1 Peter 5:11 (KJV) Christ’s Glory That No Government Can Change

1 Peter 5:11 (KJV)

To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

There are things that are true, and then there are truths we choose to live by.

This is truth. 

All glory and all dominion belong to the Lord Jesus Christ, and they belong to Him forever and ever. We can do nothing to change it. It is settled in heaven. It is fact.

The word “amen” at the end means trustworthy, surely, firm.

This is a solid and absolute truth.

The words of men spoken in derision of Christ dim His glory in no way.

He outshines the sun. He outclasses the greatest of dignitaries. He is holy, pure, and undefiled (even undefinable).

The rebellion of men in no way diminishes His dominion.

He is Lord of lords and King of kings. He sets up authority and brings it down at His will. No vote of man alters the will of God. No military coup displaces the authorities of God’s choosing.

“For ever and ever.”

This has been true from the beginning of time. It has been true through the ages of mankind. It will be true throughout the eternal future.

We often think of the word “amen” as an appropriate ending to our requests, as if to say to the Lord, “These are my requests; let them be answered as surely as I have asked them.”

The text is viewed as a doxology, a prayer. 

As true as the proclamation is, many still reject its truth. My prayer is that others would come to glorify God as God glorifies Himself. My prayer is also that I would live today in the light of truth rather than merely wishing it were true.

#JesusChristReigns #GloryAndDominion #KingOfKings #ForeverAndEver #StandOnTruth

Christ’s Glory That No Government Can Change: No Vote, No Rebellion, No Nation Can Diminish Christ’s Rule

What part of 1 Peter 5:11 speaks to you most — His glory, His dominion, or the certainty of “Amen”? Leave a comment below and join the conversation.

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1 Peter 5:11 (KJV) Christ’s Glory That No Government Can Change

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1 Peter 4:2 (KJV) The Rest of Your Time

1 Peter 4:2 (KJV)

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 am intrigued by that phrase, “the rest of his time.” Before our salvation, there was “the time past of our life.” It is a clear distinction between what was prior to salvation and what comes after one is born again.

I was 18 when I was saved.
Many were much younger than I was.
Many others were much older.

That is irrelevant. For each of us who are children of God, there is a “time past of our life” and “the rest of our time.” What is relevant is how we use the rest of our time.

God’s Word urges us to live the rest of our time not according to the lusts of men, but according to the will of God.

It is heartbreaking to hear of those who do otherwise. I heard just recently of a man well known for his ministry who has fallen into unspeakable sin. My prayer is that this failure, no matter the consequences, will lead not to his walking away from God, but that he will, perhaps for the first time in his life, spend the rest of his time in the flesh seeking after God’s own heart.

#RestOfYourTime #willofGod #BornAgainLiving #FirstPeter #ChristianGrowth

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What do you believe is the biggest challenge Christians face in living “the rest of their time” according to the will of God? Leave a comment below—I’d truly enjoy hearing your thoughts and testimony.

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1 Peter 4:2 (KJV) The Rest of Your Time

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1 Peter 3:2 (KJV) A Chaste Conversation, Coupled with Fear

1 Peter 3:2 (KJV)

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

The passage begins “Likewise, ye wives.” It sounds pointed and if not accusative, at least isolated. But we must not take it so because this context ends, “Likewise ye husbands.” And encourages them that they are “heirs together of the grace of life.” 

With that in mind I focus on the coupling of the chaste conversation and fear.

The word conversation is an easy one - behavior.

Chaste is “reverent, pure, clean.” Thayer’s dictionary gives as the primary definition, “exciting reverence.” In the context of our passage, it’s a behavior that motivates and leads others towards the same reverence for the Lord. So many these days want to water down the concept of fear but I don’t believe that’s healthy. I believe fear to be exactly what it sounds like, terror. When I was an ironworker I was afraid of falling. It did not prevent me from doing my job, but it did prevent me from falling. Fear is not a bad thing as long as it informs and does not cripple our behavior.

The sum of the equation is a chaste conversation, coupled with fear results in behavior that tends to the saving of souls. 

Such an equation is fitting but for the wives and the husbands.

2 Corinthians 5:11 (KJV)

Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

#ChasteConversation #FearOfTheLord #FirstPeterThree #ChristianBehavior #PersuadeMen

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Do you believe the fear of God is missing in modern Christianity? Leave a comment below and join the conversation. I’d love to hear your thoughts on what it means to live with a “chaste conversation coupled with fear.”

