Peter gives us the fourth and final command in Chapter One, to “fervently love one another from the heart.” Now Jesus Himself prays that you and I as believers would be one in Christ even as He and the Father are One. But then He said something very interesting. He said our [...]
There is very little we can do ourselves to break the power of sin in our lives. However, the blood of Jesus wasn’t JUST shed to save us from the penalty of sin, but ALSO to break us from the power of sin. The power of the blood is for both our [...]
In response to the sovereign glorious work of God in securing for us such a magnificent salvation, Peter now issues the first 2 commands to believers dealing with difficulty, and they are these: Fix your hope completely upon His grace, and be Holy as He is Holy. What a wonderful divinely inspired [...]
After celebrating the opulence of our future inheritance for 12 verses, Peter finally brings the first command to the table here in 1st Peter, and that command is this: To fix our HOPE completely on the GRACE that is to be revealed to us at the revelation of Jesus Christ. In other [...]
Is it not remarkable, having the full council of God's Word now, that we who are the least disciples of Christ are in a better position to understand revelation than the likes of Daniel and David and Isaiah? Is it not remarkable, that although the angels inhabit the eternal realm alongside the [...]
It is only the Christian that can lay his or her head on the pillow at night and rest, even in the distresses of this life. Not only can we look BEYOND our distresses to this glorious inheritance waiting for us in Heaven, but Peter tells us this week that we can [...]
In this life we have grown up with the understanding that no matter how grand the thrill, it’s only a matter of time before it’ll wear out or wear off and we’ll be bored again. And so we spend much of our time and energy and money trying to keep things from [...]
Join us this Sunday as we launch our new study in the epistle of 1st Peter. If you are a child of God dealing with difficulty and heartache, this study will bring extraordinary encouragement to your soul. You are not where you are in life by chance or happenstance, but you are [...]
In our final study in the book of Romans, Paul lists over 35 individuals by name - citing them; commending them; recognizing them - just loving on several individual people there in the Church at Rome. What a fitting and beautiful and telling conclusion, that arguably the most powerful and profitable book [...]
