Welcome to the Gospel and Life podcast.

What sustains our faith when life feels overwhelming?

The Bible tells us that when we become Christians, the power of Christ's resurrection is already at work in our lives.

Today, Tim Keller explores how this resurrection power forms a framework for perseverance and hope

amid the pressures of everyday life.

Tonight's scripture reading is from 1st Peter chapter 1,000 verses 6 through 9, chapter 3, verses 13 through 18. In all this, you

greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of

trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith, of greater worth than gold

which perishes, even though refined by fire,

may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him,

you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with

inexpressible and glorious joy,

for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Who is going to

harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right,

you are blessed. Do not fear their threats do not be frightened but in your

hearts revere christ as lord always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the

reason for the hope that you have but do this with gentleness and respect keeping a clear conscience so that those who speak

maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better

if it is God's will to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins. The righteousness

for the unrighteous. To bring you to God. He was put to death in the body, but made alive in the

spirit. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. So each week we're looking at how Christians can grow into Christ-likeness.

And each week we're looking at something from the book of first or second Peter.

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