We Are Made Alive with a Living Hope (1)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1Pet 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who according to His great mercy has regenerated us
unto a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead, Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead in offenses,
made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been
saved)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Part 1 of 2)
In 1:3 Peter tells us that we have been regenerated unto a
living hope. This hope in our pilgrimage today is for the
future. It is not a hope of objective things; it is a hope of
life, even eternal life, with all the endless divine blessings.
Peter speaks not merely of hope, but of a living hope. It is
not easy to explain what this living hope is. From experience
we know that the life-giving Spirit has come into us to enliven
us. Formerly we were dead, and everything related to us, in
particular any expectation for the future, was also dead. But
the enlivening which we have experienced through the life-
giving Spirit results in a living hope, in the hope that
everything related to us will become living.
When we were sprinkled with the blood of Christ, immediately
the life-giving Spirit came into us to enliven us. Using the
word "life" as a verb, we may say that the Spirit came into us
to "life" us. Formerly we were dead and altogether without
hope, but we have been "lifed" through the life-giving Spirit
unto a living hope. Now we have the hope that every part of our
being will be lifed. This is the living hope. To have a living
hope is to be lifed.
The regeneration of God the Father results in the hope that
every part of our being and everything related to us will be
lifed, enlivened. Everything related to an unsaved person is
dead. But with one who has been regenerated by God with the
divine life, there is the hope that everything will be
enlivened and thus become living.
(Continued tomorrow)
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of First Peter, pp. 25-26. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.
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