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1 Peter 3:2 (KJV) A Chaste Conversation, Coupled with Fear

Here's a comic version of the lesson.

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1 Peter 2:8 (KJV) You Cannot Step Around Jesus

1 Peter 2:8 (KJV)

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

I saw an article the other day in which James White, a noted Reformed/Calvinist teacher, disagreed with John MacArthur, another well known Calvinist Bible teacher on the state of infants who die. According to the article, MacArthur held the position that infants are innocent and that therefore all those who die in infancy go to heaven. (I would agree with that.) White takes exception and argues that the Calvinist doctrine of election requires that some of those infants be among the elect—chosen and saved—while others would be appointed to death and hell. White’s position, I think, is the logical conclusion of the (I believe unbiblical) Calvinist doctrine of election. If God is truly selecting some souls for heaven (for His glory) and some souls for hell (also for His glory), it stands to reason that such election would extend to all souls and not merely those who survive to adulthood.

But that is not the biblical doctrine of election.

And that is not what this verse is teaching. God has not appointed men to stumble at His Word by being disobedient. Rather, the passage teaches that God has appointed Christ as the stumbling stone. God has appointed that those who believe on Christ shall not be confounded, and that those who stumble in disobedience will be offended.

There you have it.

• All you who are avowed atheists and haters of Christ.
• All you who have chosen a religion without Christ.
• All you who have embraced Islam, or any religion that teaches an unbiblical view of Christ.

The marker of faith Almighty God has appointed is Jesus Christ. You may, by your own will, accept Him, reject Him, or attempt to step around Him. But in the end, it will be God who judges. And He has declared that His judgment will be determined by your relationship to Christ.

#StoneOfStumbling #ChristTheCornerstone #OffendedAtTheWord #JesusIsTheStandard #FaithOrStumble

You Cannot Step Around Jesus: The Meaning of “A Stone of Stumbling”

Do you believe 1 Peter 2:8 teaches that God appoints men to unbelief—or that Christ Himself is the appointed dividing line? 

Leave a comment below and join the discussion. For more Bible teaching, articles, books, and daily encouragement, visit marvinmckenzie.org.

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Thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments.

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1 Peter 2:8 (KJV) You Cannot Step Around Jesus

Here's a comic version of the lesson.

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1 Peter 1:18-19 (KJV) The Precious Blood of Christ vs. the Failures of Religion

1 Peter 1:18-19 (KJV)

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

I’ve written previously about the accusations others make concerning “religion.”

“There is a common accusation made against the children of God:
Our religion is all about money—‘silver and gold.’

It is true that there have been, and continue to be, charlatans who practice the faith for financial gain. However, compared to the countless pastors serving faithfully, the number of those made wealthy by so-called ministry is minuscule. Yet these few become infamous.

Or else,
Our religion is corrupt.

Just look at the history of Christianity: crusades, executions, indulgences, secret orders, etc. The perversions and corruptions of certain priests are also notorious.

Or else,
Our religion is mere vain conversation—just traditions and family culture.

Sadly, this is true for many. Religion is filled with people who neither understand nor examine why they believe as they do. Too many simply hope that never challenging what they have always been told will somehow be sufficient to earn them heaven.”

As terrible as it is that there have been so many “bad actors” in the history of the Christian religion, it does not change the fact that the blood of Christ is precious, without blemish and without spot.

Let God be true, and every man a liar.

I would go so far as to say that it is evidence of the grace of God that He would shed such precious blood on behalf of men so fallen that they would even abuse so precious a gift.

#PreciousBloodOfChrist #RedeemedNotBought #FaithNotReligion #ChristAloneSaves #LetGodBeTrue

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Have you ever struggled with the hypocrisy and corruption found in religion? Do you think the failures of men change the truth about Jesus Christ? Leave a comment below and join the conversation. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

For more Bible teaching, articles, books, and encouragement, visit marvinmckenzie.org.

To my readers:

Thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments.

For this and, more than 7100 earlier Daily Visits with God, visit https://mckenzie-visit-with-god.blogspot.com. There you will find daily visits going back to 2005.

If you have been blessed by this blog, please subscribe to my feed and share it with others.

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Let’s have coffee?
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1 Peter 1:18-19 (KJV) The Precious Blood of Christ vs. the Failures of Religion

Here's a comic version of the lesson.

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