Tag: 1 Peter
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Don’t Run from the Roar – 1 Peter 5:8-9
1 Peter 5:8-9 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. Peter has just said to cast all your care on the Lord…
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Keep Rolling It Back to Him – 1 Peter 5:7
1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Peter says to cast all your care upon Him because He cares for you. That is one of the tenderest lines in the whole letter. After talking about suffering, humility, leadership, and pressure, he comes to this simple invitation: bring the…
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Be the Right Person – 1 Peter 5:5-6
1 Peter 5:5-6 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. Peter brings everything…
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Nothing Given to Jesus Is Lost – 1 Peter 5:4
1 Peter 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. Peter lifts the eyes of faithful servants to a coming day. The Chief Shepherd will appear. That means the things done quietly for the Lord are not forgotten. The prayer nobody heard, the kindness…
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Go First – 1 Peter 5:3
1 Peter 5:3 Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. Peter says spiritual leadership is not lordship. That matters because people in any place of responsibility can start slipping into control mode without even realizing it. A pastor can do it. A parent can do it. A ministry leader…
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Feed Them Well – 1 Peter 5:2
1 Peter 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind. Peter knew pressure was coming, and because of that, he brings leaders back to the main thing. Feed the flock of God. That is such…
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Among the Flock, Under the Chief Shepherd – 1 Peter 5:1
1 Peter 5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Peter has been talking about suffering, fire, pressure, and judgment beginning at the house of God. And now, as he…
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Only God Gets a Man Through – 1 Peter 4:18
1 Peter 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Peter is not saying the righteous are barely saved because the work of Jesus is barely enough. Not at all. He is saying that if salvation is this great, this costly, this impossible apart from divine intervention,…
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Hard for Everyone, Hope for the Church – 1 Peter 4:17
1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? Peter says judgment begins at the house of God, and that can sound unsettling until you follow…
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Ashamed of Sin, Not of Christ – 1 Peter 4:15-16
1 Peter 4:15-16 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. Peter makes a distinction here that we…
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Pain That Turns to Glory – 1 Peter 4:13-14
1 Peter 4:13-14 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is…
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Why Not Me? – 1 Peter 4:12
1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. Peter says, do not think it strange when fiery trials come. Do not act as though something bizarre has happened, as though suffering is an interruption to the Christian life…
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Freed to Serve – 1 Peter 4:8-11
1 Peter 4:8-11 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.Use hospitality one to another without grudging.As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.If any man speak, let him speak…
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When Earth Stops Feeling Like Home – 1 Peter 4:7
1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. Peter says the end of all things is at hand, and because of that, we are to be sober and watch unto prayer. In other words, think clearly. Stay awake spiritually. Do not drift through…
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In the Company of the Faithful – 1 Peter 4:6
1 Peter 4:6 For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. Peter says the gospel was preached to those who are now dead, and some have twisted that to mean people…
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When You Stop Running with the Crowd – 1 Peter 4:4-5
1 Peter 4:4-5 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. Peter says that when your life changes, people notice. And not always kindly. When suffering has…
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When Sin Loses Its Shine – 1 Peter 4:1-3
1 Peter 4:1-3 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will…
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Under the Water, Under His Authority – 1 Peter 3:21-22
1 Peter 3:21-22 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and…
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The Handle Is Gone – 1 Peter 3:19-20
1 Peter 3:19-20 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. These are mysterious verses, no doubt about it. Peter…
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Which Tree Will You Choose? – 1 Peter 3:18
1 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. Peter says Christ suffered once for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. That…
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Keep the Window Clean – 1 Peter 3:16-17
1 Peter 3:16-17 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. Peter says believers are to have…
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Hope That Doesn’t Panic – 1 Peter 3:14-15
1 Peter 3:14-15 …and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:And be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. Peter says something that sounds almost impossible at…
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Happy Through the Hurt – 1 Peter 3:14
1 Peter 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye… That sounds upside down, doesn’t it? Peter says if you suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are you. Jesus said the same thing. Rejoice. Be exceedingly glad. Great is your reward in heaven. The world hears that and thinks it makes no…
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Hurt, But Never Harmed – 1 Peter 3:13
1 Peter 3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? Peter asks a question that sounds almost unbelievable when you remember who first heard it. These were believers living in days of real hatred, real persecution, real suffering. Some of them would lose property. Some…
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Peace in the Middle of Gath – 1 Peter 3:11-12
1 Peter 3:11-12 …let him seek peace, and ensue it.For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. Peter keeps reaching back into Psalm 34, and that is a striking choice because David wrote…
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Turning from the Mud – 1 Peter 3:11
1 Peter 3:11 Let him eschew evil, and do good… Peter keeps it plain. If you want to love life and see good days, then turn your back on evil and do what is good. That is not complicated, but it is costly, because when life gets hard, evil often feels easier. When pressure comes,…
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Knowing, Honoring, Listening – 1 Peter 3:7-10
1 Peter 3:7-10 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be…
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Laughing, Yet Still Traveling – 1 Peter 3:5-6
1 Peter 3:5-6 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. Peter reaches back…
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What Heaven Calls Beautiful – 1 Peter 3:3-4
1 Peter 3:3-4 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible… even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in…
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The Quiet Strength That Reaches a Heart – 1 Peter 3:1-2
1 Peter 3:1-2 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. It is not surprising that Peter turns to marriage in a letter…
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Lifted Into His Footsteps – 1 Peter 2:21-25
1 Peter 2:21-25 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him…
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Freedom That Knows How to Bow – 1 Peter 2:13-20
1 Peter 2:13-20 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that…
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The Flesh Never Fights Fair – 1 Peter 2:11-12
1 Peter 2:11-12 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Peter is…
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Citizens of Another Kingdom – 1 Peter 2:9-10
1 Peter 2:9-10 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had…
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The Quarry Is Not the Temple – 1 Peter 2:5-8
1 Peter 2:5 (b)-8 …are built up a spiritual house… …an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you…
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The Church Is Alive – 1 Peter 2:4-5
1 Peter 2:4, 5 (a) To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, ye also, as lively stones… Peter now shifts the picture. We are not only children in the same family. We are stones in the same building. And not dead stones either. Living…
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What You Feed On Matters – 1 Peter 2:1–3
1 Peter 2:1–3 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Peter is showing us something very practical here. The Christian…