Salvation was so marvelous a reality that even the Old Testament prophets spent their time

trying to understand its wonders. That's how great it is. That's how wonderful it is. Of all the

things they might have searched out, this was what they chose to search for.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson. The stories told of

King Christian, ruler of Denmark, as he stood at a corner waiting for a trolley car. Two little

girls suddenly ran across the tracks, not realizing a trolley was bearing down on that very spot.

Onlookers were horrified, but the King leaped out and pulled the children to safety just in time.

Moments later, the girls proudly proclaimed that they had been saved from death by the King.

Well, when you think of your Salvation from Sin, do you see yourself in a similar way as being

rescued from judgment by the King of the Universe? Today, John MacArthur helps you praise God for

your Salvation, your rescue from the crushing, eternal punishment for sin. John calls his study

our great Salvation. And now here's John with the lesson. We're going to be looking now to

first Peter in our study. We come to verses 10 to 12 as he begins really opening up his heart

in this wonderful epistle. And if I were to give a title to these three brief verses, I would call

them the greatness of our Salvation. That seems to me to be his theme, the greatness of our Salvation.

Beginning in verse 10, Peter writes, as to this Salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the

grace that would come to you made careful search and inquiry, seeking to know what person or time,

the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the

glories to follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you in these

things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the

Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look. Peter wants to call his

readers and us to remember the greatness of our Salvation, to worship God, to adore God, to thank God,

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