Saturday, January 18, 2014

MERCY 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, ...

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ 
2 Corinthians 1:3  Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort ...
Ephesians 1:3  Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

In his great mercy 
Titus 3:4-5a  But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.

he has given us new birth 
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.
John 1:13  ... children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.

into a living hope 
1 Peter 1:13  Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
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.
Hebrews 3:6  But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 
1 Corinthians 15:20  But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1 Peter 3:21-22  ... and this water (the flood) symbolizes baptism that now saves you also--not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand--with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. 

(parentheses are mine)

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