1 Peter (Program #20) -Christian Life and Its Sufferings (8) 1 Peter 4:1-2 say “Since Christ therefore has suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same mind (because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin), no longer to live the rest of the time in the flesh in […]

1 Peter (Program #19) -Christian Life and Its Sufferings (7) The apostle Peter said that the water of baptism saves us and he referenced the picture in the Old Testament of Noah’s family being saved in the Ark from the judging water and separated from the condemned world of that time through the water of […]

1 Peter (Program #18) -Christian Life and Its Sufferings (6) The apostle Peter encourages his fellow believers in Christ to suffer for righteousness by the will of God as Christ did. We have some wonderful pictures of how we can sanctify Christ in our heart through suffering and also what happened when Christ’s Spirit was […]

1 Peter (Program #17) -Christian Life and Its Sufferings (4 & 5) The Bible speaks about marriage and about the marriage life in many places.  It’s common for people to select their own favorite passages on this most personal of subjects.  How often, for example do husbands anxious to establish their authority quote such verses […]

1 Peter (Program #16) -Christian Life and Its Sufferings (1 & 3) The New Testament book of 1 Peter in chapter 2 gives us some marvelous and very experiential expressions concerning our relationship with Christ.  In verse 24 and 25 we see Him not just as our redeemer but also as the shepherd and overseer […]

1 Peter (Program #15) -Christian Life and Its Sufferings (2) The word “grace” bears tremendous significance in the New Testament, yet like so many biblical terms, it has become almost a clichéd to many people and it’s been greatly devalued in the understanding of most Christians.  God’s unmerited favor has become the most common definition […]

1 Peter (Program #14) -Growth in Life and Its Results (4) The Bible in both the Old Testament and New tells us that man was formed of the dust of the ground and even as living creatures, we all are but clay in the hands of God. Yet the apostle Peter in his epistles boldly […]

1 Peter (Program #13) -Growth in Life and Its Results (3) After establishing a marvelous, organic metaphor at the beginning of chapter 2 in his first epistle concerning our enjoyment of Christ in His word as the nourishing milk is to a new born babe, the apostle Peter suddenly changes the metaphor to something mineral; […]

1 Peter (Program #12) -Growth in Life and Its Results (2) At times the apostle Peter’s way of writing in his New Testament epistles seems very strange.  Though his content is quite high, he breaks many rules of composition by mixing metaphors and awkward use of grammar.   For example in chapter 2 of 1 Peter […]

1 Peter (Program #11) -Growth in Life and Its Results (1) What is it to grow spiritually?  Well, many think that to grow as a Christian is simply to acquire more Scriptural knowledge through diligent study of the Bible.  But genuine spiritual growth as apostle Peter indicates in his first epistle, is to take the […]