We are desperately in need of hope. The gospel of Jesus Christ is filled with hope. What is the gospel? We've covered 4 essentials so far: 1: The gospel begins with God who is holy, almighty, eternal Creator, on the throne and worthy of worship. 2: We are sinners, all of us, accountable to God and unable to save ourselves. 3: God judges justly, pouring out wrath on sinners. 4: Only through faith in Jesus can sinners be justified by God and saved from His wrath. Today, we turn to a short but rich passage in 1 Peter 1 where we'll see what we'll call gospel essential 5: Through Jesus' resurrection all who are born again live with hope now and forever.