Focus On The Giver and The Gift 1 Peter 1:3-12

And somewhere along the way, family, we've lost this faith. We get too consumed with how hot the flames are with every direction they're coming. We get too consumed with how close they're getting, and we I'm just I'll just speak for myself, like we we get disoriented real quick. We start pushing for God to do things that God's not going to do. When God has purpose for the fire that you're in right now, the father is your is your giver, and he only gives good gifts, and he has given you the good gift of dependability in the resurrected Lord in whatever suffering or change of season you find yourself in. [00:59:24] (51 seconds)  #DependableInTheFire

You don't have to give in to the temptations. You don't have to you don't have to to lose hope. You don't have to lose faith. You don't have to run from Jesus. You can sit still because you know that no matter how hot and how close the floods get, it's going to show off before everybody that this new life that's within me is real. It is true That what Jesus Christ did in me is right, and it's true. That the new life I have because Jesus rose from the grave is eternal, and that eternity begins right now, that not even death can touch me. [00:58:06] (42 seconds)  #EternalLifeToday

This is what happened to me when my grandparents left us an inheritance. And that inheritance we used to adopt Sam. It was beautiful, but you need to know that inheritance had a timeline to it, and an ending date on it, and a beginning date by which the court would process all this stuff, and this attorney had everything mapped out. But the inheritance of the Lord is eternal. It's forever. There's no timeline to it. [00:52:49] (33 seconds)  #EternalInheritance

You are being guarded by God's power through faith for a salvation that's ready to be revealed in the last time. So you're protected. In verses six through seven, we find out that the suffering you're going through, the trials you're going through, are purposeful and verifiable. You rejoice in this even though now, for a short time, if necessary, you suffer grief in various trials, so the proven character of your faith. And then, notice how he describes your dependence upon the Lord. [00:55:11] (39 seconds)  #GuardedByFaith

But you have to understand that the meat is so good, the grammar cannot articulate it. Notice in the text, our the second gift our heavenly father gives us is an inheritance. And that inheritance is something that we're looking forward to because we have the assurance of it today. It's eternal. It's not temporary. It doesn't have a temporary existence. It's forever. Forever and forever. I could keep going, but hopefully you get the clue. [00:51:31] (44 seconds)  #AssuredInheritance

When it's a new birth, that means there is no remnants of what was old. When it's a new birth, there's no remnants of what is holding you back. There's no remnants of your sin. When there is a new birth, man, there is a completely brand new future that's not blank, but it's a future that God has designed and articulated from the very beginning and chosen for you. It's a it it is a brand new start in the best possible way. [00:45:22] (34 seconds)  #BrandNewStart

When Jesus, just as he rose from the grave, that new life that he lives promises and assures you that you this gift of a brand new birth. And just like a baby that is born, there is no remnants of a past. It's forgiven. It's wiped clean. It's gone. It's gone. And this is the gift that our father gives to us When we look at the resurrected son of God, Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead, defeated death, it assures us that we have a new birth. [00:46:45] (48 seconds)  #BornAgainForgiven

It's a living hope. We have a active hope that God will keep his word, and he proved it to us by raising Jesus from the dead. Not even the finality and the and and and and the and the ending point of an earthly death can keep Jesus from being active and alive. It doesn't diminish his sovereignty. If anything, it does up, but elevate his sovereignty above all. So what I want you to see, man, you you need to get this, [00:48:11] (34 seconds)  #AliveAndSovereign