#enduring word

~ 1 Peter writes to the Christians living in various parts of Asia Minor that are suffering. They are being rejected by the world because of their obedience to Jesus. Peter assures them they have an inheritance in heaven. I deeply love this man Jesus that I haven’t seen and so did these people Peter addresses. ~

1 Peter 1:3-9 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith–the salvation of your souls.

HIS ENDURING AND TRUE WORD ~Christ loves us so much that he was foreordained before the foundation of the world to shed his precious blood for our sins, so that we can be redeemed and look forward to a heavenly home. ~

1 Peter 1:20-25 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible seed, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and it’s flower falls away, but the word of the LORD endures forever.” Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.

David had access to only the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, but clearly he saw them as the words of God. He said of the Scriptures, “Your eternal word, O Lord, stands firm in heaven…. your regulations remain true to this day, for everything serves your plans. If your instructions hadn’t sustained me with joy. I would have died in my misery. I will never forget your commandments, for by…

John explained that because Jesus is the man from heaven, there is a heavy price to pay for rejecting Him. If you reject the Son, then you receive the wrath. 

He who does not believe: “He may think that his not believing is a very small business, but, indeed, it is a barbed shaft shot against the Deity.” (Spurgeon)

The wrath of God: “The word does not mean a sudden gust of passion or a burst of temper. Rather, it is the settled displeasure of God against sin. It is the divine allergy to moral evil, the reaction of righteousness to unrighteousness.” (Tenney) 

To reject the Son is to reject His gift - eternal life. You can’t tell Him, “I’ll take the gift but reject You.” 

“‘The wrath of God’ is a concept which is uncongenial to many modern students, and various devices are adopted to soften the expression or explain it away. This cannot be done, however, without doing great violence to many passages of Scripture and without distracting from God’s moral character.” (Morris)

“It is not that God sends wrath upon him; it is that he brings that wrath upon himself.” (Barclay) 

Our sufficiency is from God (2 Corinthians 3:5)

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