Easter Sunday - 1st Peter 1:3

 Peter is celebrating Jesus’ resurrection
 His first line is praise to God (the English Standard Version adds an exclamation mark)
- his specific point is what Jesus’ resurrection means for us
• I’ve been reading in Acts this week and this is the same message Peter and the apostles preached there
• Jesus Christ had been raised from the dead
◦ and doing so, he opened a new way to know God and be right him
◦ Peter preached this in his first sermon, and every speech afterward