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Scripture Text: 1 Peter 2:1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, of all deceit, hypocrisy and envy, and of all the ways there are of speaking against people; 2 and be like newborn babies, thirsty for the pure milk of the Word; so that by it, you may grow up into deliverance. 3 For you have tasted that Adonai is good.[1 Peter 2:3 Psalm 34:9(8)]
4 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.
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John Wesley's Notes-Commentary for: 1 Peter 2:1-5
Verse 1
[1] Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Wherefore laying aside — As inconsistent with that pure love.
All dissimulation — Which is the outward expression of guile in the heart.
Verse 2
[2] As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Desire — Always, as earnestly as new born babes do, 1 Peter 1:3.
The milk of the word — That word of God which nourishes the soul as milk does the body, and which is sincere, pure from all guile, so that none are deceived who cleave to it.
That you may grow thereby — In faith, love, holiness, unto the full stature of Christ.
Verse 3
[3] If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Since ye have tasted — Sweetly and experimentally known.
Verse 4
[4] To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
To whom coming — By faith.
As unto a living stone — Living from eternity; alive from the dead. There is a wonderful beauty and energy in these expressions, which describe Christ as a spiritual foundation, solid, firm, durable; and believers as a building erected upon it, in preference to that temple which the Jews accounted their highest glory. And St. Peter speaking of him thus, shows he did not judge himself, but Christ, to be the rock on which the church was built.
Rejected indeed by men — Even at this day, not only by Jews, Turks, heathens, infidels; but by all Christians, so called, who live in sin, or who hope to be saved by their own works.
But chosen of God — From all eternity, to be the foundation of his church.
And precious — In himself, in the sight of God, and in the eyes of all believers.
Verse 5
[5] Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Ye — Believers.
As living stones — Alive to God through him.
Are built up — In union with each other.
A spiritual house — Being spiritual yourselves, and an habitation of God through the Spirit.
An holy priesthood — Consecrated to God, and "holy as he is holy." To offer up - Your souls and bodies, with all your thoughts, words, and actions, as spiritual sacrifices to God.
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Daily Devotionals:
Monday, October 24, 2016
Text to read: 1 Peter 2:1-5
- Read the entire text from 1 Peter.
- What label suits you best?
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Text to read: 1 Peter 2:1-5
- What might it mean to be a “living stone”?
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Text to read: 1 Peter 2:1-5
- What are you doing to grow spiritually into a mature person?
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Text to read: 1 Peter 2:1-5
- Why does spiritual growth matter?
- Are we all not going to heaven?
Friday, October 28, 2016
Text to read: 1 Peter 2:1-5
- What might be missing from your spiritual life and growth?
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Text to read: 1 Peter 2:1-5
- Read 1 Peter 2 again. What does God do with these living stones?
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2111 Camino Del Rio South
San Diego, California 92108, United States
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