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Prayer Requests:
Robert?
Dan and Kathy Davis
Introduction:
We have been studying the book of 1 Peter for some time now.
I had no intention of going at this pace, but as I have studied the word there is so much to unpack, so much to bask in and really enjoy.
There are things here that we need to know - that are fundamental to who we are as believers.
My series is called living as exiles - coming straight from the beginning of the book 1Peter 1:1
Peter was a disciple of the the Lord Jesus Christ.
He walked with him, lived with him, dined with him throughout his public ministry.
Peter studied the Lord, he was corrected often by the Lord.
He was loved by the Lord.
He knew what it meant to have a relationship with God.
After the death of the Lord, Peter went out to minister himself, planting churches, leading people - it is from all of that experience that he writes to us.
We believe that the bible is the word of God, that it is inspired by Him, for His people.
We commit ourselves to the faithful study of it, and to allowing it to shape who we are.
From that perspective, lets open the word together.
Don’t Fear, Honor God, Share The Gospel
Let’s pray, and ask the Lord to give us understanding.
This passage opens with these words - Who then will harm you
If you were to read this passage by itself, just that first verse, you might say - The Bible says that no one will harm me!
And you will be disillusioned.
You can pull this one verse out of context and make the Bible say exactly what you want it to say, in this case, that you are free from any threat of harm as long as you are a good person.
This is one of very many places in the word that we can do this, we can take a verse and say HA! I’ve got it all figured out, who will harm me if I am devoted to being a good person?
No one, obviously.
But then you live in this life, and you know that there ARE people that want to harm you.. in fact there are people who succeed at harming you.
There are people that get so far under your skin that you lose your actual mind.
And then what happens?
We cast away the word, and the God that wrote it because what we think it says - it doesn’t say.
We must be careful to study the word of God in context, pulling from it the meaning that was written, not our own.
This isn’t about what the Bible means to me - its what the Bible actually means.
Lets look at it together, closer this time.
Who, then… points back to the verses that come before.
So here we have a recipe for a good person, a righteous person, and then in verse 12, we see the result.
A person who pursues good things, an honest person, a righteous person - the Lord hears that person, the Lord sees that person.
So all of a sudden verse 13 isn’t about how awesome I am that since I am pursuing good - but a declaration of who God is and His posture towards us.
We see from this verse a reality that God is sovereign.
That He rules and reigns.
That he is in control.
And as a result of that, those of us who pursue righteousness are under His care.
And we should pursue righteousness!
Proverbs 11:27
That recipe is laid out for us in 10-12.
Be honest
Turn from evil.
Do what is good.
Seek and pursue Peace.
We talked a little bit about that list last week.
Good is not a natural consequence from turning from evil.
you can turn from evil and then do nothing.
It is not enough to wake up in the morning and decide not to rob a bank today.
We are told to pursue good things.
To do good things.
Seeking and pursuing peace requires effort.
Sometimes there must be a battle before the peace can happen.
We are to pursue it.
And through that, Peter suggests - no one will be able to harm you.
Not that people won’t want to or that suddenly you are going to live a carefree easy life.
He seems to echo Isaiah 54:7
No weapon formed against you will succeed.
There will be attempts on your life, there will be hard times.
There will be struggles and temptations.
But we are reminded of who God is, and his posture in all of this.
That is the promise of our Lord.
Vs 14 continues this thought process to explain
Peter has established the promise of the Lord.
That we have nothing to worry about, because who God is, and then he says - But even if you should suffer.
We know from the rest of scripture that suffering is part of the deal.
But I want to take a closer look at it.
Because on the surface, suffering is uncomfortable - but as believers there are promises attached.
Enduring suffering brings favor with God
Suffering gives us an opportunity to Glorify the Lord - in a special way.
It is often a good reminder of what God has accomplished and the hope that we have in Him.
Sometimes, when things are going well - we forget about God.
We forget about the lowly times.
Suffering becomes a test for us, a time of refinement.
an abundance of Money, alcohol, and suffering all have the same effect on people - they reveal your true nature.
Suffering has the ability to become a refinement, a time to burn everything else off and focus on the Lord and what he has done for us eternally.
Suffering may result in praise - like the disciples when they found themselves imprisoned.
Christ rewards suffering… with restoration, establishment, strength, and support.
With or without suffering that is where I want to be.
Peter says you might suffer.
He established who God is, who you are in Him.
And then he says - yeah, you might suffer.
And he says that if you do - if you suffer for righteousness.
You are blessed.
I would add here that we have other opportunities for suffering than we are pursuing righteousness.
Sometimes we suffer because we make bad decisions, not because we were fervently serving the Lord.
Maybe I’m alone in that?
IF you suffer for righteousness - you are blessed.
First of all - with all of those things that we already mentioned that are tied to suffering.
Refinement, Opportunity to worship, restoration and establishement.. all of those things, but there is more to it than even that.
Peter tells us that part of this whole equation, as we pursue righteousness - is the incredible blessing that we are under the watchful care of the Lord.
That God - the creator of the universe, is LOOKING AT YOU.
HE IS LISTENING to you.
My kids repeat themselves.
God is aware of my needs, he is aware of my strife, my struggle, My lord is aware of my pain.. he is aware of who I am.
And he cares.
Anointed preacher?
Nah.
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