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    The Letter: 1 Peter
    The Letter: 1 Peter
    The Letter: 1 Peter
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    The Letter: 1 Peter

    By Don Hatfield

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    As Mark laid there dying after being stoned by his persecutor a smile came on his face. He whispered to the young boy kneeling over him. More precious than gold, more precious than gold. The letter was sent by Peter. Little did I know how far the letter would send me. Journey with John and I as we take the letter to the strangers scattered abroad.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDon Hatfield
    Release dateJan 10, 2015
    ISBN9781310123702
    The Letter: 1 Peter
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    Don Hatfield

    Hi I am Don. My wife Nancy live in West Virginia. I am also available for speaking engagements. I have put together a series called After Salvation - Following After God. You can preview this series at followingaftergod.com. This book will also be in print in the near future. God Bless. Don

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      The Letter - Don Hatfield

      The Letter

      Introduction

      I was sitting in the home of John in the Roman province of Pontus, along the Euxine Sea when the letter came. We had gathered around the table for a time of prayer and fellowship. There was John, James, Mark, and myself. I am Timothy. These men were all learned men, men with a great knowledge of the Scriptures and a great knowledge of our Savior. All were very well educated. I probably had the least education of all us. There was a knock at the door and a young courier entered and said that he brought a letter from Peter and handed it to John. John started to open the letter and then stopped and looked at all of us. He said, "I want each of your inputs into this which Peter has written to us for I sense that its meaning will be far more reaching than we could ever imagine. He then stated that he would read the letter slowly and then allow us to discuss it around the table. With this we had a word of prayer. John then opened the letter and we began to read.

      Chapter One

      1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.

      No sooner had John finished reading this sentence when James said, The rock has written this letter to us. We laughed for we also knew Peter would laugh for we all knew that our rock was the Lord Jesus. James then said, Peter was one of the first apostles, one of the first messengers but now we have all become messengers for our Savior. We are all messengers and strangers. Our native country is Heaven and we are but sojourners here on earth. With that Mark added, Yes, we are foreigners scattered among the Gentiles. John continued.

      1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. John stopped reading and said, I think I will ask each of you in turn what you think Peter is saying to us. Of course if any disagree then feel free to speak up. We had been so engrossed in our discussion that we had forgotten about the courier who was still standing there. John asked him if he were a believer and he nodded his head yes. John then asked his named and he said it was Samuel. John invited him to sit at the table with us then gave him a drink and the young man sat down with us. John turned to James and said why don’t you be the first to comment on Peter’ first sentence. James began with the word elect saying, My dear brothers we are the elect of God, we are the chosen of Him to obtain salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. We were chosen by Gods thought or foreknowledge. Chosen by pre-arrangement. James stopped and thought for a moment and said, Yes, my brothers, we are chosen by the Father through the Son and set apart by the Spirit. The purifying Spirit of God has set us apart and consecrated us to be chosen vessels to our Father. How? By submitting to Him by an act of our will and by the precious blood of our Savior. Jesus has sprinkled His blood upon us just as the priest did upon the altar. It is by His grace and His merciful kindness that this peace is given to us. The more we see of it the more it increases in us. We all sat there as if stunned. We were in awe and wonder at what James had said as we thought about what God, through the Son by His Spirit had done for us. I then asked James, When you say foreknowledge what do you mean? Do you mean we had no choice in this matter of salvation? James thought for a moment and said, No, I do not think that is the case. How could God be God if He did not know who was going to be saved. Yet, He gave us a free will to choose Him. I think by choosing we become foreordained to be like our Savior and become part of His pre-arranged plan. We must become like Him for if we do not how could we who are so unholy entered into such a Holy place as Heaven. James stopped there and all was quiet. Mark then said, I think that many may be confused by these words some will think one way and others will think another way. Then John made a statement to which we all said Amen, They will only become confused if they take their eyes off the one in whom there is no confusion. He did not save us to argue over words. He saved us to have fellowship with Him so that others might hear and see the good news of His saving grace. I quietly added, Yes, to hear with their ears and see with their eyes what a difference He has made in our lives." We all smiled but I sensed that for some reason Samuel’s smile was not as genuine as the rest of us but I made no comment. John then said let us continue and began to read the next sentence.

      1:3 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.

      John turned to Mark and said, your turn Mark, what do you think of these words that Peter has written unto us. Mark sat there for a moment and then began with these words, Praise, Praise, and Praise to God the Father Mark said," all praise is due Him because He is the Father. By Father I mean He shares with Jesus in His divine nature. He has united Himself with our Lord Jesus in the closest bond of love and together they have appointed themselves through Jesus to carry out the plan of divine salvation. It is because of His abundant mercy shown in

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