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- Welcome to The Rapid Bull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.
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- This is a ministry of striving for eternity. 1
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- Peter is a book written by Peter the Apostle, and this is a book that's seen to be written as kind of an ambassador's guide in a foreign land.
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- Peter is trying to address the fact that persecution will arise, we have to be careful in how we live.
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- He's going to talk a lot about the conduct of the believer, and he is going to be focused on the fact that this is not our home.
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- We're passing through, we're to submit to the governing authorities around us, but his focus is that our heavenly citizenship should be our focus.
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- We're sojourners in this life. This letter gives a theology of practical exhortation and comfort to the believers in their daily living.
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- Peter wants to link the doctrine with practice. How we believe will affect how we think, and much of this is going to talk about the idea of the new birth that we have, and all that's involved in that.
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- It's going to talk about the idea that it affects the way we behave, and is preparing for the caution for the persecution that will occur.
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- There will be suffering, he warns them of that, he's preparing the readers for that, and there is a charge he gives to the shepherds, to the young men, to stand firm.
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- Because this is not our home, we are just passing through, we should be looking forward to life with Christ.
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- This podcast is part of the Striving for Eternity ministry. For more content, or to request a speaker or seminar to your church, go to strivingforeternity .org
