We Are Made Alive with a Living Hope (2)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~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,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Part 2 of 2)
A living hope is a hope of life. In particular it is a hope of
eternal life. Life is the source of hope. For example, a little
child has human life. Because he has life, his parents are full
of hope that he will grow. At birth he weighed several pounds,
but his mother is expecting him to grow to maturity as a man.
Her hope is the hope of life.
We could not have such a hope in relation to something that is
not living. For example, we would not have hope in relation to
a chair. No one would look at a chair and say, "This chair is
small and ugly, but I am full of hope that one day this chair
will become larger and beautiful." That kind of hope is
altogether vain. But it is not vain for parents to hope that
their child will grow. By this illustration we can see that
hope depends on life. The living hope is a hope of life.
A dead person has no hope. However, if life could be imparted
into a dead person, he would have the hope that every member of
his physical body would be enlivened. In principle, the same
applies to our regeneration. Before we were regenerated, we
were dead and without hope. But the eternal life that has been
sown into us is full of hope, full of the hope of life.
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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. 36. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.
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