First Peter

 

First Peter

Peter was the first apostle chosen to take the Gospel to the Gentiles, but his ministry was primarily to the Jews.

The theme of First Peter is the Grace of God, and Peter tells us how to live as aliens in a hostile world. He reminds his readers of what God’s grace helps them in saving them. God’s grace helps them in various relationships of life and in the coming time of persecution.

When Peter referred to himself as “a witness of sufferings of Christ” it was personal to him. Not only did he witness the anguish others inflicted on Jesus, Peter knew the suffering his own denials had caused his Savior and friend. He wrote, “be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary, the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

Only one who had fallen and been fully restored could write “God..gives grace to the humble.”

Peter was writing to men and women who were against challenges, heartaches, and peril. They needed to remember who they were, and where they were headed.

We too are “pilgrims” passing through a troublesome world to our true home in heaven. No matter what others think of us, we have been purchased by the blood of Jesus and given us a permanent inheritance that nothing in this world can shake.

Please read the Book listed so that you can understand the word of God to its fullness. This study comes from The Jeremiah Study Bible, The Bible for Hope, The King James Bible and the Nelson’s Quick Reference Bible Commentary

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