Welcome to Turning Point Daily Devotional for Today for January 17, 2025 and the topic is “Living Hope.” This devotional is part of the broadcast ministry of Pastor David Jeremiah.

Turning Point Devotional for Today (January 17, 2025)

TOPIC: Living Hope

VERSE: 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. – 1 Peter 1:3.

Though the phrase “born again” does not occur in the Old Testament, the idea of rebirth does in various ways. Humanity was “reborn” after the Flood. Abraham figuratively received his son Isaac back from the dead. Jacob was given a new life after wrestling with God. But none of these many figurative examples are the same as the way Jesus used the phrase.

Recommended Reading: John 3:3-6

Jesus said we must be spiritually born again in order to enter God’s Kingdom (John 3:3). Peter said that God has “begotten us [given us a new birth] again to a living hope.” Why a living hope? Because our new birth to eternal life is based in the “resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” What hope does a person have who dies outside of Christ? None. But faith in the resurrected Christ—the Christ who conquered death—gives us “living hope.”             The Christian’s hope extends beyond the grave. Give thanks to God today that you have been born again to a living hope.   If you are never born again, you will wish you had never been born at all. – J. C. Ryle

Read through the Bible: Exodus 5 – 7