Stones in God’s Temple Peter listed five sins that his readers were guilty of (v.
1). (1) hate, (2) hypocrisy, (3) envy, (4) jealousy and
(5) slander. Sadly, many who claim to be “Christians”
lack any appetite for God’s Word. They will only eat if
some else feeds them (v. 2). Often, when a child lacks
an appetite, they ...
Stones in God’s Temple Peter says,"to whom coming, as unto a living stone” (v.
4). The first step in living a holy life is
fellowship with Jesus Christ who is the living stone (v.
5). Christ is not only living but gives life to
believers. Christ was rejected by men; however, God
had …
Who Christ Says we are as Christians In these two verses Peter is dealing with AN IDENTITY
CRISIS.
We live in a world where many people, both in and out
of the
body of Christ are experiencing an identity crisis. In
light of our
identity crisis, we must deal with the pre-conceived
opinion of:
WHO THE WORLD T …
Believers in the World If we are going to witness to the lost people around us,
we must live honest lives before them. We must “walk
our talk.” Our good works must back up our good words
(Matthew 5:16). It’s a tragedy when unsaved people
reject Jesus and His Word because of the inconsistent
lives of professing ...
Submission to Government Peter says it is the will of God that Christians should be
subject to
their governments. In New Testament days the
government was
authoritarian and it was the duty of citizens to follow
the rulers in
absolute obedience (vv. 13-17). If Peter could urge
believers to
submit …
We are to Emulate Christ’s Example There were over sixty million slaves in the Roman
empire. Slavery was a way of life. Slaves served in any
number of capacities including manual labor, doctors,
teachers, musicians, etc. Some slaves, after accepting
Jesus as their Savior, desired personal and political
freedom, resulting in problems ...
We Are to Emulate Christ’s Example Christ is our perfect example, which we can read in the
four Gospels. God chose for you to suffer as
you follow in the footsteps of Christ, who set an
example by suffering for you (v. 21). Even though
He was sinless in what He did, yet He suffered at the
hands of auth …
Peter Takes Us to the Cross Peter was an eye witness of the Lord’s death, but he
used the
words of Scripture to describe the Lord’s suffering.
Verses from the
passage today and yesterday are full quotations from
Isaiah 53
which tell how Jesus, who without sin accepted insults
and
suffering without any c …
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Stones in God’s Temple
Peter listed five sins that his readers were guilty of (v. 1). (1) hate, (2) hypocrisy, (3) envy, (4) jealousy and (5) slander. Sadly, many who claim to be “Christians” lack any appetite for God’s Word. They will only eat if some else feeds them (v. 2). Often, when a child lacks an appetite, they ...
Stones in God’s Temple
Peter says,"to whom coming, as unto a living stone” (v. 4). The first step in living a holy life is fellowship with Jesus Christ who is the living stone (v. 5). Christ is not only living but gives life to believers. Christ was rejected by men; however, God had …
Who Christ Says we are as Christians
In these two verses Peter is dealing with AN IDENTITY CRISIS. We live in a world where many people, both in and out of the body of Christ are experiencing an identity crisis. In light of our identity crisis, we must deal with the pre-conceived opinion of: WHO THE WORLD T …
Believers in the World
If we are going to witness to the lost people around us, we must live honest lives before them. We must “walk our talk.” Our good works must back up our good words (Matthew 5:16). It’s a tragedy when unsaved people reject Jesus and His Word because of the inconsistent lives of professing ...
Submission to Government
Peter says it is the will of God that Christians should be subject to their governments. In New Testament days the government was authoritarian and it was the duty of citizens to follow the rulers in absolute obedience (vv. 13-17). If Peter could urge believers to submit …
We are to Emulate Christ’s Example
There were over sixty million slaves in the Roman empire. Slavery was a way of life. Slaves served in any number of capacities including manual labor, doctors, teachers, musicians, etc. Some slaves, after accepting Jesus as their Savior, desired personal and political freedom, resulting in problems ...
We Are to Emulate Christ’s Example
Christ is our perfect example, which we can read in the four Gospels. God chose for you to suffer as you follow in the footsteps of Christ, who set an example by suffering for you (v. 21). Even though He was sinless in what He did, yet He suffered at the hands of auth …
Peter Takes Us to the Cross
Peter was an eye witness of the Lord’s death, but he used the words of Scripture to describe the Lord’s suffering. Verses from the passage today and yesterday are full quotations from Isaiah 53 which tell how Jesus, who without sin accepted insults and suffering without any c …