1 Peter 3:13 (MEV): Who is he who will harm you if you follow that which is good? This is a rhetorical question. One that Peter asks knowing the obvious answer. For us believers, as the previous citation of Psalms 34 teaches--the eyes of the Lord on the righteous, and He's set His face against …
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Jesus as Stones
1 Peter 2:4–5 (MEV): Coming to Him as to a living stone who is rejected by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house as a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Peter presents …
It’s Time to Take in Jesus and Put Away the Former Things
1 Peter 2:1 (MEV): Therefore put away all wickedness, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking. Because of all the things Peter addresses previously, we ought willfully live differently. That means putting away the former things we did by habit. That different way of living would have us to rid ourselves of wickedness in any …
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Foreordained Before Creation
1 Peter 1:20 (MEV): He was foreordained before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for you. It's important to think of it like I titled it. He was foreordained before creation. He wasn't created or made. Just that Jesus being the Savior was set in place before the first …
Those Who are Sanctified are All of One
1 Peter 1:10–12 (MEV): Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that should come to you have inquired and searched diligently, seeking the events and time the Spirit of Christ, who was within them, signified when He foretold the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. It was revealed to them …
He Did it All
Heb 1:3b (MEV): When He had by Himself purged our sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. When He had by Himself purged our sins. This sentence has a significant meaning. Most times we might just pass by it. Continuing from the previous post, we find the writer of …
The Exact Imprint of His Nature
Hebrews 1:3a (MEV): He is the brightness of His glory, the express image of Himself, and upholds all things by the word of His power. This is his Jesus is introduced in this epistle. Like the previous post, there is much to consider here. But as to this express image, we know that is a …
Heir of All Things
Hebrews 1:1–2 (MEV): God, who at various times and in diverse ways spoke long ago to the fathers through the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the world. I love the book of Hebrews. There is …
The Last Man
1 Corinthians 15:21 (MEV): For since death came by man, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. I love nuggets of truth hidden in plain sight. For that reason, this is one of my favorite portions of Scripture. Death came by man. It came by one man and it spread to all men …
There is an End
1 Corinthians 15:24 (MEV): Then comes the end when He will deliver up the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. The time will come when all rule, authority and power will end. This is a reference to the demonic kingdom that works behind …
