Alive And Kicking For God (Living Hope)

Alive and Kicking for God!

1 Peter 1:3-7

Intro:

What does it mean to be alive and kicking? It means that we are healthy and active. So, if we say that we are “alive and kicking” for God it means that we are healthy, active and strong our walk for God! It is because we have a kind of hope that keeps us alive – it is because of our “living hope”.

1 Peter 1:3-7 GNT

3 Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope, 4 and so we look forward to possessing the rich blessings that God keeps for his people. He keeps them for you in heaven, where they cannot decay or spoil or fade away. 5 They are for you, who through faith are kept safe by God's power for the salvation which is ready to be revealed at the end of time. 6 Be glad about this, even though it may now be necessary for you to be sad for a while because of the many kinds of trials you suffer. 7 Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.

1 Pedro 1:3-7 MBB

3 Pasalamatan natin ang Diyos at Ama ng ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo. Dahil sa laki ng habag niya sa atin, tayo'y binigyan niya ng isang panibagong buhay sa pamamagitan ng muling pagkabuhay ni Jesu-Cristo mula sa libingan at ito ang nagbigay sa atin ng isang buháy na pag-asa. 4 Makakamit natin ang isang kayamanang di masisira, walang kapintasan, at di kukupas na inihanda ng Diyos sa langit para sa inyo. 5 Sapagkat kayo'y sumasampalataya, iingatan kayo ng kapangyarihan ng Diyos habang hinihintay ninyo ang kaligtasang iyan na ihahayag sa katapusan ng panahon. 6 Ito'y dapat ninyong ikagalak, kahit na maaaring magdanas muna kayo ng iba't ibang pagsubok sa loob ng maikling panahon. 7 Ang gintong nasisira ay pinaparaan sa apoy upang malaman kung talagang dalisay. Gayundin naman, ang inyong pananampalataya, na higit na mahalaga kaysa ginto, ay pinaparaan sa pagsubok upang malaman kung ito'y talagang tapat. Sa gayon kayo'y papupurihan, dadakilain at pararangalan sa Araw na mahayag si Jesu-Cristo.

Our living hope is based on the…

1. Risen Christ – v3

“Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope…”

All our living and active points of view of our Christian walk is based on the fact that Jesus is risen from the dead. Our faith is based on a living Christ based on a living word that resulted to our living hope in God.

1 Peter 1:23 “For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Peter 1:21 “Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

Without the resurrection of Jesus Christ, our faith is futile, dead and useless. And so this is the basis of our living hope.

1 Corinthians 15:

“14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.”

“14At kung si Cristo'y hindi muling nabuhay, walang kabuluhan ang aming pangangaral, at wala ring silbi ang inyong pananampalataya.”

“17aAnd if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile.”

“17aAt kung si Cristo'y hindi muling nabuhay, walang silbi ang inyong pananampalataya

And if we put our hope in the Risen Christ, we will also be raised from the dead according to His Spirit.

Romans 8:11 “And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.”

ASND “At dahil nasa inyo na ang Espiritu ng Dios na muling bumuhay kay Jesu-Cristo, siya rin ang magbibigay ng buhay sa inyong mga katawang may kamatayan. Gagawin niya ito sa pamamagitan ng kanyang Espiritung nananahan sa inyo.

This will give us life here on earth and an assurance that we will also be raised from the dead in due time.

2 Corinthians 4:14 “because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself.”