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Inspired by God ?
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1 Peter 1:1 - 4
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1Pe 1:1 Greetings from Peter, an apostle of Jesus
Christ. To God's chosen people who are away from their homes, people scattered
all over the areas of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.
1Pe 1:2 God planned long ago to choose you and to make you his holy people, which is the Spirit's work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. I pray that you will enjoy more and more of God's grace and peace. 1Pe 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has great mercy, and because of his mercy he gave us a new life. This new life brings us a living hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection from death. 1Pe 1:4 Now we wait to receive the blessings God has for his children. These blessings are kept for you in heaven. They cannot be ruined or be destroyed or lose their beauty. ?
Now this is a paraphrase or you might say that it is my view on a pair of prases or more. ?
In Peter's first verse he is greeting God's chosen people.
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Are you one of God's chosen people?
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How do you know this?
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Is it because you have a T-shirt that proclaims this? Or that you attend a
church that has thousands of members?? what is it about you that says that
you are his?!
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Verse two says that God planned long ago to choose me! to choose you! to
make us his chosen people. why? What was his purpose?
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God wanted us to obey him. Who benefits from our obedience?
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How does our obedience benefit God?
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How does our obedience benefit us?
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Have you ever looked back on your life and asked, how am I still here? How
could God love me that much! Its because of his grace and his mercy. When we
turned around and began living in obedience God gave us a new life.? Now
what are we to do with this new life? Do we now say, I made it! Now my work is
done.
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what about those who are out there that are struggling with this decision.
What about the ones who still don't know that there is a decision to make/
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Luke 24:47 You saw these things happen, you are witnesses. You must go and tell people that they must change and turn to God, which will bring them his forgiveness. You must start from Jerusalem and tell this message in my name to the people of all nations. ?
In our case we know what God has done to change our life. Now we must go
out and share this treasure with these people who aren't sure, who don't even
know that God is more than just a myth. but there is a catch. they need to see
this change in you. It has to be more than just the words that we say. they must
be able to see it living within us. |
Robert Doc Wright