(v 1-4) Shepherds: Peter is an elder, a witness and Heaven-bound; as such, he appeals to his fellow elders in churches that will read this letter. They are to shepherd the churches entrusted to them tenderly, so that when Jesus appears to them they will be rewarded. (You get the sense here that Peter is expecting the return of Christ from the clouds, rather than an appearance at death; not that the end result is different.)

(v 5-7) Sheep #1: listen humbly to those in charge. (Here Peter quotes Job 22:29 – as does James 4:6.) Being humble now also brings reward later – in this case you will be exalted. Similarly, He cares for YOU, so cast your cares on HIM.

[A side note – how interesting and consistent God’s method is: pray for patience and get the chance to exercise it (gack!); pray for wisdom with time management or humility likewise brings the opportunity. But the end result of gaining humility is to be exalted. What is the like result for patience and margin?]

(v 8-9) Sheep #2 (and presumably shepherds as well now): “Be sober-minded” – just as alcohol allows the drinker to make foolish decisions, in the same way avoid foolish choices in daily life – think before you act (indeed, ACT rather than REACT); be thoughtful and considerate. Be aware that the devil wants to bring you down – to devour you (or your witness – how many times in recent decades have we seen men with great witness brought down because they overlooked these words?). Resist him. All your suffering is shared by others. (Other Scriptures of note here: Jam 4:7; 1 Cor 10:13.)

(v 10-11) Back to suffering: At the end of suffering, all is more than restored – you are not just healed, you are confirmed (i.e., what you stood for was true), strengthened and established by the One who has all power for all time.

(v 12-14) Closing: Peter’s Greek in this letter was apparently far above the ability of a Galilean fisherman. Silvanus (or Silas), who also traveled with Paul was a Greek scholar though, and Peter here credits him with the writing down of this epistle.

“She who is at Babylon”: The Greek has “The elect one in Babylon”. Babylon was probably a code name for Rome. The KJV has ‘the church in Babylon’.

Mark: we also know him as John Mark, author of the Gospel of Mark; he traveled with Paul for a while (Acts 12:25), had a breakup (Acts 15:38-39) but later Paul referred to him as a trusted companion (2 Tim 4:11). Peter and Mark may have had something else in common: many think that Mk 14:51-52 refers to John Mark. If so, they both ran off on the night Jesus was betrayed.

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(v 1-2) Suffer: Because Jesus suffered on Earth for the will of God, assume that you may well be asked to suffer for His sake as well. The verse does not mean that you quit all sin once having been made to suffer; nor does it imply that subsequent sin will be overlooked. Rather you yourself have changed. Once having suffered for Christ and for God’s will, you have made a high personal investment in what is right and will certainly continue in that vein.

(v 3-5) Rejected: You used to do all those things, but now you’ve put them behind you. However, your old cronies have not, and they resent your moving away into ‘Holier than thou’ status. They know what’s right; they see you doing what’s right; but because they like what’s wrong they put you down in order to feel you are somehow lacking (where they are not). However, at the end, they will have to pay for their unbelief.

(v 6) Preached to the dead: This is a bit tricky. There are apparently some who hold that, on the strength of this verse, when you are dead you get a second chance. But there is no Scriptural backing for that thought, and in fact it is quite contrary to the evident intent. Then there are some (for instance, the ESV study notes) who hold that ‘dead’ refers to those who have become Christians and then died by the time of writing – i.e., converts between Christ’s death and around 63AD when this letter was written. But that doesn’t explain the sense that the word ‘even’ brings to the verse. I think we have to see this as linked to v 19 of the previous chapter – it’s always wise to consider the context! – and see it as Jesus having preached to those faithful dead from before His death (cf 1 Peter 3:19; Luke 16:22; Psa 66:18; Eph 4:8; Isa 61:1; Luke 4:18). As such, they anticipated the coming Messiah, and this preaching completes their salvation (in the same sense with which today we use the expression ‘A completed Jew).

(v 7-11) The end is near: Not just an expression for sandwich boards and Hyde Park Corner! If the end is near, we must be vigilant over ourselves. There follows a list of areas to focus on: love, hospitality, using one’s gifts (prophecy and services are mentioned here) to the glory of God.

(v 12-14) And … back to suffering: Talk about the gift of prophecy! Peter was truly prophetic here (vv 12-19). The first persecution was a year away, started by Nero as an excuse for excess (the fire in Rome, 64AD); but it was coming! (And in view of the reason for the persecution, the adjective ‘fiery’ seems peculiarly apt!)

