Today we begin our reading of 1 Peter. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, -1 Peter 1:3-4
In one of his first sermons in a series on 1 Peter, John Piper said,
So if you just take verses 3 and 4 there are five answers to the question: What great reality brought Peter to worship this way? What gripped his mind and moved his heart and opened his mouth to say, “Blessed be God”? The answer is:
- God is great in mercy.
- God causes us to be born again to a living hope.
- God raised Jesus Christ from the dead.
- God promises an inheritance to those whom he fathers.
- God is keeping that inheritance so that it will never ever perish or soil or fade.
