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Theological Reflection Salvation, Hope and Faith On the Sunday following the CHASTE conference on Demand, I reflected upon it through the lens of 1 Peter 1: 3-12. This was the evening lectionary and speaks about the link between salvation, hope and faith. Verse 3 of the reading gives real encouragement as Jesus’ resurrection gives hope in the impossible being made possible. If the greatest physical impediment, ie death, has been overcome, we can have hope that other forms of death will also be overcome. Hearing the stories of the trafficked women and those in prostitution, their experiences are in the form of a living death. We can also be encouraged in that this is not a fickle hope but one grounded in a just God. We have hope not only because Jesus has overcome death, but because the goal is a righteous one. Verses 7- 9 point to the fact that there is no way that such issues are quickly won but as they are addressed so faith is built. There is a feeling from the verses that as difficulties are understood they will require deeper engagement. Verses 10 -12 of the passage highlight that our salvation is one that is immediate and yet also in the process of becoming. So there might be some positive action along the way, for example a group of Latvian women gain compensation, but full salvation is in the process of becoming when men and women live in mutual respect. The passage also exhorts us to recognise the part that we play in this process. We follow the tradition of the Old Testament prophets in proclaiming immediate and ultimate salvation.
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