(v 15-16) Suffer for the right reasons, though: This thought too has already been put forth – suffering that you deserve is nothing to boast of or wish for; nor does it bring glory to God or His praise to you. Suffer for being a Christian is the only reason to be proud.

(v 17-19) If God’s children will suffer, what will happen to those who don’t have that protection to trust in? (v 18 is quoting Prov 11:31)

See you tomorrow!

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(v 1-2) Wives: Here is a word to the wise. In Peter’s day and age, the idea that a woman should have a religion other than her husband’s was unthinkable. A Greek historian living c. 46-127AD, said,

“A wife should not acquire her own friends, but should make her husband’s friends her own. The gods are the first and most significant friends. For this reason, it is proper for a wife to recognize only those gods whom her husband worships.” Plutarch, Advice to Bride and Groom 19, Moralia 140D

So when she becomes a Christian, what should she do? Should she push/demand/nag her husband into becoming one as well? Should she separate from or divorce him? Peter says no. Instead, continue in the way you were going; only make sure you show him respect and purity of conduct.

(v 3-6) Adornment: Fashion is not a new phenomenon – dying hair, wearing wigs, new hair styles, jewelry, haute couture was all very much in vogue in those days too. And Peter wasn’t saying don’t do it (presumably in moderation); he was saying that the internal beauty was so much more important – “The imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.”

(v 7) Husbands: Husbands only get one verse, but it’s a doozy! The stale old saw is that no man can understand a woman. Peter puts the lie to this – it is the husband’s job to do exactly that for his wife. And by understanding her, he finds her heart, for she is then loved and she knows it. What wife doesn’t long for that? Further, she should be shown honor, not treated as a second-class citizen just because the husband is physically bigger or has society ‘on his side’. She is fully his equal in God’s eyes; she is a fellow-heir to the kingdom. And lastly – if you’re messing with her, you’re messing with God – kiss that prayer life goodbye!

Do not miss what Scripture says each is to give the other – she craves love, which he is to develop and demonstrate through understanding. Love is not his deepest need – he yearns for respect, which she is to give without qualification. Respect is not a reward, any more than love is – it is what is right in God’s order of things.

(v 8-12) Unity: be as one with God and each other, and if you are thinking God’s thoughts, these areas will fall into place. (In vv 10-12 Peter is quoting Ps 34:12-16.)

(v 13-14) Be zealous for good: Peter is writing around 63AD, just before the burning of Rome when Nero outlawed Christianity and began the first of many waves of persecution. Up to this point, Christianity was perceived as a sect of Judaism which was a lawful religion in the Roman Empire. As a result, the general feeling at this time was that obeying the government was no harder for a Christian then than it is today. However, if you do suffer for righteousness, then there is a reward in Heaven.

(v 15-16) Defense: Be ready to defend your hope in the Savior who defended you against the cost of your sin.

(v 17-18) Suffering: here is a flavor of 1 Pet 2:19-23 popping up again – and our sufferings connect us to Christ as well (James 1:2-3).

(v 19-20) Christ in Hades: He preached to those who were lost before His crucifixion.

(v 21-22) Baptism: We are not saved by baptism but by the blood of Jesus; however, baptism is an indication that we are resurrected just as Jesus was – cleansed not of dirt but of sin.

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(v 1-3) milk – Put aside the old junk from your life (malice, etc.); start all over again (milk) and if you’re really born all over again, the simple single-focused approach is what you’ll want. Straight answers, nothing devious or convoluted. Stuff from God is pure and good.

(v 4-8) The cornerstone was the first one laid in a building; it was always visible from the front and side of the building; it was used as a guideline so the walls would line up true; it was huge and unmovable; it was foundational. This cornerstone (Jesus) was placed by God, and although it was rejected by men, that didn’t stop it from being exactly what it was supposed to be. We are to be imitators of that stone, and together become a temple acceptable to God. For those who rejected the cornerstone, it turned into a stumbling block – they fall to their doom through His rejection.

(v 9) Priesthood – I have nothing to add to this utterly glorious verse!

(v 11-15) Again with the old ways! How often we need to be told. There’s a battle going on inside each of us, even though the war has already been won. It’s not just for us, though; our behavior influences others; they either copy or mock our faith walk, so we need to get it right.

(v 16) Live free – not to say, “I’m free so I can do whatever I want, including the old evil!”, but live in such a way as to show that you are free of the old evil.

(v 17-18) Honor everyone – Christian and non-Christian alike; presidents and all those in charge. Honor those generally and specifically to whom you owe responsibility.

