Reborn To A Living Hope

1 Peter 1:3  

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten 

us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection

of Jesus Christ from the dead,"  

   This passage begins with the idea of rebirth; the Christian is a man who has been reborn; begotten again by God to a new kind of life. It means that, when a man becomes a Christian, there comes into his life a change so radical that the only thing that can be said is that life has begun all over again for him. This idea of rebirth runs all through the New Testament. Let us try to understand what it says about it. 

   The Christian rebirth happens by the will and by the act of God, "Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:13). Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." (1 James1:18) 
   It is not something which a man achieves any more than he achieves his physical birth. Through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ the Christian is called into a new relationship with God, in which the sins of the past are forgiven and he is pledged to obedience in the time to come. It is in the purpose of God that the Christian is called. It is by the work of the Holy Spirit that his life is made holy towards God. It is by the sprinkling of the blood of Christ that he is cleansed from past sin and dedicated to future obedience to God. 

   When a man is reborn, it is to a living hope (1 Peter 1:3). The Christian characteristic is hope. That hope came from two things. The Christian felt that he had been born, not of corruptible, but of incorruptible seed, "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." (1 Peter 1:23). He has the very seed of God in him and, therefore, in him a life which neither time nor eternity could destroy.  

   My Friends, If you claim yourselves to be a Christian, Your rebirth came from the resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:3). And now you have forever beside you, even more, one with you "Jesus Christ" who had conquered even death and, therefore, there is no need to be lonely and afraid anymore.

Amen!

Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-5

Ref: HG SB

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry