Tuesday Devo
Scripture:
1 Peter 1
3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, 4 and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. 5 And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.
3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, 4 and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. 5 And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.
Commentary:
1:3 Salvation is due to God’s mercy, grace, and sovereignty, for he miraculously gave sinners new life (caused us to be born again, cf. v. 23). Peter may be connecting “born again” to through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, meaning that the new birth was made possible because God thought of those who believe in Christ as being united to him in his resurrection (cf. Rom. 6:4; Eph. 1:19–20; 2:5–6; Col. 3:1). Or he may be linking the resurrection to the living hope of believers, since that hope immediately follows the resurrection. In the latter case, the hope of Christians is their future resurrection. Believers have an unshakable hope for the future, for Christ’s resurrection is a pledge of their own future resurrection.
1:4 The “hope” of v. 3 is now described as an inheritance, which in the OT typically describes the Promised Land and Israel’s place in it (Num. 32:19; Deut. 2:12; 12:9; 25:19; 26:1; Josh. 11:23; Ps. 105:11). But the OT inheritance points ahead to an even greater inheritance, reserved in heaven for the people of the new covenant. imperishable. Nothing can tarnish or extinguish that secure inheritance.
1:5 Salvation in this context is a further description of the inheritance of v. 4 and the hope of v. 3. Peter lifts his readers’ minds to what will be revealed in the last time. They will certainly receive this future salvation, for God will protect them through his power by sustaining their faith to the end.
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2405.
1:4 The “hope” of v. 3 is now described as an inheritance, which in the OT typically describes the Promised Land and Israel’s place in it (Num. 32:19; Deut. 2:12; 12:9; 25:19; 26:1; Josh. 11:23; Ps. 105:11). But the OT inheritance points ahead to an even greater inheritance, reserved in heaven for the people of the new covenant. imperishable. Nothing can tarnish or extinguish that secure inheritance.
1:5 Salvation in this context is a further description of the inheritance of v. 4 and the hope of v. 3. Peter lifts his readers’ minds to what will be revealed in the last time. They will certainly receive this future salvation, for God will protect them through his power by sustaining their faith to the end.
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2405.
Questions:
- We are also born into a new POSITION. Romans 8 says that because we are now the adopted children of God, we are His heirs. In fact, we are CO-HEIRS with Christ Himself. This is your new position! You are a child of the Most High God! You have a priceless inheritance that is being kept in heaven for you; an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled and unfading! We will have new bodies that are perfect and without sickness or pain. We will live in a new heavenly city that will come down to a brand new earth. How often are you looking forward with anticipation to this priceless, eternal inheritance? How much hope does it give you to know that this world isn't all there is?
- We are born into a new POWER. Verse 5 says that through our faith, God protects us by his power. Our salvation is guarded and protected by HIS power! This is not something we do on our own. God does it. We don't earn our salvation or even maintain it. The assurance we have is the fact that our standing with God isn't based on our past record or present effort or ability. If it was, none of us would make it to heaven! If we truly understood and believed the gospel, that Jesus died for us and was raised from the dead, and that we are adopted into God's family through our trust in Him, and that we now stand before God perfect and spotless, we would live this life with full assurance that we will spend eternity with Him one day. What is your level of assurance of this truth? How certain are you that you will hear, "Well done, good and faithful servant" when you stand before God? If there are doubts, where do they come from?
Pray:
- That you would look forward with anticipation for the city to come.
- That we would have assurance of our salvation.
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