Introduction: The summertime is here and the SUN is shining brightly. But the SON is shining brighter! Where and how is the SON shining?

Peter under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit reminds CHRISTIANS everywhere that the SON is still shining.

1. The SON is SHINING with HOPE! (1Pet 1:3)

“3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”

There’s Hope in Jesus!

2. The SON is SHINING with PEACE! (1Pet 1:2)

“2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.”

The PEACE of God which money cannot buy and the world cannot give is available through Jesus Christ. 

3. The SON is SHINING with His PROTECTION! (1Pet 1:5)

“Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”

A hedge of PROTECTION is greatly needed! Faith opens the door.

4. The SON is SHINING with His PERFECTION! (1Pet 1:6,7)

“Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.”

He is still working on me!! Through the trials & tests, we are being perfected into His image.

Conclusion: The SON still shines! It is a bright light in a dark world.

Go light your world!

Reflect the SON.