1 Peter 1:21
Through
him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him
glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.
“Him” is Jesus, in the fun of deriving
the nouns behind the pronouns. We just
came off of what was planned for Jesus, from before creation. Now Peter uses Jesus as the crux of our
relationship with God, how we come to know God and set our ‘faith and hope’ on
God through God’s only begotten Son.
Through
him you have come to trust in God, -After
outlining the grand plan of Jesus, set in motion before creation, we are told
why, to reestablish trust in God.
who
raised him from the dead -This trust is built upon
the life returning power and work of our God.
and
gave him glory, -But it is not simply built
upon the power God has to restore life, but also in the unique reward that was
given to Jesus.
so
that your faith and hope are set on God. -Again,
this is not something done in the abstract, but it is done for us, to recreate
and strengthen our relationship with the Creator of the Universe’
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