Because the early Christians were accused falsely of all sorts of outrageous behavior, Peter urged his readers in I Peter 2:11-25 to be especially careful to live such honorable lives that even their enemies would end up glorifying God. This calling was especially difficult, because they often found themselves in unfair situations that they were powerless to change, in which they suffered unjustly. Amazingly, God called them and calls us to endure unjust suffering and gave us the highest motivation for doing so: Christ already endured unjust suffering for us.
In 2 Peter 3:10-13, the apostle reminds us that in order to understand what life is all about, we need to read the last...
Although the Kingdom of God started imperceptibly small, it will cover and fill the whole earth.
Saul’s two acts of foolishness contrasted with his son’s two acts of faith, and they changed the course of history.
