Day 93 – A Living Hope – 1 Peter 1:1-1:12
I apologize about not posting last night. My body is still not ready for a 12 hour day.
Many of the recent readings could be an entire week themselves and today’s passage from 1 Peter is no exception. Once again I’ll highlight a few aspects:
Foremost we see again the idea of resurrection life: By his [God] great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead… (v 1:3)
Peter then goes onto to describe some of the mysteries of this life, much of which I merely mention for your further thought. First, this new life has both an element of change in the present, while total fulfillment is only possible in the future. There is an element of living life not separated from the world, nor absorbed by the world. And finally we see this great idea that you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people… (v 2:9) Throughout these verses we see holiness defined by how we act in community. We have tended to turn holiness into personal piety, but this issue is really defined by our actions within community. After all, is not the one we call holy, the Triune God, defined made known to us through the community of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?
In Christ,
Randy
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