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Sermon Notes September 20, 2015 “A Living Lord Gives a Living Hope” (1 Peter 1:1-12) I. God has given us a new _______________. (1 Peter 1:3) A. The new birth is a ____________ of God’s mercy. (John 3:7; 1:12-13; James 1:18; John 3:5-6) B. The new birth is a birth to a new ____________. 1. It is a life of ____________. (1 John 3:9) 2. It is a life of ____________. (1 John 4:7) 3. It is a life of ____________. (1 John 5:4) II. God has given us a living ______________. (1 Peter 1:3) A. There is no hope in this ____________. (Ephesians 2:12; Matthew 6:19-20) B. For the Christian there is ____________ hope. C. There is hope for the believer even when life is ____________. III.God has given us a protected ______________. (1 Peter 1:3-4) A. The inheritance we have through Jesus is ____________. (Lamentations 3:24; Psalm 73:23-26) B. The inheritance we have through Jesus has a ____________ protection. 1. It can never ____________. 2. It can never ____________. 3. It can never ____________. 4. It is kept in ____________ for us. 5. We are also ____________ by God’s power. Response Questions … When were you born again? If you haven’t opened your life up to the work of God … are you ready to do so now? What makes you hopeful about the future? What robes you of hope? How does it make you feel that you have an eternal inheritance from God?