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Serve One Another

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1 Peter 4:9-10

9 Be hospitable to one another without complaint. 10 As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Our hospitality to others indicates to us and them that we love them. And when we do it without complaining, that shows that we are genuine in our love. Peter also implores his readers to use their special gifts, as good stewards, to serve each other; and in so doing God’s grace will flow out of them to others.

Keep Fervent in Your Love

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1 Peter 4:8

8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.

Here Peter indicates that love for one another (in the body of Christ) is most important, especially in these last days—at “the end of all things.” We don’t want to be guilty of any sin against our brothers—especially when He comes. Hence, love will help us to end any sin we have toward another.

Born Again to Eternal Life

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1 Peter 1:24-25

24 For,

“ALL FLESH IS LIKE GRASS,

AND ALL ITS GLORY LIKE THE FLOWER OF GRASS.

THE GRASS WITHERS,

AND THE FLOWER FALLS OFF,

25 BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER.”

And this is the word which was preached to you.

In these verses Peter quotes from Isaiah 40:6-8, in order to explain the living and enduring word of God that is planted in them to give them eternal life. This life in them is not like the grass or the flowers that wither away, but is of an enduring, everlasting substance.

Born Again

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1 Peter 1:23

23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.

Here Peter is telling them that their sincere love for others is certainly possible, since they now have a new life. This new life comes from an imperishable seed; that which is planted in them by the Holy Spirit and through the living Word of God (which is actually Christ, see John 1:1).

The Intercession of Jesus Christ for Us — 10 Points

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Stephen Nielsen's avatarPrayer A to Z

agony-in-the-gardenChrist is the person of God who intercedes for believers (and for those who will become believers) before the Father in heaven.  Here, in ten points, is a picture of His intercession.

1.  He is our High Priest.  God the Father appointed His Son as our High Priest.  As our High Priest His job now is to serve us and to be our representative before God the Father (Heb. 5:1).  Though He sits on the right hand of the Father in heaven (Heb. 8:1), He understands us and our weaknesses because He lived on this earth, had a body like ours, and was tempted like we are, yet without sin.  Hence, He is fully qualified to help us in all our weaknesses and temptations (Heb. 2:17-18; 4:15).

2.  He is our mediator.  As our mediator He has positioned Himself between God and us, and He pleads with God on our behalf. …

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