Peter encourages us to endure through persecution. What we’re experiencing now is for a purpose and we can look forward to greater glory in the future!
- God saves us through Jesus Christ and gives us an eternal inheritance.
- Our salvation should bring us joy even in the midst of suffering.
- God uses suffering to achieve His purpose in our lives.
- So, even though we experience suffering, we can rejoice in it.
- Although we are saved now, we won’t experience the full effects until Jesus returns.
- And we look forward to rewards and an inheritance that are yet to come!
- It was foretold by the Spirit through the prophets.
- The prophets wrote it down for us, and this Word communicates God’s truth and salvation to us. His Word is eternal, living, and true.
- When the prophets wrote under inspiration, they had to search their own writings to try to figure out what God was doing.
- How should we respond to all that God has done for us? We need to be holy and obedient, and we need to love one another.
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