Hope Through The Resurrection | Lord’s Day Sermon | 8th December, 2024 | Kwaw Andam

What a merciful God!

Writing in the first chapter of his first letter, the Apostle Peter says of God's mercy to sinners, 

"According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."

These are profound and deep words, bearing the heart of God concerning the promise of a" living hope" that He has promised and fulfilled in Christ for all who will believe. The hope that Peter speaks of is deeper than merely the positive expectation of a desired outcome; it is a hope that is rooted in a promise that is sure and cannot be thwarted by anyone and anything outside of itself. 

Jesus is the hope of the believer and all who are yet to come to faith can share in this hope if they believe. His resurrection, preceded by his life and death, was the unbreakable seal of this hope, guaranteeing that nothing can detail the eternal destiny of his children. 

Listen and hear what hope we have received through the resurrection of Christ.