Daily Devotion
Blessedness of Suffering for Christ
Today's Bible Passage 1 PETER 4:14-16 Here Peter says the greatest thing of all. If a person suffers for Jesus, the presence of the glory rests upon him. This is a very strange phrase. It can only mean one thing. The Jew has the conception of the...
The Inevitability of Persecution
Today's Bible Passage 1 PETER 4:12-13 Because of the nature of things, persecution must have been a much more daunting experience for Gentiles than it was for Jews. The average Gentile had little experience in it but the Jews have always been the...
Source and Object of All Christian Endeavor
Today's Bible Passage 1 PETER 4:11 The word endeavor here means serious effort. Peter is thinking of the two great activities of the Christian Church: preaching and practical service. The word he uses for sayings is logia. That is a word with a...
Two Precious Names for God (cont'd)
Today's Bible Passage 1 Peter 2:18-25 The Authorized Version speaks of God as the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls. Nowadays, Bishop is an inadequate and misleading translation of the Greek (episkopos). Episkopos is a word with a great history. It...
Two Precious Names for God
Today's Bible Passage 1 Peter 2:18-25 In the last verse of this chapter we come upon two of the great names for God—the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls—as the Authorized Version has it. (1st) God is the Shepherd of the souls of men. The Greek is...
Peril of the New Situation
Today's Bible Passage 1 Peter 2:18-25 Into this situation came Christianity with its message that every person is precious in the sight of God. The result was that within the Church the social barriers were broken down. The great majority of the...