What do you invest your life in? Join Pastor Eddy as we open up the Word of God to discover where our investment is most secure. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, then you can invest in two things that will last forever! We hope you are encouraged with us from this passage in 1 Peter.
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INVEST YOUR LIFE IN CHRIST, AND HE WILL LEAD YOU TO INVEST IN THE TWO THINGS THAT LAST FOREVER: THE WORD OF GOD AND THE SOULS OF MEN
JESUS HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER, BUT RECENTLY INTRODUCED TO YOU.
1 Peter 1:20 ESV
[20] He was foreknown(ALWAYS BEEN GOD’S PLAN)before the foundation of the world but was made manifest(BECAME HUMAN)in the last times(FIRST COMING TO SECOND COMING)for the sake of you
WHEN YOU FOUND OUT HOW AWESOME HE IS, YOU PUT ALL OF YOUR HOPE IN HIM.
1 Peter 1:21 ESV
[21] who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead(PROOF HE IS GOD)and gave him glory(PHILIPPIANS 2:6-11), so that your faith(PRESENT)and hope(FUTURE)are in God(EXCLUSIVE).
WHEN YOU PUT ALL OF YOUR HOPE IN HIM, YOU STARTED DOING THINGS HIS WAY.
1 Peter 1:22a ESV
[22a] Having purified your souls by your obedience(GOD GIVEN DESIRE AND ABILITY)to the truth...
WHEN YOU STARTED DOING THINGS HIS WAY, YOU FELL IN LOVE OTHERS.
1 Peter 1:22b ESV
[22b]...for a sincere(WITHOUT CRACKS)brotherly love(PHILADELPHIA), love one another(AGAPAO)earnestly(GO ALL OUT)from a pure heart,
WHEN YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH OTHERS, YOU REALIZED THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THEM FOREVER.
1 Peter 1:23 ESV
[23] since you have been born again(ENTIRELY OF GOD), not of perishable seed but of imperishable(ETERNAL), through the living and abiding word(RHEMA)of God;(LOVE GOD/LOVE OTHERS)
WHEN YOU REALIZED THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THEM FOREVER, YOU ENCOURAGED EACH OTHER WITH GOD’S WORD...WHICH WILL ALSO BE WITH YOU FOREVER.
1 Peter 1:24-25 ESV
[24] for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, [25] but the word of the Lord remains forever." And this word is the good news that was preached to you.(SO PREACH IT TO OTHERS)
JESUS HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER, BUT RECENTLY INTRODUCED TO YOU.
WHEN YOU FOUND OUT HOW AWESOME HE IS, YOU PUT ALL OF YOUR HOPE IN HIM.
WHEN YOU PUT ALL OF YOUR HOPE IN HIM, YOU STARTED DOING THINGS HIS WAY.
WHEN YOU STARTED DOING THINGS HIS WAY, YOU FELL IN LOVE OTHERS.
WHEN YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH OTHERS, YOU REALIZED THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THEM FOREVER.
WHEN YOU REALIZED THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THEM FOREVER, YOU ENCOURAGED EACH OTHER WITH GOD’S WORD...WHICH WILL ALSO BE WITH YOU FOREVER.
SO INVEST YOUR LIFE IN HIM...AND HE WILL LEAD YOU TO INVEST YOUR LIFE IN THE TWO THINGS THAT WILL LAST FOREVER: THE WORD OF GOD AND THE SOULS OF MEN.