1 PETER 1:10-12 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets

who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and carefully

• investigated. 11 They inquired into what

time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified in advance to the messianic sufferings and the glories that would

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• follow. 12 It was revealed to them that they

were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from

• heaven. Angels desire to look into these

things.

1 PETER 1:10-12

Sing to the Lord, all the earth. Proclaim His salvation from day to day.

1 CHRONICLES 16:23

1 Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the

Lord, all the earth. 2 Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.

PSALM 96:1-2

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

1 PETER 2:9

THE BIG IDEA

• What God has done for us is

awesome, therefore take seriously the greatness of our salvation.

6 Therefore, as you have received Christ

Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with gratitude.

COLOSSIANS 2:6-7

However, don’t rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in Heaven.

LUKE 10:20

10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets

who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and carefully

• investigated. 11 They inquired into what

time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified in advance to the messianic sufferings and the glories that would

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• follow. 12 It was revealed to them that they

were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from

• heaven. Angels desire to look into these

things.

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OUR GREAT SALVATION

• 1. Our salvation was the focus of

the Old Testament Prophets

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10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets

who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and carefully

• investigated. 11 They inquired into what

time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified in advance to the messianic sufferings and the glories that would follow.

PROPHETS KNEW 3 THINGS

• The Messiah must suffer

They inquired into what time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified in advance to the messianic sufferings...

1 PETER 1:11

15 My strength is dried up like baked

clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my

• mouth. You put me into the
• death. 16 For dogs have surrounded me;

a gang of evildoers has closed in on me; they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I can count all my bones; people look and stare at me.

PSALM 22:15-18

18 They divided my garments among

themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.

PSALM 22:15-18

After those 62 weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing.

DANIEL 9:26

Just as many were appalled at You— His appearance was so disfigured that He did not look like a form did not resemble a human being—

ISAIAH 52:14

ISAIAH 53:4-7

4 Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses, and

He carried our pains; but we in turn regarded Him by God, and afflicted.

5 But He was pierced because of our

transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities;

ISAIAH 53:4-7

punishment for our peace was on Him, and we are healed by His wounds.

6 We all went astray have turned to our

• wn way; and the Lord has punished Him

for the iniquity of us all.

LUKE 24:26

Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?

PROPHETS KNEW 3 THINGS

• The Messiah must suffer
• They knew about the glory

to come

DANIEL 7:13-14

13 I continued watching in the night

visions, and I saw One like a son of man coming with the clouds of Heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was escorted before Him. 14 He was given authority to rule, and glory, and a kingdom; so that those of every people, nation, and language should serve Him.

DANIEL 7:13-14

His dominion is an everlasting dominion that that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will not be destroyed.

ISAIAH 45:23

By Myself I have sworn; Truth has gone from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow to Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.

PROPHETS KNEW 3 THINGS

• The Messiah must suffer
• They knew about the glory to come
• They knew that salvation would

be offered to the whole world

1 PETER 1:10

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and carefully investigated.

JOHN 1:14

The Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We observed His glory, the glory as the Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

TITUS 2:11

For the grace of God has appeared with salvation for all people.

HOSEA 1:10

“Yet the time will come when Israel’s people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.’

ISAIAH 49:6

He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, you will bring my salvation to the ends

• f the earth.”

ISAIAH 42:6

“I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness. I will take you by the hand and guard you, I will give you to my people, Israel, as a symbol of my covenant with them. And you will be a light to guide the nations.

DANIEL 7:13-14

13 As my vision continued that night, I

saw someone like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. approached the Ancient One and was led into his

• presence. 14 He was given authority,

honor, and sovereignty over all the nations of the world, so that people of

DANIEL 7:13-14

every race and nation and language would obey him. His rule is eternal—it will never end. His kingdom will never be destroyed.

MATTHEW 13:16-17

16 But blessed are your eyes because

they see, and your ears because they

• hear. 17 For I tell you the truth, many

prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

OUR GREAT SALVATION

• 1. Our salvation was the focus of

the Old Testament Prophets

• 2. Our salvation was the focus of

the Holy Spirit’s Message

1 PETER 1:19-21

19 Because of that experience, we have

even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the You must pay close attention to what they wrote, for their words are like a lamp shining in a dark place— until the Day dawns, and Christ the Morning Star shines in your hearts.

1 PETER 1:19-21

20 Above all, you must realize that

prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding, 21 or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God.

JOHN 5:39-40

39 “You search the Scriptures because

you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to 40 Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.

