Category: 1 Peter
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Satisfied?
1 Peter 2:1-3 “So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” I’ve been reading a book by the great early…
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Seeds
1 Peter 1:23-25 “You have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for ‘All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.’ And this word is the good…
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“Love” Defined
1 Peter 1:22 “Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart” One of the most loosely used words in our world today is the word “love.” Jesus told us that to love was the greatest commandment of God. Listen to His words,…
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It’s Personal
1 Peter 1:20-21 “He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.” Do you like personalized…
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Father
1 Peter 1:17 “And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile.” One of the ways that God relates to us in His Word is through words that reflect relationships that we are very familiar with. In the…
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It is Written
1 Peter 1:16 “. . . it is written . . . “ If you are a Christian, the short phrase above should be some of the most important words in your life. It’s referring to the words of the Bible. And because the Bible is the very Word of God, it’s referring to the…
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Be What You Are
1 Peter 1:15-16 “As he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’” Throughout the Bible, Christians are often admonished to “be” what they already “are.” I like to think of this in terms of fatherhood, because it’s…
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The Transformed
1 Peter 1:14-16 “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’” Have you heard people talking about wanting to “find themselves”? Typically, they’re talking about an inward gaze,…
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A Great Anticipation
1 Peter 1:13 “Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” I’m thinking this morning about when my granddaughter was planning to be married some years ago. The anticipation of this event had greatly affected…
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The Chosen Ones
1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” One of the many ills that has plagued mankind over the centuries is the issue of…
To Encourage You 