(v 19-23) Don’t be proud of how you accepted with grace that smackdown that you deserved – it’s how you behave when it’s undeserved that counts. And it counts because you are behaving as the sinless Jesus did when He was executed as a criminal on your account.

(v 24-25) He was an example, but more than an example He was a conscious, deliberate sacrifice. (cf Isa 53:5)t have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. – 1Peter 2:1-25 (ESV)

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1. This is known as one of the ‘general epistles’ – written to the church in general, rather than to a person (Timothy, Titus) or a city (Corinth, Philippi).
2. Peter is one of the ‘big three’ in the inner circle (Peter, James & John), and was the first to step up to lead after Christ’s death. His letters would have been considered very authoritative/important. No other disciple is quoted more often in the Gospels. He was both rebuked and praised more than any other disciple. He was impetuous and bold.
3. He speaks of the Christians in this letter as ‘pilgrims’ or ‘sojourners’, suggesting that they have a different home (Heaven) and are travelling toward it through a foreign land controlled by someone who doesn’t think as they do (Satan).
4. (v 2) Obedience – note that we see this word 3 times in this chapter – in vv 2, 14 & 22. Christians are ‘elect’ (pre-chosen – v 1) and ‘sanctified’ (made holy – v 2) for the express purpose of being obedient to Jesus Christ.
5. (v 2) Sprinkling of the blood of Jesus – Guzik notes that there are 3 times in the OT when blood was sprinkled: (1) at the establishment of the covenant on Mt Sinai (Ex 24:5-8), (2) at ordination (Ex 29:21) and (3) at the purification ceremony for a leper (Lev 14:6-7). Christ’s blood has bound us to Him, ordained us and cleansed us.
6. (v 3) A living hope – Christians are born again to a hope that never ends, thanks to Jesus being raised from the dead.
7. (v 4) inheritance – our inheritance is guaranteed safe; kept imperishable for us in Heaven.
8. (v 5) guarded – we are being guarded by God’s power – Heaven awaits!
9. (v 6-7) trials – we rejoice in what awaits, although we may well have trials initially. Those trials are to test the genuineness of our faith – (do we fall away? Then that faith wasn’t real). This testing will show it to us.
• NOTE – Part of the value of gold lies in its permanence – it doesn’t rust and is difficult to dissolve. Peter here calls gold ‘perishable’ when compared to our faith.
10. (v 10) The OT prophets knew OF the Messiah, but didn’t know who or when, although they searched diligently.
11. (v 11) The angels – who watch us (1 Cor 4:9) – wanted to know too! It must have been hidden from them as well (Mk 13:32, Eph 3:10-11).
• NOTE: At this point, Peter switches over to speak about how we should live:
12. (v 13) Action – prepare your minds for it! God’s plan is one of action, not passivity.
13. (v 13) Sober – get focused; get serious.
14. (v 13) Hope on the Grace – Grace is on its way when Christ reveals it to us.
15. (v 14) obedient – oh dear – here it is again. It only works when we are obedient. He’ll do the planning, we do the follow-through.
16. (v 14) passions – don’t stop half-way over the fence; don’t hang on to your old ways.
17. (v 15-16) holy – we are set apart by God as holy. We need to keep ourselves that way. (Lev 11:44, 19:2)
18. (v 17) fear – Peter isn’t suggesting we should have a cowardly, craven cringing fear, but an attitude of awe at God’s power revealed.
19. (v 18-19) ransomed – awe about being ransomed. The closer we come to Jesus, the more we can see how little we deserve His ransom.
20. (v 18-19) gold is perishable; His blood is not.
21. (v 21) Put your FAITH and HOPE in God
22. (v 22) obedience – purifies your so your love can be sincere and earnest.
23. (v 23) the Word – God’s Word caused for you to be born again, this time an immortal.
24. (v 24-25) the Word will abide forever.

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The Hardest ‘Q’ Ever

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Further readings on ‘our way’:
Ps 36:1-2 - Sin whispers to the wicked
Matt 7:21 - Not everyone who says ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter Heaven
2 Tim 3:1-5a - They have the appearance of godliness, but deny its power
Amos 6:1 - They say, “I don’t need anything”
1 Peter 4:4 - They are surprised that you do not join them
Rev 3:15-17 - The cost of being lukewarm

Further readings on ‘His way’:
Rev 3:20 - Open the door
James 1:2-4 - Count it all joy,…
Matt 22:37-38 - Peter’s epistle summed up

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Again:

Tradition and Institutionalization are the enemies of Creativity; their weapons are comfort and safety – and they foster sloth, conformity, acquisition and control.… and you can quote me on that.

