GOD’S PLAN FOR GETTING YOU OUT OF DEBT
Real Hope In Real Times - Part 6

Text- 1 Peter 1:17-21

Introduction

A man was dying and the wife called for a lawyer to come and make his will.  As the wife and lawyer sat by the bedside the attorney asked the man to state as many of his debts as he could.  "Tim Bixby owes me $40", said the dying man.  "Good" said the prospective widow.  "Milton Burk owes me $30," said the sick man.  "He has a quick and strong mind right to the last," said the wife to the lawyer.  "To Virgil Moore I owe $200." said the dying man.  To which the wife replied, "It won't be long now, he is out of his mind."

This morning I am going to continue with the series of sermons I have been preaching from the book of First Peter.

Today our text is found in 1 Peter 1:17-21 and the title of my message is, "God’s Plan For Getting You Out Of Debt”.

As human beings most all of us are in debt to some degree in a material way, however, we are also in debt to God spiritually.

These people to whom Peter wrote were once living in sin, but now, they had been redeemed.

As children of God we were all once slaves of sin, but now we have been redeemed.  The word “redeemed” refers to the price God paid for our spiritual debt.

Colossians 2:14 We owed a debt because we broke God's laws. That debt listed all the rules we failed to follow. But God forgave us that debt. He took away that debt and nailed it to the cross.  (ICB)

Perhaps those to whom Peter wrote were also at one time slaves in a physical sense.

Many slaves during New Testament times became Christians because of the hope that it gave to them.

Many of them were very involved in local churches.  Yet, they were still slaves.

A slave could purchase his own freedom, if he could collect enough money; or his master could sell him to someone who would pay the price to set him free.

This morning I would like us to look at six aspects of God’s plan of redemption.