1 Peter 4:5 KJV [5] “who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.” We cannot escape the fact or deny that we are all headed to a Judgment Seat. If you have accepted Christ as your Savior, you will stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ. You will give an account of your life and service for Christ. If you have served Him with the right motive, you will be rewarded for your service to Him. If you have served Him with any other motive, then your works will be burned …
“That’s Not My Crowd”
1 Peter 4:4 KJV [4] “wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:” The world will never understand why Christians live the way we do. They view the Christian life as a life of drudgery and bondage. They cannot understand why we would want to separate from worldly pleasures and philosophy to live a life dedicated to Christ. It makes no sense to unbelievers because they are still dead in their trespasses and sins. Satan has blinded their minds, and their only hope is to hear the …
“It Is Over and Done”
1 Peter 4:3 KJV [3] “For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:” Peter reminds believers that the way they used to live is in the past. Their old life is over, and their new life in Christ will be completely different than living after the flesh. This is true for us as believers today. The Lord not only saved us from Hell but from sin and ourselves. We have been given new life in Christ, …