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Letter of Apostle Peter – I Peter
An Intimate Review
Pt 10
By Lawrence DeMetrius

In [I Pet 3:18-22] Apostle Peter expounds on SUFFERING for doing what is RIGHT with Christ as example writing,

For Christ, also hath once suffered for sins, the just for unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit;
[I Pet 3:18]

No other religious leader can boast being from above. [Jn 8:23; Heb 10:1-14] No other religious leader can boast being the true Christ and prophesied Messiah. [Gen 3:15; Isa 9:2, 6, 7; Mt 1:21-23; Gal 4:4-7; I Cor 8:6] No other was qualified to become The Propitiation that atoned for the sins of the whole world. [I Jn 2:1, 2] No other religious leader has the ability to guide mortals back into divine worship with Yahweh. [Eccl 12:13; St Jn 4:23, 24; 1:1-4, 11-13; 3:16-19, 36; 14:6; 6:37-40, 44, 45; Act 4:10-12; Heb 7:25; Mt 11:27-30; 28:18; I Jn 3:8-10; 5:20] Apostle Peter admonishes the Elect to remain faithful to Yahweh per the teachings of Jesus Christ, even in the face of adversity. [Heb 12:1-3] Apostle Peter uses The Great Flood of Noah’s Day to exemplify spiritual waters that now purge one from the filth of their carnal mind so they may be live per divine perspective. As in The Great Flood, those who fail to seize opportunity to be saved by complying to Yahweh’s Word will be washed away AS FILTH by the same Word. Apostle Peter writes,

By which also He went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a-preparing, wherein few, that is eight souls were saved by water.
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Who is gone into heaven, and on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being MADE subject unto Him.
[I Pet 3:19-22; Mt 28:18; Lk 10:19; Heb 1]

In [I Pet 4:1-6] Apostle Peter further expounds upon WHY and HOW Christ endured His SUFFERING. He did so by remaining focused on Yahweh with a GOOD CONSCIENCE. His brethren are expected to follow suite. Apostle Peter notes that SUFFERING for righteousness’ sake is evidence of one’s ceasing from the service of sin, the power of death. [Jam 1:13-15; Rm 6:23; 8:5-8; Gal 6:7-9; I Jn 3:8-10] He writes,

Forasmuch then as Christ hath SUFFERED for us in the FLESH, ARM yourselves likewise with the same MIND: for he that has SUFFERED in the FLESH hath CEASED from sin;
[I Pet 4:1]

Obedience to divine directives is only difficult when one’s MIND is not focused on Yahweh and Christ the Word. It is more challenging to obey divine directives when one is more interested in entertaining the desires of their FLESH or CARNAL NATURE. [I Jn 5:3; St Jn 3:19, 20]

*suffer Gk #3958 pascho (pas-kho) it means to experience a sensation or an impression of pain

*flesh Gk #4561 sarx (sarx) it means…
• flesh as stripped from the skin and strictly the meat of an animal as food
• mortal body as opposed to the soul or spirit
• mortal body as the symbol of what is external
• means of kindred and human nature with its physical and moral frailties and passions, and human beings as such

*arm Gk #3695 hoplizo (hop-lid-zo) it means to equip with weapons

*mind Gk #1771 ennoia (en-noy-ah) it is thoughtfulness, moral understanding and intent

*cease Gk #3973 pauo (pow-o) it means to stop, refrain, quit, restrain, desist, leave and come to an end


In [I Pet 4:2] Apostle Peter continues his thought on those who CEASE from SIN writing,

That he no longer should LIVE the rest of his time in the FLESH to the LUSTS of MEN, but to the WILL of God.
[I Pet 4:2]

*live Gk #980 bioo (bee-o-o) it means to spend existence

*lust Gk #1939 epithumia (ep-ee-thoo-mee-ah) it is a longing, especially for what is forbidden

*will Gk #2307 thelema (thel-ay-mah) it is determination, the thing determined, choice, purpose and decree, volition and inclination

