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Children in God’s Family
Peter singles out five sins that those he is writing to are guilty of (v. 1). (1) Hatefulness, (2) hypocrisy, (3) envy, (4) jealosy and (5) slander. It is sad that many Christians do not have any appetite for God’s word and the only way they will eat is when some&n …

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 …

As a Believer we do not Belong to This World
If we are going to witness to the lost people around us we must live honest lives before them. A phrase that we often hear is that we must “walk our talk.” In other words our good works must back up our good words (Matthew 5:16). How sad it is when unsaved p …

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 …

Submission to Masters
Peter writes about the Christian household slaves and his obligation to his master. At that time slavery was a way of life in the Roman empire and historical records say that there were over sixty million slaves. Some of the newly converted slaves thought that being a Christi …

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 …