If there is no uncorrupted place in every corner of society, negativity grows. but money never
It is not our hope. 1 Corinthians 13:13 says, "Faith, hope, love, these three things endure forever."
But hope should always be with us.
3. The result of regeneration is God's protection.
Verse 5 reads, “Through faith you may obtain the salvation which is prepared to be revealed in the last days.
protected by the power of God.” Because those who have been born again are children of God,
being protected by power. Being born again is not only a blessing in the next life, but it is already a blessing in this life.
If you are born again, things will go well not only in heaven, but also in this country. because of God
Because they live with protection. From tribulation like water or temptation like fiery, God saves us
protect you The blessing of the living hope of being born again through Jesus Christ is with us all. this
It is our pride and blessing.