Click Here to Read 1 Peter 1:13-2:3 “Therefore…” (verse 13). Here is a word that seems rather insignificant, but I feel like it’s always good to keep in mind that the word “therefore” is linking together what came before it and what comes after it. In this case what comes before is something that was set in place for us, what comes after is a call to action on our part. So, to review from our last reading: We have…
Click Here to Read 1 Peter 1:1-12 Peter identifies himself as an apostle of Jesus Christ. Apostle means special messenger or personally chosen representative. No doubt Peter carried that name very proudly given all of his failed attempts to be important in his past. That just goes to show us that when we submit to God, nothing in our past can hinder His plans for us or the work of His power through us. Peter is writing this letter to…
“And the Lord said, ‘Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail, and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.’” (Luke 22:31-32 NKJV) Peter was the disciple who denied knowing Jesus when he was being tried for crucifixion. Only fifty days later he was the first one to preach the gospel to the Jews in Jerusalem. Three times he…
“And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever – the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” (John 14:16-18 NKJV). The Greek word for “Helper” used in this scripture is Paraklētos; also meaning intercessor,…
“Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. For we who have believed do enter that rest…the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For He has spoken in a…