Study of First Peter Lesson 9
Review:
1:9
Peter continues by giving us the basis for the inexpressible joy
obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of
your souls.
Note that the word
for obtaining is an
interesting one, komi,zw and it ties to
rewards.
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Uses of the word komi,zw some examples:
#1 2 Cor
#2 Eph 6:8
(see once again that what matters in f2 is your
mental attitude towards BD and its application in your life not your social
status)
#3 1 Pet 5:4 (application is to faithful P/T's)
#4 Heb 10:36
#5 Negative one: Col 3:25
If faith has an
end or culmination it must have a beginning!
Point
of faith in Christ ---
life f2 -- end is the deliverance i.e. death/rapture
either way F/F.
The soul here yuch, as it often
does is used to refer to the seat of or center of life that transcends the
material world. (its immaterial)
Summary
Observations
1. Promise from God is that all who believe in
Jesus Christ will obtain as a reward the end of their faith,
that is they will ultimately end up face to face with Him.
2. There are 2 aspects of the soul's
deliverance.
First at the
point of salvation, as a result of faith in Christ your regenerated, there is a
new birth, a canceling of spiritual death.
Second is the
end or culmination f3
when we are delivered face to face to ultimately receive the promised
resurrection body like His.
3. The emphasis of this verse in context is on
the f3 deliverance or our glorification.
4. As we begin to grasp the doctrinal
progression from vs:3-9 it should give us great
confidence and stability in time regardless of the external pressures and tests
we might be facing.
5. As those who have believed in Christ we are:
a. Regenerated, which
cancelled the spiritual death and now we are new creations in Christ. (vs:3)
b. Because of the
resurrection of Jesus Christ providing
proof of the provision of salvation we have a living hope. (vs:3)
c. The inheritance
that we have is imperishable, undefiled, unfading, and guarded in heaven for
you (vs:4)
d. That as believers
we are protected by the power of God as well as our inheritance. (vs:5) [points out eternal security that we have and enjoy in
Christ]
e. That portion of our
inheritance that is related to rewards will be revealed at the last time, that is the rapture and JSC (vs:5) also
(vs:9) obtaining as the outcome of your
faith.
f. This is all true even though in time during
our life we are distressed by various tests which refine our faith's focus so
that we can enjoy inner happiness and contentment even in the midst of the CHP's of life.
1:10-12 Prophets and Angels Amazed at Our Salvation
With this
paragraph Peter is attempting to show to his readers that the spiritual
blessings that they have, the provisions that are theirs in Christ are greater
than anything envisaged by
the OT prophets or even Angels.
Peter has hit
on some important aspects for the believer from the point of salvation, living
his life in time and when Christ returns.
All 3 phases of salvation.
the prophets made careful searches and inquiries
Who
are the prophets?
When
it says they prophesied what is in view?
- We have a line of prophets from Moses to John the
Baptist (with Christ being a special category) and their main function was not
to give out prophecy of future events, but to announce to the people God's
revelation and to exhort them to obedience to it.
- Nowhere in the context (vs:10-12) does Peter suggest
that these prophets questioned the message they were given to communicate but
that his point with the statement that they made
careful searches and inquiries that they sought a fuller more complete
understanding of the messages they communicated.
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They had info related to the 1st advent (Isa
53), they had much info related to the 2nd
advent of Christ.
Peter
continues in
seeking to know
same word as used in vs:10 for inquiry; idea of the word is to
investigate and to search for thoroughly
what person or time Here we have stated the basic dilemma of the
prophets
- The question for them, that they were seeking diligently the
answers to is this, Who was to be the Messiah, and secondly what is the nature
or characteristic of the time when He was to appear on the scene.
the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as
He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
the Spirit of Christ is a functional
title of God the Holy Spirit
within them
i.e. the prophets of the OT; Does
this refer to the Holy Spirit Indwelling them?
- This is not referring to indwelling them as He does us
in the Church age, but to His ministry to these prophets working with their
personalities to provide the inspired message God desire to be inscripturated
in the cannon. 2 Pet
- Remember the principle of residency of the Holy Spirit
is established in John 14:17
was indicating imperfect active indicative of dhlo,w to render evident to the mind, to make clear
as He predicted this is a
temporal participle, the idea is "while predicting"
- while testifying in
advance; who is? Linked to God the Holy
Spirit! The Spirit of Christ.
- Significance:
this puts the emphasis on God the Holy Spirit's function during
inspiration, the giving of the message and the recording of it.
The Holy Spirit through the prophets was testifying in advance to the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.