CCLXXII. The Burden of Care.
1 PET. v. 7. “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.” I. WHAT is care? It is not sorrow, not extreme desolation, not sharpness of anguish. It is a weight on humanity like a dark cloud…
CCLXXI. Humility and its Reward.
1 PET. v. 6. “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.” I. THE kind of suffering which the text represents is that from which there is no present escape. Peter…
CCLXX. Partaking Christ’s Suffering.
1 PET. iv. 13. “But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings.” THE Christian faith gives dignity to every kind of suffer- ing. So the apostle says the trial is an angel messenger, with a certain definite mission…
CCLXIX. A Consecrated Thought,
1 Pet. Iii. 15. “Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.” THE age in which we are living is, without question, materialistic and superficial. How shall we meet our diffi- culties? I. Our life must come under the power of…
CCLXVIII. Suffering.
1 PET. ii. 19. “This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.” ST. PETER is writing here to one particular class of Chris- tians, to household slaves. “Slaves,” he begins, “be subject to your…
CCLXVII. Servants of God.
1 PET. ii. 16. “As the servants of God.” THE title servant or slave of God does not appear for the first time in the New Testament. God Himself speaks of Abraham, of Moses, of Caleb, Job, Isaiah, and Zerubbabel…
CCLXVI. True Freedom,
1 PET. ii. 16. “As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.” FREEDOM is one of those words which need no recomen- dation. It appeals to human interests in all…
CCLXV. Blessings at Christ’s Appearing.
1 PET. i. 13. “For the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” GRACE was brought to men when Jesus Christ first came into our world, but more grace will be brought at…
CCLXIV. A Living Hope.
1 PET. i. 3. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” ST. PETER…
CCLXIII. The Knowledge of God.
i PET. i. 21. “Who by Him do believe in God, that raised Him up from the dead, and gave Him glory: that your faith and hope might be in God.” How is it that men will not give up…