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1 peter 5:6-12 Peter ends his letter by telling us how we are to relate to God and the devil. Before God we humble ourselves, before the devil we resist. "Humble thyself therefore under the hand of God so that he may exalt you at the proper time.” one way we can humble ourselves before … Continue reading The end of the letter
My natural instinct is to ask God to take away suffering, ease it, remove it. Why would God want to see his children suffer? Why would he not deliver us at all costs? But here peter suggests we are expected to live with it and keep doing good and that for some that is the exact road God has planned and purposed for them.
His ability to execute his mind to the masses of people is astounding, his writing and thinking skills unmatched for his time, vocation and experience.
1 peter 4:9-16 We should all show hospitality to one another without grumbling. We should all love one another, be sober minded and self-controlled. This is a tall order indeed and without grumbling we are to do these things. Without grumbling is the hardest part. Hospitality can be exhausting and stir feelings of resentment and … Continue reading Gifts and Grumbling
There are a lot of questions in this portion. It feels like a hodgepodge of scripture. What did Christ proclaim to the spirits in prison and who were these spirits and what prison does he speak of- hell?
We have to know how to preach the gospel to ourselves when we are losing hope and discouraged first before we know how to give an answer to anyone else.
As Christians and people of faith our conduct is far more important than our words.
God did not choose Israel because they were mighty and God does not choose me because I am good and talented. I believe God makes his choices about who will be His long before we have done anything good or bad, big or small, right or wrong, He made his choices before he made the world .
From the moment I was born; I was odd. The cord was wrapped, not once but twice around my neck, “the devil tried to kill you, he did not want you to be born, there was definitely an assignment on your life" Mom comments. "Mom, that seems dramatic, why would the devil care about me?"
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