Tag: 1 Peter
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The prints of the nails
Is it universally true that whoever Jesus appeared to as Himself after His resurrection, He showed the prints of the nails and the wound of the spear? He didn’t when he appeared to the disciples on the road to Emmaus, although he didn’t reveal his identity to them either. As far as I can tell,…
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Below all things
It was necessary for Christ to be mocked and mistreated in order for Him to descend below all things.
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A solid place
Christ is the solid place upon which men can build safely. He alone is the destination upon which they can land in the seat of spiritual storm and not be sweet away if they will cling to Him. Any other foundation will crumble in the storm sooner or later.
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He came to serve and not to be served
While it is appropriate that people should sell to serve the Savior – that is about us and our recognition of our place relative to Him, not about what His purpose and expectation were. The same hold true for our current leaders. They sell not to be served even though we should sell to serve…
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The Lamb and the Shepherd
It is interesting and people that Christ is both the lamb of God and the Good Shepherd to the children of God.
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Judgement is universal
People today talk about death and taxes being universal. Judgement by the Savior is more universal than both of them.
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1 Peter 3
I wonder if “weaker vessel” would be better translated as “more delicate vessel” in verse seven. This whole chapter is about doing well regardless of how we are apparently rewarded.
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27 November 2013
1 Peter 5 One of the reasons to hearken to the elder generation is because of the experiences they’ve had that predate the succeeding generations–especially in that day when the elder generations included those who were alive at the time of the ministry of Christ. Did Marcus have a prominent place in the church that…