1 Peter 1:3–5 (ESV) — 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.
NOTE: The first question is, "what has God
caused us?" Did he cause us to be born again, which would inviolate our
free will, or did he cause us to be born … to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus from the dead? I changed born again to born because
sometimes the phrase carries too much baggage. In this case, God's work is in
allowing another birth, but instead of to death, to a living hope. Jesus's
death and resurrection from the dead is God's work for us. He has paid for our
sins, and we can now live forever, not as spirits, but with real bodies that
are untouched by original sin. That is the work God caused for us. He has given
us life and promised us new bodies in a new kingdom. He has brought it to pass.
He caused it.
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