Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
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… Chapter 1 1 Peter chapter 1 Verses 6 through 9 Man this is 115 Y'all look like Y'all looking like 1045 yeah and you know I'd be trying to tell people this 115 service got the Holy Ghost we opened the doors last week before the sermon and about 11 people came to Christ I'm telling you I think that's something to praise God about don't you? I think so and then I gave a little sermonette opened the doors again about 6 more came and that doesn't happen unless the Holy Spirit is working in the church and so I'm excited about what's to come and I know some of y'all are here because uh the streaming wasn't working today I'll cut that streaming off next week It's good to see you And I'm grateful 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 6 through 9 Out of the New Revised Standard Version Reads like this In this you rejoice Even if now for a little while You had to suffer various trials So that the genuineness of your faith Being more precious than gold that though perishable is tested by fire may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Although you have not seen him, Jesus, you love him. And even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious what? …
… and the word says more than anything I can say. First Peter chapter 1 verse 6 through 9. Thank you media team. Thank you ambassadors. Thank you music ministry. And to each and every one of you, thank you pastor support team. I'm appreciative of you. 1 Peter 1 6 through 9 6 through 9. in this you rejoice even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials so that the genuineness of your faith being more precious than gold that though perishable is tested by fire may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed although you have not seen him Jesus you love him and even though you do not see him now you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy James Version says unspeakable unspeakable joy for you are receiving the outcome of your faith the salvation of your soul man just read that out the message Bible real quick I know how great this makes you feel even though you have to put up with every kind of average aggregation aggregation in the meantime pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it's your faith, not your gold that God will have on display as evidence of his victory. You never saw him, yet you love him. You still don't see him, yet you trust him with laughter …
… And I just want to talk to you about it. First Peter chapter one, verse six through nine, New Revised Standard Version and Message Bible. If you are able, could you stand with me as we just let God know we honor your word above other words in our lives. It reads like this. Blessed be the God It's good to see Deacon Michael Evans I don't think he's been here since around October. When was your surgery, D? November 22nd. Well, it was a little bit before that. He hadn't been with us in a while. Had a serious back surgery. But look at him standing there clean. Looking good. Standing clean with his Deacon Lane. and I'm grateful, I'm grateful to each and every one of you who've made it through something. All right, I'm sorry, let me do this, because next time I run, I'm going out the door, so. Me and Elder Monica will be on 63rd. Y'all just come get us. 1 Peter 1, 6 through 9. …
… praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. And though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining as the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls." Marvelous portion of Scripture. And I want to draw your attention to two statements. One of them appears in verse 6, at the beginning of the verse, "'In this you greatly rejoice.'" This is a statement of fact. This is a fact. In this you greatly rejoice." And then at the end of verse 8, "'You greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory.'" So, Peter is saying, that is your experience as a believer. And he's writing to some people who are in very, very dire circumstances. They are suffering. If you go through this entire epistle, you will find references to the fact that they were being slandered. They were being falsely accused. …
… Simon Peter learned that we are not to live this way. 1 Peter 1, verse 8, it speaks of Jesus, whom having not seen ye love, in whom though ye now ye see him not, yet believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. Adrian, have you seen Jesus? No. But I love him. I have not seen him. But I love him and I believe on him. Sometimes we just believe what our senses tell us rather than letting that faith be the evidence of things not seen, things hoped for. I think I told you a story years ago about an experience that I had. I had been preaching in a revival crusade out near the Everglades in Florida. And on Saturday night, we had a great, glorious crusade. God blessed in that little church. And people that we'd been fasting and praying for came to Christ. And I was driving back to Fort Pierce where I was a pastor. And I was driving a little Volkswagen automobile, and it ran out of gas on a dark back road out near the Florida Everglades. …