These verses, in the original Greek, comprise one long sentence with Peter giving praise for our salvation. In them Peter teaches salvation as a living hope of comfort providing perspective on life struggles in the here and now.
God offers rest and peace in the face of life’s difficulties. There are five things we do to
experience this.
1 Peter 4.12-19
May 23, 2021 • Jason McNutt
God allows us to participate in suffering to refine us. God uses it to show us what may be
occupying a place in our lives that rightfully belongs to Jesus.
Following Jesus
May 16, 2021 • Jason McNutt
Jesus died and rose again so that everyone who repents and turns to Him can have new
life. That is the Gospel. We must be willing to let it turn us away from our previous lifestyle of
satisfying sinful desires.