JOHN 5:45-46

45 “Yet it isn’t I who will accuse you

before Moses will accuse you! Yes, Moses, in whom you put your hopes.

46 If you really believed Moses, you

would believe me, because he wrote about me.

ACTS 17:2-3

2 As was Paul’s custom, he went to the

synagogue service, and for three Sabbaths in a row he used Scriptures to reason with the people. 3 He explained the prophecies and proved that the Messiah must suffer rise from the dead. He said, “This Jesus I’m telling you about is the Messiah.”

LUKE 24:25-27

25 He said to them, “How unwise and

slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have 26 Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?” 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted for them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

OUR GREAT SALVATION

• 1. The focus of the Old Testament

Prophets

• 2. The focus of the Holy Spirit’s

Message

• Our salvation is the focus of the

Apostles’ Preaching

1 PETER 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Angels desire to look into these things.

EPHESIANS 2:20-21

20 Together, we are his house, built on

the foundation of the apostles and the

• prophets. And the cornerstone Christ

Jesus himself. 21 We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.

ACTS 1:8

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

OUR GREAT SALVATION

• 1. The focus of the Old Testament

Prophets

• 2. The focus of the Holy Spirit’s Message
• The focus of the Apostles’ Preaching
• Our salvation is the focus of the

Angels

1 PETER 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Angels desire to look into these things.

1 PETER 1:13

Therefore, prepare your minds for action.

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power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

6 You rejoice in this, though now for a

short time you have had to struggle in various trials 7 so that the genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire— may result in praise, glory, and honor at the

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revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 You love Him, though you have not seen Him. though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 because you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

1 PETER 1:1-9

DOXOLOGY

• Doxa: Glory
• Logia: Saying

REASONS TO REJOICE

• 1. For His Great Mercy

1 PETER 1:3

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection

• f Jesus Christ from the dead.

"It is God's mercy that sweetens all other attributes... God's holiness without mercy and His justice without mercy were terrible. When the water was bitter and Israel could not drink, Moses cast a tree into the waters and then they were made sweet. How bitter and dreadful were the other attributes of God did not mercies sweeten them?"

THOMAS WATSON

GREAT MERCY

• “Great Mercy” in Greek:
• Polys: Great, many multiple, or

most

• Eleos: Kindness or goodwill

towards the miserable and afflicted joined with the desire to help

MICAH 7:18

Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.

1 PETER 1:3

How does God express His mercy? Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection

• f Jesus Christ from the dead.

REASONS TO REJOICE

• 1. For His Great Mercy
• 2. For the New Birth
• Expression: New Birth

1 There was a man from the Pharisees

named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

2 This man came to Him at night and said,

“Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one could perform these signs You do unless God were with him.” 3 Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again,

JOHN 3:1-4

he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

4 “But how can anyone be born when

he is old?” Nicodemus asked Him. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”

JOHN 3:1-4

JOHN 3:14-17

How is someone born again?

14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the

wilderness, so the Son of Man be lifted up,

15 so that everyone who believes in Him will

have eternal life. 16 “For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

...since you have been born again—not

• f perishable seed but of imperishable

— through the living and enduring word of God.

1 PETER 1:23

• Motive: God’s Great Mercy
• Expression: New Birth
• Experience: When You Believe

REASONS TO REJOICE

• 1. For His Great Mercy
• 2. For the New Birth
• 3. Living Hope

1 PETER 1:3

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection

• f Jesus Christ from the dead.

REASONS TO REJOICE

• 1. For His Great Mercy
• 2. For the New Birth
• 3. Living Hope
• 4. Our Inheritance

3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord

Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.

1 PETER 1:3-4

17 The God of this people Israel chose

• ur ancestors, exalted the people

during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty

• arm. 18 And for about 40 years He put

up with them in the wilderness;

ACTS 13:17-19

19 then after destroying seven nations

in the land of Canaan, He gave their land to them as an inheritance.

ACTS 13:17-19

But based on His promise, we wait for the new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will dwell.

2 PETER 3:13

DEUTERONOMY 10:8-9

8 At that time the Lord set apart the

tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.

DEUTERONOMY 10:8-9

9 That is why the Levites have no

share or inheritance among their brothers; the Lord is their inheritance, as the Lord your God told them.

22 The faithful love of the Lord never

ends! His mercies never cease. 23 Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. 24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!”

LAMENTATIONS 3:22-24

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

• 1. Be born again
• Learn to rejoice in what God

has done for you