SHOULD YOU FEAR GOD (8 OF 30)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:17-21
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Should You Fear God (8 of 30)
Series: Navigating Home
Scott Maze
1 Peter 1:17-21
I heard about a young boy that went off to one of these extremely expensive universities, and the bills were coming in monthly to these parents and they were struggling to keep their head above water. One day his mother received a letter from him and he said: ''Dear Mom, I'm writing to inform you that I have flunked all of my courses. I had an accident and totally wrecked my car. I owe the clothing store in town $2,000.00 and I have been suspended for the next semester because of misconduct. I am coming home, prepare Dad.'' His mother wrote a letter back to him that just said this ''Dear Son, Dad is prepared, prepare yourself.''
Peter writes from Rome (1 Peter 5:13) to the believers in what is now know as modern-day Turkey (1 Peter 1:1), an area of around many square miles. Peter writes to believers who are facing a testing of their faith. Just on the onset of a severe persecution from Nero (Peter is probably writing around 62-63 AD), modern-day American Christians struggle with identifying with the believers in Peter's day. Most of us are afraid of the recent economic downturn where the retirement accounts of Americans have lost $2 trillion in the past 15 months. This is very different crisis that the believers in Peter's day were experiencing. In present day Mosul, Iraqi (the third [3rd] largest city in Iraqi), dozens of Christians have been killed the past two weeks. Al-Qaeda is being blamed for this persecution. Christians have lived in Mosul for centuries. Recently, the archbishop of the area was conducted and murdered. Consequently, 1,000 families have left the area in order to hide. This is the kind of severe trial Peter addresses.
''And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathe ...
Series: Navigating Home
Scott Maze
1 Peter 1:17-21
I heard about a young boy that went off to one of these extremely expensive universities, and the bills were coming in monthly to these parents and they were struggling to keep their head above water. One day his mother received a letter from him and he said: ''Dear Mom, I'm writing to inform you that I have flunked all of my courses. I had an accident and totally wrecked my car. I owe the clothing store in town $2,000.00 and I have been suspended for the next semester because of misconduct. I am coming home, prepare Dad.'' His mother wrote a letter back to him that just said this ''Dear Son, Dad is prepared, prepare yourself.''
Peter writes from Rome (1 Peter 5:13) to the believers in what is now know as modern-day Turkey (1 Peter 1:1), an area of around many square miles. Peter writes to believers who are facing a testing of their faith. Just on the onset of a severe persecution from Nero (Peter is probably writing around 62-63 AD), modern-day American Christians struggle with identifying with the believers in Peter's day. Most of us are afraid of the recent economic downturn where the retirement accounts of Americans have lost $2 trillion in the past 15 months. This is very different crisis that the believers in Peter's day were experiencing. In present day Mosul, Iraqi (the third [3rd] largest city in Iraqi), dozens of Christians have been killed the past two weeks. Al-Qaeda is being blamed for this persecution. Christians have lived in Mosul for centuries. Recently, the archbishop of the area was conducted and murdered. Consequently, 1,000 families have left the area in order to hide. This is the kind of severe trial Peter addresses.
''And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathe ...
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