Randall Johnson

1 Peter 4:15-19, Suffer for Righteousness, Not Wrongdoing

The Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary helpfully explains, In the world of which the New Testament is a part, honor and shame were the chief motivating values. Honor is a publicly acknowledged

1 Peter 4:12-14, Unsurprising Suffering Leads to Glory

Living here in America we have not, as Christians, experience much persecution. We might likely feel surprise should persecution occur. But we shouldn’t. Jesus predicted we would suffer persecution .

1 Peter 4:7-11, End Times Behavior for Christians

Everything for the Christian is to be lived with your eyes on the hope of “the grace that is coming to you when Jesus Christ is revealed” (1:13). With the coming of Jesus Messiah, the first time, the

1 Peter 4:1-6, Overcoming Sin Through Suffering for Christ

Would you like to improve your character – your love, your commitment to doing good, your moving away from selfishness? Try this prescription…suffering. Now it’s true that suffering in and of itself

1 Peter 3:18-22, Christ Our Example in Suffering for Righteousness

The Expositor’s Bible Commentary says, The main purpose of vv.18-22 is fairly clear. “For Christ died” suggests that the example of Christ’s experience through suffering into victory

1 Peter 3:14-17, Suffering for Righteousness

In February 2015, ISIS, the terrorist organization/army executed 21 Christian men on a beach in Libya. They made a video of the men all kneeling while their executors stood behind them and beheaded them.

1 Peter 3:8-13, Conduct for All

Peter has brilliantly exposited the rock/cornerstone Scriptures (Isaiah 8:14; 28:16 and Psalm 118:22 in chapter 2:4-8), the “not My people/My people” passage (Hosea 1:10 in chapter 2:9,10),

1 Peter 3:1-7, Conduct of Wives and Husbands

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/ By Randall Johnson

The word skeuos is translated “vessel” in this passage from Peter and Meyer explains that it “must be taken here in its specific meaning of a utensil (or instrument) serving a particular

1 Peter 2:18-25, Conduct of Slaves

I love the note the Zondervan Bible Backgrounds Commentary notes about slaves: …even in addressing them Peter is raising their status. The slaves had few rights and could be treated by their masters

1 Peter 2:11-17, Conduct Among Unbelievers

Because foreigners have different customs and ways of communicating, natives are often suspicious of them. But if they keep our laws and demonstrate human goodness, we are often able to see them positively.

1 Peter 2:4-10, The People of God

According to Wikipedia, “A people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term ‘a people’ refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or

1 Peter 1:22-2:3, Loving and Growing

Breast milk is the primary source of nutrition for newborns, containing fat, protein, carbohydrates (lactose and human milk oligosaccharides) and variable minerals and vitamins. Breast milk also contains

1 Peter 1:17-21, The Necessity of Holiness

Can you be a Christian, be saved for eternity, and live a life of disobedience to God? That has been a debate for centuries. While I was in Seminary two of my professors took opposing views on this subject.

1 Peter 1:13-16, Be Holy

I challenged, privately, a young woman who publicly disrespected a fellow believer on Facebook because he didn’t take the same political view she did. Rightly or wrongly, I asked her if her father, who

1 Peter 1:10-12, The Glorious Nature of Our Salvation

Muhammad understood that his followers needed to have a sense that what he was teaching was not new, in every sense, but was an ancient faith consistently taught in every generation. So in Surah 10 Yet

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