14. READ: 1 PETER 1:3-9
[1 Peter 1:3] "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--kept in heaven for you, [5] who through faith are
shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation
that is ready to be revealed in the last time. [6] In this you
greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to
suffer grief in all kinds of trials. [7] These have come so that
your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even
though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result
in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. [8]
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do
not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an
inexpressible and glorious joy, [9] for you are receiving the goal
of your faith, the salvation of your souls."
a. What has God, in His great mercy, given us?
b. Where is our inheritance being kept for us?
c. What is of greater worth than gold?
d. What are believers in Jesus Christ filled with?
e. What are we receiving?
