OUTLINE:

1Ti 2:4
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

“born again to a living hope”
Our hope is based on the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We are privileged to “live” in that hope as our reality, even though it is a future distinction. We have faith that we have an imperishable inheritance already assigned to us.

Faith in…
- Self: this is the pathway to abiding in death/misery (the anti-resurrection life)
- Christ: this is the way that leads to life! (the resurrection life)

2Co 5:7
For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Mt 19:26b
…with God all things are possible.

Jn 16:33
These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.

1Jn 5:4
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith.

Resurrection Sunday
We are celebrating Christ’s victory over death, itself. Being made members of His Body, we abide in a living hope, by grace through faith, as co-victors, knowing that Jesus Christ is the first fruits of the resurrection of the dead unto life.