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1 Peter 1 verses 3 through 9.

So what am I? I think favored passages in all the Bible.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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.

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various

trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that

perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor

at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen Him, you love Him.

Though you do not now see Him, you believe in Him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible

and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

There's so much we could talk about here. Actually, I was preaching through

1 Peter over the last couple of years, and this text in particular, so I preached on 1 Peter 1

3 through 12. I don't necessarily love recommending my own sermons, but just what this word did in my own

heart as I was preparing and then proclaiming the truth, and I would encourage you, and there's

a lot of good truth in 1 Peter 1 3 through 12 to soak in that I would point you to even in that

sermon, but I don't have time to do that here, and I want to lead us to pray here, but just to

summarize, give you a little cliff notes. 1 Peter is written to Christians who were suffering,

who were struggling in their faith, actually suffering because of their faith, and it's a picture

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