What seems to be taking the place of the relative permanence of denominations are the multisite churches. These

• spread the Gospel and they have a focused approach – a unity – that is stable for a while. They can be dispersed across one or more states – even countries.
• are innovative, creative and malleable – something that denominations cannot be.
• are sustaining tremendous growth because they are young, dynamic and driven.
• often have a very charismatic leader at the helm, who provides energy and vision.

Any single multisite church will die off or dissipate after a few decades as the leader slows down, moves on or passes away; its footprint can be picked up by another multisite, or by some completely new form of church that God may already be moving into place.

Another way that God seems to be working today is in combining efforts across congregations. Traditionally, churches that are already established have been at odds with a new church coming to town. They resent the potential loss of congregants, and I’m sorry to say that the minister is usually leading the way in this thought process. But we are called to unity, not jealousy…

So it was refreshing to see this tweet from Geoff Surratt in late Jaunuary –

Heard through Twitter that NewSpring is coming to Charleston. Glad to hear it, we can use the help reaching the lost in the Low Country.

(@GeoffSurratt is a pastor in a large multistate multisite church called Seacoast based in Charleston, SC; @PerryNoble is the lead pastor of rapidly-growing NewSpring based out of Anderson, SC). This is out of the ordinary – even though it shouldn’t be. We are all in the Body of Christ; we have the same mission in Matt 28; we were all saved by the same Savior.

Different churches reach different people. They’re in different parts of town or the state; they have different leaders who have different skills in reaching out, in speaking, in connecting to others. One church might be blue-collar, another mostly white-collar. One church loves a liturgical service, another a contemporary one.

Could it be – just possibly – that God wants to treat churches as He does people? That he has given them different gifts with the specific intention that those gifts be used to compliment each other?

• A church in a poor part of town provides the opportunity for a (financially) wealthier church to come beside it and receive Grace through sharing finances and also hard work – and thereby to recognize that financial and social privilege is not always the boon that the world makes it out to be (sometimes it can be a terrible impediment).
• A church in India is in a tremendous position to do good for all those around it – it’s at ‘ground zero’, so to speak. It’s poor financially, but what it can buy (food, clothes, buildings) it can obtain locally at a very low cost compared to an American church. A church in the US can’t easily help physically, but it can afford to send money and perhaps a few people to give support and guidance to the fledgling church. The effect on the Indian church could be enormous, and the backwash is pure Grace.

(Interestingly, it’s the multisite church leaders that seem to be setting the pace here – we rarely if ever hear of leaders of denominations traveling overseas to work on ground-setting for church planting. Yet Pete Wilson ( @PeteWilson ), the lead pastor of CrossPoint Church in Nashville, TN is in India as I write this; Perry Noble (@PerryNoble) was in Kenya last year.)

So I see this as part of God’s way forward for us. The missionary part we’ve been doing for a while – but the connection of multiple disparate churches in the same town – that’s so rare it can be thought of as new, and I see that aspect growing in the coming decade.

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Oops – that was pride slipping in there. Maybe I’m not quite perfect.

In which case, I’ve also just told a lie. (Gack!)

Oh, like you’ve never fibbed before. (Uh-oh, that wasn’t a very nice thing to say. I’m getting in deep here.)

OK, I’m not perfect. There. I’ve admitted it. (Phew! That wasn’t too hard.)

So I can’t be all that bad. (Arggh! Pride again! It just snuck up on me!)

If I had been made perfect, I’m wondering what the implications would be…

1. Being perfect, I would never sin – never hurt anybody, always do the right thing.
2. Therefore being perfect, I would have no personal understanding of what sin is.
3. Therefore being perfect, I would never have a sense of wrong-doing.
4. Therefore being perfect, I would never be aware of my separation from God.
5. Therefore being perfect, I would never understand the power of sin.
6. Therefore being perfect, I may experience sympathy, but would never experience empathy; and any compassion would be academic and patronizing.
7. Being made perfect would have removed my free will, because I would be able to do nothing but perfect things.
8. Therefore being perfect, I would never have the chance to fail. I would never have the opportunity to succeed despite myself.
9. Therefore being perfect, I would never be stretched. I would never grow.
10. Therefore (also from #8) being perfect, when God told me to do something and I did it, there would be no just reward because there was no chance I’d do the job badly or fail to do it at all.
11. Therefore being perfect, I would never experience humiliation, shame or contrition; but I would also never experience forgiveness, rebirth, reward, praise and grace.
12. Being perfect, God’s righteous perfection wouldn’t astound me, terrify me or shatter my complacency because – hey lookee! Me too!
13. In fact, being perfect, I would be self-contained, so I would have no reason to reach for God.

