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Here you will find commentaries and devotions on the apostle Peter’s letters, chapter by chapter and sometimes by theme.
Peter is using a Lamp as a metaphor for God's words which are in fact prophetic and illuminate our way, until Christ returns, at which time the substance, being Christ himself will replace every lamp, light and luminary in this dark world, for he himself is the light of the world from the beginning of time.
This could be on a poster for a works based salvation, but it is not the entire truth. It may be in the back pocket of every serious Catholic and those who believe they can earn their way into God's kingdom, and who can argue? It's here in black and white, Peter is very clear...If you practice these qualities you will never fall and there will be provided for you a way into heaven." So why do some Christians believe that we are saved by faith and not by works?
Peter implores those who have faith to, "Supplement your faith with virtue, knowledge, self control, steadfastness, godliness and brotherly affection and love." What exactly is he saying? One thing we know for certain is that these seven qualities are within our power and control, and we know this must be true because Peter says, "for this very reason make every effort.
The divine nature is eternal and immune to corruption and sin. God has promised this to those who trust in him, belong to him, those who are chosen and elect and set apart for him. How do we get from here to there? Peter says, through the knowledge of God.
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.
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 .
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