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I Peter 1:15: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Leave a comment
The believer is called to be holy and is made holy by the workings of the Holy Spirit. The conscience of the believer is cleansed and purified. God swore by His holiness. “As He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.” We find here that we are to be [...]
I Peter 3:18: For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit Leave a comment
Jesus Christ brings us, who were unrighteous to God by His righteousness (“the just for the unjust”). Having been declared righteous, we are also regenerated and commanded to grow in righteousness, i.e, in our obedience to God and to our calling in Him to bring every area of life and thought into captivity to Christ.
I Peter 3:15: “But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,” Leave a comment
We must know what we are praying and talking about. hope=desire. I dare say this is actually something that most “christianese” languages and cliches dont handle very well. The question is not focusing on our hope, but only the reason for it. Simple pat answers like “cuz the Bible says so” or ” my pastor [...]
I Pet 1:2: who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance Leave a comment
. God knew before hand who would accept and would not accept. This does not mean He overrode free will. He just knew what every man’s choice would be. It is the Spirit of God that does the sanctifying work. The carnal unbeliever sees this a paradox and an unfair one at that. Only God [...]
I Peter 1:1: Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, Leave a comment
Peter announces himself as the writer. in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia
1 Peter 1:13: Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.” Leave a comment
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I Pet 1: 7: These have come so that your faith–of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire–may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Your faith is worth more than all the money and possesions you own. I Pet 1:9: for [...]
1 Pet 1:23 – 25: having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away, But the word of the LORD endures forever. Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.” Leave a comment
We are so temporal in this existence. Here today and then gone from this earth. In the grand concept of “time,” we are but like the grass. The Word of God, which we heard, produced our faith in the first place. This Word of God will also preserve us and keep us in the faith. [...]
I Peter 2: 13-17: Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men— as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. Leave a comment
God has ordained the state as a delegated authority; it is not autonomous. The state is tp be an agent of justic, to retsrain evil by punishing the wrongdoer, and to protect the good in soicety. When it does the reverse, it has no proper authority. It is then a unsurped authority and as such [...]
I Peter 5:8: “Be sober, be vigilant: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” Leave a comment
Notice it does not say that he devours everyone, but that he looks for those who he can devour. Also note that he is not pictured as a roaring lion, but that he just acts like it. Lions prey on the weak, the wounded, the naive, and the innocent. When they are hungry, whatver flesh [...]
