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.
The loss of the Ark from Israel anticipated the way of approaching God through Christ and also warns against faith that is merely outward...
We concluded our series with I Peter 5:1-14, in which Peter described the three ways in which God cares for his people: through the...
To start the year, we are studying Peter’s first letter by beginning with I Peter 1:1-2. In each section, we will see how he...