Passage - For the sake of the Lord, submit yourselves to every human authority — whether to the emperor as being supreme, or to governors as being sent by him to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do what is good. 1 Peter 2:13-14 Restated in my own words - We are called to submit to... Continue Reading →

Passage -  but to live such good lives among the pagans that even though they now speak against you as evil-doers, they will, as a result of seeing your good actions, give glory to God on the Day of his coming. 1 Peter 2:12 Restated in my own words - And believers might talk bad... Continue Reading →

Passage - Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and temporary residents not to give in to the desires of your old nature, which keep warring against you; 1 Peter 2:11 Restated in my own words - It's important not to give in to the desires of the old nature which come against you. Application to my... Continue Reading →

Passage - Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; before, you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:10 Restated in my own words- Before I was a foreigner, now I am a part of God's people. I now have received God's mercy. Application to my life - Sometimes... Continue Reading →

Passage - also he is a stone that will make people stumble, a rock over which they will trip. They are stumbling at the Word, disobeying it — as had been planned. 1 Peter 2:8 Restated in my own words - People will have a hard time obeying the word, they will stumble and trip. Application... Continue Reading →

Passage - This is why the Tanakh says, “Look! I am laying in Tziyon a stone,a chosen and precious cornerstone;and whoever rests his trust on itwill certainly not be humiliated.” Now to you who keep trusting, he is precious. But to those who are not trusting, “The very stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone”; 1 Peter 2:6-7 Restated... Continue Reading →

Passage - As you come to him, the living stone, rejected by people but chosen by God and precious to him, 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be cohanim set apart for God to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to him through Yeshua the Messiah. 1 Peter 2:4-5 Restated in my own words - As you come to... Continue Reading →

Passage - For you have tasted that Adonai is good. 1 Peter 2:3 Restated in my own words - You have tasted that the Lord is good. Application to my own life - God uses all of our senses and even to the taste He is good. His word feeds my soul and only when I feast on... Continue Reading →