Holy Spirit Filled Greetings, Where Have They Gone?

1 Peter 5: 12-13 "By Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand. She who is in Babylon, elect together with you, greets you; and so does Mark my son. Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you …

To the Younger Followers of Jesus Christ

1 Peter 5:5-11 Click for a description of the mark of the beast. The younger followers of Jesus Christ are just beginning to know what it is like to be ridiculed and afflicted for embracing the testimony of Jesus Christ. They are still grasping the reality of eternal life. They are to submit themselves to …

To the Senior Followers of Jesus Christ

1 Peter 5:1-4 Click for a description of the mark of the beast. "The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ." Senior followers of Jesus Christ have a lot to share with us because they have experienced sufferings for their testimony of …

Enduring Reproach for Clinging to the Gospel of Jesus Christ

1 Peter 4:12-19 Click for a description of the mark of the beast. "Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you." I'm 63 years of age, so I do not think it is strange at all to be reproached for living by the teachings of the Bible. I …

Sin is Solved through Jesus Christ not through Sinless Human Robots

1 Peter 4:1-11 Click for a description of the mark of the beast. Choosing the Holy Spirit over the flesh is necessary. We need to be set apart from the Christless lifestyles of the flesh. Sinless flesh-and-blood human robots are created while discarding Jesus Christ. We are judged according to life in the flesh. The …

Christ Suffered to Bring Us to God through His Death and Resurrection

1 Peter 3:18-22 Jesus Christ is described as being someone who entered a violent prison to bring God's message of Salvation. His death occurred within that prison as He gave His life for the unjust. However, by the Spirit of God He has been raised from the dead, and because He lives, we will live …

Enduring Hostilities for Living for Jesus Christ

1 Peter 3:13-17 Click for a description of the mark of the beast. Everyday there are things happening that makes us ask in horror, "What kind of person would do that?" There are mothers who harm and murder their children on purpose, day care workers who do horrid things to the children, people who run …

Followers of Christ are Called to a Blessing in a Cold World

1 Peter 3:8-12 Click for a description of the mark of the beast  "...not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing." It's very difficult to deny that love has gone cold in this world. Whenever an apartment becomes …

A Word to Husbands as Followers of Jesus Christ

1 Peter 3:7 Click for a description of the mark of the beast. "Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered." 1 Peter 3:7 As husbands, it's necessary to be understanding knowing what the expectations …

Submission of Wives to Husbands as Followers of Jesus Christ

1 Peter 3:1-6 Click for a description of the mark of the beast This quote is from a 1971 song called, I Am Woman, "I am woman, hear me roar, In numbers too big to ignore, And I know too much to go back an' pretend'Cause I've heard it all beforeAnd I've been down there …