Category: 1 Peter
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Shameful Gain
1 Peter 5:2 “Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight . . . not for shameful gain, but eagerly” As Peter comes to the close of his first epistle, he speaks to pastors. He tells them about some critical considerations regarding their ministry, and in particular, he addresses the issue of motives. …
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Humble Hearers
1 Peter 5:5 “Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders.” One of the great dangers as we hear biblical instruction is to think it’s for someone other than us. Have you ever done this? As you’ve listened to a sermon, has the thought ever entered your mind, “Boy, so and so really…
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Godly Leadership
1 Peter 5:2-3 “Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight . . . not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.” The directive Peter gives in the passage above, while meant for pastors, can be applied to anyone who is in a position of leading people, whether that…
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“Willingly”
1 Peter 5:2 “Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you . . .” In the verse above there is a word that appears only two times in the entire Bible. It’s the word “willingly.” The word means “voluntarily; of one’s own…
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Future Glory
1 Peter 5:1 “. . . a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed” Do the words above have any meaning to you? Well, if you are a Christian, they should mean everything. They should motivate you, encourage you, strengthen you, and comfort you for they are a declaration of your future,…
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Humility
1 Peter 5:1 “So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:” It’s so interesting how Peter speaks in his letters. Here is one of the 12 apostles chosen by God as a…
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A Word About Suffering
1 Peter 4:19 “Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.” Suffering: one of best definitions I’ve ever heard for it was the following by Elizabeth Elliot: “having something we don’t want or wanting something we don’t have.” According to the verse above, a similar…
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The Cost of True Faith
1 Peter 4:17-18 “For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? And ‘If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?’” I remember…
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Fiery Trials
1 Peter 4:12-13 “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.” How should we react when trouble…
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In Service
1 Peter 4:10-11 “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and…
