PENnED

Read: 1 Peter 1:3-5

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade._

In the Bible study I led last night we began by singing praise songs. Then I gave everyone the opportunity to express their praise to God. There was one thing that everyone agreed was the greatest thing that God has given us. And that one thing is the exact same thing that 1 Peter 1:3-5 praises God for: eternal life._

Some people think of eternal life as the life one lives without end after death. But in this Scripture text we find that eternal life begins at new birth or the moment you receive or believe in Jesus as Savior (John 1:12; or are “born again” John 3: 1-21). Then you enjoy the “abundant life” (John 10:10) God has given you and, with “living hope,” look forward to the “inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade” which is “kept in heaven for you.”

The gift of eternal life is given to us
not because we are great
but because God’s mercy is great.