Month: January 2017

01 29 I Peter 1.2 The grace of God is sufficient for all we need or encounter each day, every day.  Are you resting in His grace?

01 22 I Peter 1:2 Why is the blood of Christ necessary?  We consider that in respect to our obedience and His blood.

01 15 I Peter 1:2 We find in our text today that the Spirit sanctifies us.  That initial work begins instantaneously at the moment of salvation and then continues until the day of Christ or the at the moment of our last breath.  It is in one sense positional so that at the moment of our faith He applies the righteousness of Christ to the believer so that God sees that new creation as holy.  In another sense, it is progressive in that, according to Philippians 1:6, He continues that work of making us in practice what we are as seen by God in position.  Even though I wasn’t very good in 7th grade at basketball I was on the team and given a place on the roster with a jersey.  There was a lot of room for improvement.  Each year I improved my skills.  When I place my faith in Christ I am considered “on the team” yet there is a lot of room for improvement to become more like Christ in character.  The Holy Spirit puts me on the team and then works in me to help me improve. Two questions are outstanding.  Are you on God’s team through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit and are you then improving in your character to be more like Christ?  The Holy Spirit does both.  Let the Holy Spirit do both.

01-08 I Peter 1:1-2 Is there any choice in our salvation?  From election to free will, God has somehow reconciled them in His mind.  At the end of the day, salvation is by grace through faith. 

01-01 I Peter 1:1 We are embarking on a study of Peter’s letters to the scattered churches in Asia minor (modern Turkey).  Persecution is nothing new to the church and Peter writes to encourage believers of all ages that there is hope found in Christ.  This introductory message considers the author, the authority, and the audience of this letter.  It ends with an application for believers today.  As we journey through this letter my prayer is that we will find hope in Christ.