Tag: Matthew
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The End of the Living – a letter from Peter – 7
Living toward the End Peter challenges persecuted believers to Suffer for Good and trust God to punish those who do evil. He then proceeds to warn of the judgement and the end of those living souls as well as for those who are dead. Just as the end of all life will come, so must…
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Suffer for Good – a letter from Peter – 6
To do good or evil? Previously, from the background of Psalm 34 Peter urges the church to be like-minded in doing good. The Christian Standard Bible labels these verses, “Do No Evil” and the New King James Version, “Called to Blessing.” Yet just five verses later Peter calls on us to suffer. Our action? “Seek…
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Good Works – a letter from Peter – 3
What do our good works have to do with faith? Peter opens his letter to a persecuted church concerning this salvation with blessings. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of…
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