OUR DALILY BREAD : FANTASTIC OFFERS

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April 30
Tuesday


FANTASTIC
OFFERS

READ:
1 Peter 1:3-9
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[God's] abundant
mercy has begotten
us again to a living
hope through the
resurrection of Jesus.
__1 Peter 1:3
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I am amazed at the unbelievable offers that flood my e-mail box every day. Recently, I added up the offers of free money that came to me in a week, and my "take" totaled $26 million. But each of those offers was a fraud. Every one__from a $1 million prize to a $7 million offer__was nothing but a lie sent by unscrupulous people to squeeze money from me.

We're all vulnerable to fantastic offers__to scams that in reality pay off with nothing but trouble. We are offered false hope that ends in dashed dreams.

There is one offer, however, that is genuine, though fantastic beyond belief. It's the offer God makes to us__salvation through faith in Jesus' finished work on the cross: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved"(Acts 16:31). It is an offer that cost Him greatly__and we get the benefits. The book of Romans tells us, "He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification" (4:25).

By saying yes to salvation, we can have hope (Titus 1:2), peace (Rom. 5:1), forgiveness (Eph. 1:7), incomparable riches (2:7), and redemption (4:30). this is the real deal. Jesus' death and resurrection guarantees it. __Dave Branon

````````````````````````Amazing love! How can it be``````````````````````
```````````````````That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?`````````````````
```````````````````````Amazing love! How can it be```````````````````````
``````````````That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? __Wesley``````````````
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Our salvation was infinitely costly to God,
but it is absolutely free to us.

*********************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Peter 1:3-9**************************

3 Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who according to
His abundant mercy has
begotten us again to a living
hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead, 4 to an
inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does
not fade away, reserved in
heaven for you, who are
kept by the power of God
through faith for salvation
ready to be revealed in the
last time.

6 In this you greatly
rejoice, though now for a
little while, if need be, you
have been grieved by
various trials, 7 that the
genuineness of your faith,
being much more precious
than gold that perishes,
though it is tested by fire,
may be found to praise,
honor, and glory at the
revelation of Jesus Christ,

8 whom having not seen
you love. Though now you
do not see Him, yet
believing, you rejoice with
joy inexpressible and full of
glory, 9 receiving the end of
your faith__the salvation of
your souls.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Peter wrote to encourage believers in Asia Minor (modern Turkey)
who were being persecuted because they were Christians. Such
troubles are to be expected (1 Peter 4:12), and they prove the reality
and quality of faith (1:7). Believers can "greatly rejoice" (v.6) in the
privilege of following Jesus' example (2:21), participating not only
in Christ's sufferings but also in His glory (1:7; 4:13). Because of its
focus on undeserved suffering and unequivocal submission to God's
sovereignty, 1 Peter is sometimes referred to as "the Job of the New
Testament."