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BIBLE
KNOWLEDGE!
“1st
&
2nd PETER” (Part 2 of 2)
“SUFFERING
AND HOPE
FOR PERSECUTED BELIEVERS”
“A STRICT
LAWMAN
BECOMES A FATHER”
Trial of
your faith
(1:6-7)
1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now
for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold
temptations:
1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more
precious than of
gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found
unto
praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Have
you got trials? Praise God. This is called putting money into your
spiritual
bank account in heaven. This is the real investment. Investment in Real
Estate
down here, or shares on the Stock Market are not investments at all.
1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the
Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified
beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
For as the
sufferings of Christ abound in us, so
our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 2 Cor 1:5
As we
suffer for Christ, was shall also be a “…a
partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:” 1 Peter 5:1
Christ was
foreordained (1:20)
1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the
foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for
you,
As
God is eternal, he knows everything that will happen from the start to
the
finish of time. This is called foreknowledge. But he had only
made one
thing happen and brought it to pass, and this is called foreordination.
God
orders it beforehand, from before the time the world began. That is God
orders
that Christ will appear on earth.
All flesh
is grass
(1:24)
1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the
glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the
flower
thereof falleth away:
Anything
you do down here in the world, that is not for the Lord, counts for
nothing.
Any glory down here simply glorifies the man and the world, and is
worthless.
This is very important to remember.
2:5 Ye ALSO, as lively stones,
are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up
spiritual
sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the
scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone,
elect,
precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
2:7 Unto
you therefore which believe he is
precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the
builders
disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 1 Peter 2:7
Peter
says he is just one of the lively stones. He is not ‘the chief corner
stone’ or
‘the head of the corner’ which are used to erect buildings, and the
point from
which all other measurements and directions are taken.
Christ was
sinless
(2:22)
2:22 Who did no sin, neither was guile (deceit)
found in
his mouth:
Yes,
Christ knew no sin (2Cor 5:21), did no sin (1Pet 2:22), and in him was
no sin
(1John 3:5), Furthermore, he spoke no sin (1Pet 2:22). The Passover
lamb in the
Old Testament was examined for defects for four days before sacrifice.
Christ,
as the perfect Passover Lamb, was also examined for four days
before the
cross. When God sees the blood, he PASSES OVER that person. God
has
peace not wrath toward him.
By
“stripes ye were
healed” is for sins (1Pet 2:24; Is 53:5)
2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his
own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live
unto
righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
But he was
wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our
peace was
upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5
See that?
Transgressions and iniquities are sins.
This healing is not for physical body. Physical healing is not
guaranteed by the blood of Jesus.
Women to
have a meek
and quiet spirit (3:4)
3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in
that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and
quiet spirit,
which is in the sight of God of great price.
As
the outward fashions of the world fade away, the finest ornament a
woman can
have is an easy state of mind, void of passion, pride, and anger, to be
displayed in quiet behaviour towards their husbands, and indeed their
families.
This happens on the inside of the woman which is called the inner man.
Spirits in
prison
(1Pet 3:19)
3:19 By which also he went and preached
unto the spirits in prison;
3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when
once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark
was a
preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by
water.
These
spirits are the sons of God, angels, who left their first estate and
had
physical relations with the daughters of men. These are kept in chains
of
darkness.
That the sons
of God (angels) saw
the daughters of men (women on the earth) that
they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they
chose. There
were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,
when the
sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children
to them,
the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Genesis
6:2-4
And the angels
which kept not their first estate,
but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting
chains under
darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Jude 1:6
Christ
went to declare certain things to these
disobedient spirits. He didn’t go to ‘convert’ them or witness to them.
Maybe
he said “I am Christ. I was in heaven, you wanted to be like the most
high, and
you have now been thrown into this prison called hell. You will be
thrown into
the lake of fire.”
Water
baptism washes
the body only (1Pet 3:21)
3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth
also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but
the
answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ:
Water
baptism is a work not needed to get saved or stay saved. Paul said For Christ
sent me not to baptize (with
water), but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the
cross
of Christ should be made of none effect. 1 Corinthians 1:17. Many
people would
rather have the work of water as evidence of their salvation, than the
inner
change of the heart of true salvation.
4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us
in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he
that hath
suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
Suffering
helps to focus the mind and concentrate on the Lord. When in the
‘prison’ of
suffering, we cry out with all our heart unto the Lord. Our minds don’t
have
time for sin.
Charity
covers sins
(1Pet 4:8)
4:8 And above all things have fervent charity
among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Yes,
charity is love between Christians. It’s a special kind of love
and is
best described in 1st Corinthians 13. Study Romans chapters
12, 14,
15 for a full description on how to be charitable, that is to love, to
other
Christians. Only the King James Bible uses this word “charity”.
4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the
fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened
unto
you:
4:13
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's
sufferings; that,
when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding
joy.
When
suffering for Christ we can be glad with exceeding joy.
Suffering
brought about by sin is not cause for joy.
5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you,
taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for
filthy
lucre, but of a ready mind;
Let the
elders that rule well be counted worthy
of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and
doctrine.
1 Timothy 5:17
Feed God’s
sheep with the word and sound doctrine.
1:20
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private
interpretation.
1:21
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men
of God
spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
The
Bible interprets itself. Proper study will reveal this. It is not to be
privately interpreted.
2:1 But there were false prophets also among the
people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily
shall
bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and
bring
upon themselves swift destruction.
These
people sneak into the church and are not saved. They just pretend to
be. They
teach wrong doctrine.
As
stated before, 100% pure Christian doctrine is to be found only
in Paul’s writings.
(2Pet
2:6-7, 10)
2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and
Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them
an
ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy
conversation of the wicked:
2:10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in
the lust of uncleanness, and despise government.
Presumptuous are
they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of
dignities.
These
are male homosexuals. Sodomites. These belong to the LGBTIQ crowd.
Birds of a
feather flock together. They hate all authority but their own. As Paul
says And
likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned
in their lust one toward another; men with men working that
which is
unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error
which was
meet. Romans 1:27
2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved
Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in
the flood
upon the world of the ungodly;
3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that
by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth (the
old earth)
standing out of the water and in the water:
3:6 Whereby the world that then was, (the
old world)
being overflowed with water, perished:
The
old world is Noah’s world, not the
world between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. The
Gap Theory is just Satan’s theory.
The last
days with
scoffers (2Pet 3-4)
3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in
the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his
coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they
were
from the beginning of the creation.
What
do people of the world say? “We’ve been here before. We’ll get through
all
this.” “The sun will shine tomorrow morning.” And so on.
3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief
in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great
noise, and
the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works
that
are therein shall be burned up.
3:13 Nevertheless we, according
to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth
righteousness.
This
happens after the 1,000 year reign of Christ on earth. Fervent heat is
extremely hot heat.
Paul
better than
Peter (2Pet 3:16)
3:16 As also in all his (Paul)
epistles,
speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to
be
understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as
they do
also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
It
took Peter 5 years to come to the knowledge that there was no such
thing as
“unclean” food, and 10 years for the fact that Christians were not 2nd
class citizens and should be accepted by God.
As
Paul takes over the mantle of chief apostle with his first trip in
45AD, Peter
drops into the background for about 15 years. He then re-surfaces with
1&2
Peter.
Peter
was a little slow initially but is earnest in his pursuit of the truth
of
Paul’s doctrine. He ends up writing from the far-flung region of
Babylon - of
all places!
(Part 1 of 2)
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Harley
Hitchcock
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