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NASB | 1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 1:2 ¶ according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by the sanctifying work of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace [that special sense of spiritual well-being] be yours in increasing abundance [as you walk closely with God]. [John 14:27] |
Subject: Why can we not just be Christians? |
Bible Note: It is certainly good that those who fear the Lord would talk to one another. God has shown us: In the days of Malachi, they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. And “They shall be mine“, says the LORD of hosts, “in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him“. Then let us be sure that we are among them. Let us be sure that we fear the Lord, enough to obey him. Let each of us be sure that we are a son that serves him. God has made it clear that he is not interested in what we say (Exodus 19) but that we do what he says (Deuteronomy 29). For why do we call him “Lord, Lord” …? By talking we may show what we know (Isaiah 5). By listening, we may learn more (Proverbs 18:15). But knowledge without obedience is deceiving (James 1). Knowledge puffs us up (1 Corinthians 8) but obedience to the law of love, that accomplishes something (1 Corinthians 13). There is a certain perverse pleasure that we may get from hearing our own voice (Proverbs 10:8) and an itching ear may delight in hearing another’s voice (2 Timothy 4). But God is looking for those who will hear his voice (Isaiah 66:2) and will not harden their hearts (Hebrews 3) but will do what God says (1 Samuel 15). |