Loading…

1-2 Peter is unavailable, but you can change that!

Peter wrote two letters to encourage churches to stand firm under persecution. The apostle Peter himself was familiar with persecution, as he probably wrote the letters from Rome, awaiting his death. From his own suffering Peter joins in fellowship with “elect exiles of the dispersion” by urging them to “rejoice, though now for a little while … you have been grieved by various trials.” His...

we ought to be “giving all diligence.” Before important decisions are made or property is exchanged in the business world, it is incumbent upon those in positions of authority to do what is commonly called “due diligence.” To give due diligence is to pay close attention to the matter at hand. Peter uses that word to call us to a posture of diligence as we look into the things of God. Our approach to learning of God is not to be done in a frivolous, capricious, or cavalier manner. With earnest application,
Page 218
Buy this book at Logos.com