1 Peter 1: 1-25
Peter, an apostle of
Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,
Asia, and Bithynia,
Elect according to
the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through
sanctification of the Spirit,
unto obedience
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:
Grace unto you, and
peace, be multiplied. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us
again
unto a lively hope
by the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead,
To an inheritance
incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for
you,
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Wherein ye greatly
rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through
manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious
than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto
praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not
seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice
with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of souls.
Peter says of Paul that He teaches from a wisdom given of
YHWH that by faith with patience is salvation obtained both now and forever.
Those who have not learned that Yeshua
the Messiah is life, He is the power of YHWH, He is love, He is
righteousness, He is wisdom, He is knowledge of YHWH, He is truth, He is the
resurection, He is walking in YHWH’s will, He is prosperity, He is peace, He is
forgivness, He is holiness, He is sanctification, He is faith, He is the work
of YHWH, He is the son of YHWH and the children, He is the temple, He is the
creation, He is the garden, He is the fruit of the tree of life, He is Adams
covering, He is the voice of Abel’s blood, He is Enoch’s translation, He is Noah’s arc, He is Abrams call, He is Abrahams
promise, He is Isaac’s blessing, He is Jacobs conqueror and His new name, He is
the twelves reunion and supplier, He is the drawing out of Moses, the burning bush,
the rod, the water becoming blood, the cleansing of leprosy, the plagues of
Egypt, the Passover lamb, the red sea washing away the power of Egypt, the
burning fire on Sinai, He is the law and the statutes and the ordinances, He is
Moses’s grave, He is Joshua’s captain, He is the promised land, He is the inheritance,
He is the kingdom, He is the temple, He is the beginning and the end, He is
everything those who don’t know this struggle to add Him to these things.
Paul and Peter and all true ministers of YHWH’s grace have
this same message but the way they deliver it is at times different. While
James may focus on the living of Him in our day to day, Jude warns of trying
any other way is separation, John speaks of the perpetual energy of His love
both in and through us, Paul analytically shows from scripture He is the power
source of His life living in us, but Peter simply states the facts of who He is
and who we are as one with Him.
In example if we walked into a dark room and said we could
not see…James tells us we must have a light on or we will never see, John would tell us of how electricity is the
way that a light becomes illuminated, Jude would warn that if not given its
proper respect electricity can kill us, Paul would tell us how electricity is
generated and travels and how it causes a light bulb to be illuminated, Peter
would say the switch is on the wall. Now if our life and understanding depend
on that light then everything the
apostles tell us is of the utmost importance, but it should be evident why we
might want to start with Peter.
So though men struggle to understand Paul and come to
conclusions that often require them to act as though he only said half of what
he said with Peter much of what He said is simply missed, ignored, or repeated without
real consideration.
In the first five verses of the first chapter of his first
epistle he states as fact the following doctrines: election, foreknowledge, God
our generator and maker, sanctification by the Spirit bringing forth obedience,
the blood of Yeshua making us YHWHs consecrated temple, Messiah as born
directly from YHWH, the rebirth of we who were born of Adam into YHWH, a living
expectation of death passing away by resurrection of the living first fruit,
that Yeshua has made us living partakers of an inheritance in Heaven (YHWHs
life), the grace of YHWH’s being by trust reliance and expectation bringing us
salvation to our manifestation as His children.
Peter in not a debater, he does not explain why you should
believe him, he simply states the facts. This is not to say he does not explain
anything as we will see in verse 6-9.
Wherein ye greatly
rejoice
These things listed known as truth bring us great joy in our
heart towards Yeshua who has delivered these things from our Abba into us by
Their abiding life.
though now for a
season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the
trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth,
though it be tried with fire
Those who wrestle to understand the scripture will often say
if your faith is right you will not suffer sickness or lack or stress or fear
or failure. Such an understanding seems to miss the obvious that one who has no
sickness cannot be healed, if we are not chastised we cannot trust Him for
peace, if our heart is not impure we cannot depend on Him to give us a clean
heart, if that which transgresses brings no torment we will not rely on His forgiveness.
Yeshua told those who were so sure YHWH respected who they were above common
sinners that sought Him that those who were well had no need for Him.
I have also heard it said trials are a sign of a lack of
faith. I am about to say something that all should know. Our Master is called a
refiners soap and over and over the wheat is beaten to separate what is food
from what is trash, gold and silver are not made pure without melting them to a
point so hot that every impurity is burned away, clay is not usable unless it
is made loose, screened, left to evaporate, then shaped then placed in the fire
that they can hold that shape. No trials show a presence of faith that is being
perfected.
Why does Peter say temptation instead of trial; because
trials come from the outside and cause temptation on the inside but temptations
can come directly from within also? Every temptation whether from fear, or frustration,
or wrong desire, or outward trials has one purpose to make us stop trusting the
life of Yeshua and the Father by their Spirit in us and drive us to lean on the
self.
Why do we think the scripture says YHWH chastises those He
loves? It is that all trust and reliance on the Adamic inheritance will be
taken away we can fully live in the inheritance of our brother the only
begotten of YHWH. Whose inheritance is the household of His Father who has
adopted us as sons.
If you claim that by your perfected faith you have no
suffering then you make Peter a liar or else you witness that YHWH is not your
Father.
might be found unto
praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not
seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice
with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of souls.
It is as your faith is pulled pressured and provoked you come
to purified faith which trusts only in YHWH and by such are preserved. For in
the birth of a Son does YHWH accept praise and claim His own glory as our
Father. We are hidden in the womb of the life of Messiah in and through us
being made in Him as one. This is our joy that we cannot put into words; for
the result of our faith in Him is that everything not of Him is purged from us.
