1Peter: Living Stones. In the month of July in the year 64 A.D., a great fire broke out in the city of Rome and the entire city was engulfed in flames. Hundreds of public buildings were burned to the ground, hundreds of acres were blackened in the city, and thousands of homes were destroyed, so that there were thousands of the inhabitants of
Scripture 1 Peter 1:13–25. John Piper Feb 10, 2008. Sermon. The Lust of Ignorance and the Life of Holiness. Dec 5, 1993. Scripture: 1 Peter 1:14–16. John Piper Dec 5, 1993. Sermon. A Sojourn on Earth in Confident Fear. Dec 12, 1993. Scripture: 1 Peter 1:17–19. John Piper Dec 12, 1993.
1So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; 3 not domineering over those in your AnOT parallel of the truth in 1 Peter 1:5 is found in the life of Abram our example for a life of faith. In Genesis 15:1 God told Abram "Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great.”. ( See notes ). And He is still a shield to all who are of the faith of Abraham ( Gal 3:26, 29 - note) 1Peter 4:13. ESV But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. NIV But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. NASB but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on 1Peter 5:8-11 . Further counsels to watchfulness, and to sympathy, closing with a renewed promise of God’ s reward, and a short doxology. 1 Peter 5:8 . seeking whom: the rendering “ seeking someone to devour,” founded on a better reading, is preferable. It is more in accord with the figure and less suggestive of the adversary’ s success. 1Peter 1:3-6 "foreknowledge in God is that which He Himself purposes to bring to pass. In this way, then, the whole order of events from the least detail unto the greatest operates under the determining decree of God so as to take place according to His sovereign purpose. By so much, divine foreknowledge is closely related to foreordination. 13Therefore, gird your minds for action, keep sober [in spirit,] fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:13). 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will