“The Validation of Our Salvation” # 2 1 Peter 1:18-21

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Date: July 26, 2020 Author: Wayne J. Edwards, Pastor

It took only one night to get Israel out of Egypt, but it took a long time to get Egypt out of Israel, and the majority of them never reached the Promised Land. Beloved it is one thing to confess our faith in Christ to be delivered from the penalty of our sin, but it is another thing to die to ourselves daily, so Christ can dwell within. As Peter said, once we comprehend the price of our redemption, we cannot help but live our lives in total obedience to the one who loved us so.

It took only one night to get Israel out of Egypt, but it took a long time to get Egypt out of Israel, and the majority of them never reached the Promised Land. Beloved it is one thing to confess our faith in Christ to be delivered from the penalty of our sin, but it is another thing to die to ourselves daily, so Christ can dwell within. As Peter said, once we comprehend the price of our redemption, we cannot help but live our lives in total obedience to the one who loved us so.

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In the first-century, the anchor was a symbol for hope and steadfastness for Christians suffering persecution. Anchors are found in many inscriptions in the catacombs of Rome, and they were worn by many Christians as a sign that their hope was in Christ alone. The source for this symbol is found in Hebrews 6:19,

“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast.”

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Wayne J. Edwards, Pastor

Peter was writing to Christians facing severe persecution for their expressed faith in Jesus Christ as the Messiah.

In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus told the multitude to love their enemies, and so prove themselves to be “the sons of your Father in heaven.”

In 1 Peter 1:18, Peter used the word “redemption” to remind his readers how they had been saved, from what, and for whom.

In 1 Peter 1:13 – 2:3, Peter outlined three dimensions of a believer’s proper response to God’s gift of salvation, and He began with our response to God.

In 1 Peter 1:18-20, Peter compared our redemption with Israel’s redemption from Egypt.

1. The Penalty for Rejecting God’s Means of Salvation is Death – Genesis 2:17 , “In the day that you eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, you will surely die.”

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