Message Outline
Grace Precedes Peace
1:2 – May grace and peace be multiplied to you.Grace –Grace means unmerited favor.
- Unmerited Grace – entirely separated from human ability or merit.
- Unsurpassed Grace – Rom 5:20
- Unassailable Grace – “grace enough” – “sufficient grace” (2 Cor. 9:8, 2 Pet 1:3)
- Notice though that grace precedes peace. Do you have that today?
Praise for God
1:3-5 – 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Praise God/Worship God
- Because of His great mercy
- Because He caused us to be born again
- Because He has given us a living hope connected to the resurrection of Jesus from the dead
- Because He has granted us an inheritance
- Because He keeps it secure in heaven
- Because He keeps us secured
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