On the other hand:

1. Since I’m not perfect, eternal damnation is not my guaranteed end.
2. Since I’m not perfect, Perfection took compassion on me.
3. Since I’m not perfect, Perfection chose to redeem me.
4. Since I’m not perfect, Perfection perfected me.
5. Since I’m not perfect, Perfection adopted me.
6. Since I’m not perfect, Perfection uses me (yes – Because, not Despite).
7. Since I am far, far from perfection, I have a great many chances to blow it completely… Ah, but when I get it right the angels go nuts and God Himself says, “Well done!”

And that last is really where I’m headed here. Amongst other reasons, I was made imperfect in order that God could give me a piece of His action – a task that He wanted completed. And each time I fulfill a task in obedience to His design, I – Mr. Imperfect – get the pat on the back from the Everlasting King of Glory.

And that, I think, is a pretty good trade-off.

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• Abram takes 318 men to battle against the united kings of Shinar, Ellasar, Elam and Goiim (who had already defeated Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim and Zoar) – Gen 14:14
• Gideon leads 300 men (of the original 32,000) against the Midianites and Amalekites and the ‘children of the East’ without number – Judges 7:7
• Jonathan and his armor-bearer climb a cliff and kill the garrison (which turned out to be 20 Philistines) – 1 Sam 14:13
• Ahab of Samaria in Israel (the northern kingdom) can raise just 232 commanders and 7,000 troops against Syria and 32 other kingdoms and routes them – 1 Kings 20:15
• Ahab in Israel again against the same enemy – the Israelites kill 100,000, and city walls fall on 27,000 more – 1 Kings 20:29
• Asa raises 580,000 men of Judah & Benjamin against 1,000,000 from Ethiopia. The Ethiopians run away – 2 Chron 14:8
• Hezekiah besieged in Jerusalem and can raise only a prayer; the Assyrians lose 185,000 men – 2 Kings 19:35

So what’s the big deal for me when I go out to fight my Goliaths? My enemies aren’t trying to poke holes in me with swords; they’re trying to poke holes in my walk with God instead. Four problem areas come to mind immediately where these enemies are trying to work against me:

1. Waiting – sometimes I want to get going.I think part of this command (just look at all these “Wait on the Lord”s – Ps 27:14; Ps 37:9; Ps 37:34; Prov 20:22; Isa 40:31; Zeph 3:8) has to do with keeping us centered on Him, although the more obvious bits have to do with curbing our impatience and coordinating His plan across several people’s activities.

   Where battle is concerned, how about Saul getting tired of waiting for Samuel (1 Sam 13:9-14)? When he didn’t wait on the Lord, he lost the dynasty for his descendants.

   Or where home life is concerned, how about Sarai and Abram taking matters into their own hands by using Hagar? (Gen 16:1-4) Never a good idea to run God’s plan for Him.

2. Listening – sometimes it’s a struggle.Quite a lot of the time I used to find myself (a) getting an idea, then (b) working out how to execute it, then (c) bringing it to the Lord and saying, “What do you think? Good, huh?” and I justified this process by saying that we are expected to use our brains – that’s why God gave them to us.

   But God wants a different process, and I’m determined to move into this pattern. After (a) the idea, He wants us to (b) bring it to Him, and (c) work out how to execute it while being open to His guidance. I liked the other way because it meant that I had control over how the idea was to be executed. But pushing God out of the picture so I can have my own way – that’s pretty much the definition of sin, right? So I’m trying to move away from that pattern.

3. Understanding – sometimes I just don’t get what He’s saying.No duh – God’s thoughts are pretty sublime, after all (Isa 55:9; 1 Cor 1:18). But He’s very good at making those lofty thoughts simple for me. Usually when I just don’t get it, it’s because there’s something else I’ve put in the way. I’m determined to go in a certain direction, and God has His work cut out to redirect me. This is the hardest of all of these points for me right now, but (Prov 3:5) I’m working on it.
4. Obeying – sometimes I don’t want to do it.Confronted with something we don’t want to do, I think the human response is to find some alternative that is more acceptable. Busywork! It’s like a sacrifice – “Look at how good I’m being and how hard I’m working.” (Psa 40:6; Ps 51:17; esp. 1 Sam 15:22) Unfortunately for our escape plan, God doesn’t want the alternative we’ve come up with. Sin again.

I’m sure I’ll come up with others soon – I’ll leave them for another post.

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