All the above refer to what Yahweh desires. Apostle Paul states that all things pertaining to THE LORD’S WILL benefit those who wholeheartedly worship HIM. [Rm 8:28-30] This is all the more reason why the Elect should daily pray, seek and be given to the accomplishing of GOD’S WILL for their life. In [I Pet 4:3] Apostle Peter notes that Yahweh spiritually empowers HIS Elect to LIVE in a manner that pleases HIM and fulfills HIS WILL, not that of the FLESH and CARNAL NATURE. Apostle Peter then discloses that the Elect may at times undergo seasons of persecution due to their acceptance of new life in Christ. He writes,

For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the WILL of the Gentiles when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominalbe idolatries:
[I Pet 4:3]

*walk Gk #4198 poreuomai (por-yoo-am-ahee) it means to travel, remove, die and live

*lasciviousness Gk #766 aselgeia (as-elg-i-a) it is…
• licentiousness, which is being sexually unrestrained, libertine and lewd
• unrestrained by law and general morality
• lawless, immoral and disregarding of rules
• going beyond customary or proper boundaries and limits
This speaks of one losing control of or becoming too loose with themselves.

*excess Gk #3632 oinophlugia (oy-nof-loog-ee-ah) it is an overflow or surplus of wine and drunkenness

*reveling Gk #2970 komos (ko-mos) it is carousal, which is revelry, getting loose and noisy, drunken, boisterous festivity and social gathering

*banqueting Gk #4224 potos (pot-os) it is carousal and drinking-bout, contest or trial of strength …with liquor

*abominable Gk #111 athemitos (ath-em-ee-tos) it means…
• illegal, unlawful, shamefully wicked, hateful, odious and reprehensible
• shockingly noticeable, evident, obvious, widely and unfavorably known
• publicly or generally known as for a particular trait, scandalous, blazing and burning
• infamous, which is having an extremely bad reputation, deserving of and causing an evil reputation and shamefully malign and detestable

*idolatries Gk #1495 eidoloatreia (i-do-lol-at-ri-ah) it is image-worship

Apostle Peter writes,

Wherein they think it STRANGE that ye RUN NOT with them to the same EXCESS of RIOT, SPEAKING EVIL of you:
Who shall give account to Him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
For this cause was the Gospel preached unto them that are dead that THEY might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
[I Pet 4:4-6]

*strange Gk #3579 xenizo (xen-id-zo) it means to be a host or guest and to be, make or appear strange, which is unusual, extraordinary, curious, odd, queer, estranged, alienated as a result of being out of one's natural environment, situated, belonging or coming from outside of one's own locality, foreign, outside of one's previous experience and hitherto unknown, unfamiliar, unaccustomed to or inexperienced in, unacquainted, distant, reserved and shy
All of the above describe how born-again people e appear to those with which they once RAN in EXCESSIVE WICKEDNESS prior to their spiritual rebirth.

*run Gk #4936 suntrecho (soon-trekh-o) it means to rush together, hastily assemble and headlong

*excess Gk #401 anachusis (an-akh-oo-sis) it is effusion and license

• effusion is the act of pouring forth and an unrestrained expression
• license is…
o as a noun is…
 formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something
 an official permit or certificate, tag or plate that gives proof of such permission
 permission to do or not to do something
 intentional deviation from rule, convention or fact
 exceptional freedom allowed in a special situation
 excessive or undue freedom, liberty and licentiousness
o as a verb means to grant authoritative permission or license to

*riot Gk #810 asotia (as-o-tee-ah) it is being unsaved, shameless dissoluteness, reckless extravagance and great abundance

*speaking evil Gk #987 blasphemeo (blas-fay-meh-o) it means to vilify and speak impiously of

Some past acquaintances of The Elect choose not to engage with them anymore because they no longer give them LICENSE to continue on with ungodly conduct. Jesus Christ said that He did not come to bring peace but a sword that will disrupt even the fondest relations. [Mt 10:34] This was especially so in First Century Rome.

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