Christ in 1 Peter

Christ Connection - The Covenant Blood

At Sinai the people were brought into covenant when Moses sprinkled the blood of the sacrifice on them. Peter names a greater sprinkling: the blood of Jesus Christ. By it these scattered believers are made the Lord’s own, sealed into a covenant that holds them.

Christ Connection - The Cornerstone Psalm

Jesus read this line about Himself before anyone else did. Standing in front of the men who would condemn Him, He quoted Psalm 118 - “the stone which the builders rejected” - and let them hear that they were the builders. He knew He was the stone. He walked into the rejection with His eyes open, was cast out and crucified, and rose as the cornerstone of a building made of people. Peter, who watched it happen, hands you the same psalm now: the rejection was never the end of…

Co-Heirs of the Grace of Life

Watch what one word does to the household ladder. The wife the husband is told to honor is, in the same breath, named his fellow heir - and the inheritance they share is not his to grant or withhold. It comes from Christ, who makes those joined to him heirs of God and joint-heirs with himself. At the table of that inheritance there are no lower seats. The same grace that saves the husband saves the wife, and it levels the floor they both stand on. A man who lords it over h…

Christ Connection - The Suffering Servant

Verse 1 makes Christ’s suffering the reason for yours: forasmuch as Christ hath suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same mind. When He suffered, He did not yield to sin; He stayed obedient to the Father. Isaiah had foreseen this Servant, who bore “the iniquity of us all” yet opened not His mouth in protest (Isa. 53:6-7). The mind you put on like armor is His: the settled resolve that chooses God over sin even when obedience costs you. To suffer that way is to fi…

Christ Connection - The Chief Shepherd

Jesus calls Himself the Good Shepherd in John 10:11. He lays down His life for the sheep. Every elder in every church is an under-shepherd, serving the sheep on behalf of the Chief Shepherd. When Christ appears - when He gathers His flock - all faithful shepherds will receive from Him a crown of glory that does not fade away. The reward comes from Him alone.