“Resurrection & Living Hope” 1 Peter 1:3cd Introduction…Hope? Hope is a delusion; no hand can grasp a wave or a shadow.—Victor Hugo The miserable hath no other medicine but only hope.—Shakespeare Hope calculates its schemes for a long and durable life; presses forward to imaginary points of bliss; and grasps at impossibilities; and consequently very often ensnares men into beggary, ruin, and dishonor.—Addison Psalm 42:11; 71:5; 146:5 I.The Importance of the Resurrection Ultimately your entire faith rests the resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 15:17, 19) II.Union with Christ Whatever is His is now ours. Whatever has happened to Christ and what ever is true about Him now is, also now our history and our present reality. Being “in Christ” means that we are united to Him (Eph. 1; Col. 2:20, 3:1-4; Rom. 6:1-14; 7:1-6…) We, being united to Christ, not only died with Him, but we rose with Him. You are participants TODAY, of the reality that is still future according to TIME. (Hebrews 6:19-20) III.Resurrection and Being Born Again to a Living Hope A.Christ's Resurrection and Sonship Acts 13:32-33, Psalm 2:7, Luke 20:36, Sons of God and sons of the resurrection are the same thing. B.Resurrection and Hope Acts 23:6; 24:14-15; 1 Cor. 15:19; Eph. 1:15-22; 1 Thess. 4:13-14; 5:6-11; 1 Tim. 1:1; Tit. 1:1-3; Heb. 6:18-20; 7:15-16, 18-19; 1 Pet. 1:13, 18-21 Our hope is rooted in the resurrection of Jesus Christ Conclusion Our hope
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Rev. David Reese served as the pastor of the Springs Reformed Church from 2002-2014. He is a graduate (Master of Divinity) of the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA.
