1 Peter 1

Monday, March 11, 2013

1 Peter 1

I had to read this chapter twice to have anything to say about it, but I think that says more about where I am at the moment than the chapter.

I can feel in it how Peter doesn't think the world will last much longer.  The world is insubstantial and we have trials to suffer before God takes us to Himself.  But there's some interesting historical stuff going on with Peter saying that God did not redeem us with silver and gold but with Christ's blood.  I wonder if this is in response to some Roman beliefs or if it's a warning about putting stock in anything this world has to offer.

We did not repay our deeds in this world in the currency of this world.  It was paid for us by God in the most precious things of heaven.

We cannot through any method in this world make up for our sins and our transgressions - there is nothing so precious in the world to pay it back, until Jesus came.