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I PETER 1: 3, 4

"IF OUR HOPE WERE IN THIS WORLDLY ONLY"

I. LIVING HOPE.
        A. Grounds of hope.
                1. God's abundant mercy.
                        a. By nature children of wrath.
                        b. Begotten of God the new birth.
                                1. If children then heirs.
        B. Character of that hope.
                1. A living hope.
                        a. Hope of life.
                        b. It is full of life.
        C. Basis of hope.
                1. Resurrection of Christ from dead.
                        a. "Because (I live!)"
        D. Object of the hope.
                1. Inheritance.
                        a. Incorruptible.
                                1. Everything we have perishes with time.
                        b. Undefiled.
                                1. All about us results of sin.
                                        a. thorns.
                        c. Fadeth not away.
                                1. Silver tarnishes.
                                2. Copper oxidizes.
                                3. Flowers fade.
        E. Certainty of hope.
                1. Reserved in heaven.
                        a. Hotel reservations.