Today’s Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 1-2 NLT; Ch. 3 NCV

Podcast Introduction

It’s Epistles Sunday, and we’ll begin the book of 1 Peter with chapters 1-3. I’m calling this episode “Choose God’s Agenda.”

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Summary

In 1 Peter 1 and 2, Peter urges us to live holy lives and prioritize God’s desires over our own. He reminds us that Jesus suffered for us and encourages us to follow His example, even if it means enduring suffering. I trust in God’s love for me, and I’ve found that my own suffering has drawn me closer to Him.

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Steve Webb 0:00
He was an eyewitness. Coming to you almost live from Riverside, California. This is the Lifespring! One Year Bible and podcasting since 2004. I’m your OG Godcaster. Steve Webb. I’m on vacation. So this episode is pre recorded. It’s a pistol Sunday and we’ll begin the booklet First Peter with chapters one through three. The website is Lifespringmedia.com. and I’ll have contact information at the end of today’s show. Before we read, let’s pray. Our Heavenly Father, we love you so much. and we thank you for our time together around your word. I pray, Lord, that as we read it today, you would touch our hearts, open our minds, give us something that we can use in our lives today. I pray this in Jesus name. Amen. All right, are you ready? Let’s begin.

Steve Webb 0:50
First Peter chapter one. This letter is from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his spirit is made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed Him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace, all praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by His great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance and inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled. beyond the reach of change and decay, and through your faith, God is protecting you by His power until you receive the salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see. So be truly glad there is wonderful joy ahead. Even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold, though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. You love him even though you’ve never seen him, though you do not see him now you trust him. and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. The reward for trusting Him will be the salvation of your souls. This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about the gracious salvation prepared for you. They wondered what time were situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ’s suffering and his great glory afterward, they were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. and now this good news has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is also wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen. So prepare your minds for action and exercise, self control. Put all your hope and the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better than but now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you as holy. For the scripture say, you must be holy, because I am holy. and remember that the Heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here is temporary residence. For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. and it was not paid with mere gold or silver which lose their value. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. God chose him as your ransom long before the world began. But now in these last days, he has been revealed for your sake, through Christ, you have come to trust in God, and you have placed your faith and hope in God because He raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory. You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth. So now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart, for you had been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal living Word of God. As the Scriptures say, people are like grass. Their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord remains forever. and that word is the good news that was preached to you.

Steve Webb 4:53
First Peter chapter two. So get rid of all evil behavior, be done with all deceit hypocrisy, jealousy and all unkind speech. Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation and cry out for this nourishment. Now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness. You are coming to Christ who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor. and you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are as holy priests, through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God, as the scripture say, I am placing a cornerstone in Jerusalem, chosen for great honor. and anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced. Yes, you who trust Him recognize the honor God has given him. But for those who reject Him, the stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. and he is the stone that makes people stumble, the rock that makes them fall, they stumble, because they do not obey God’s word. and so they meet the fate that was planned for them. But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for He called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. Once you had no identities of people, now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy, now you have received God’s mercy. Dear friends, I warn you as temporary residents and foreigners to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then, even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable be...

S2E309-1 Peter 1-3: Choose God’s Agenda