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1 Peter 2
1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and
all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may
grow thereby:
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Milk of the word = come to Christ as babes
3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but
chosen of God, and precious,
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.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion
a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him
shall not be confounded.
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If you believe in God, you are going to absorb
His Word and His teachings. You won't be
confused.
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You will set Christ as your example. His example
will lead you through hard times.
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If you will do your best to follow His example,
you will always come out a winner.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious:
but unto them which
be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is
made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which
stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were
appointed.
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a
peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath
called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
an holy nation, a peculiar people;
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That ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath
called you out of darkness into his marvellous
light.
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God:
which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from
fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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I beseech you as strangers
and pilgrims
12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas
they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which
they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake:
whether it be to the king, as supreme;
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Obey by the laws of your government the best you
can
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If we get the wrong person in our government
that goes against God's laws, vote them out.
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the
punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence
the ignorance of foolish men:
16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but
as the servants of God.
17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the
good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure
grief, suffering wrongfully.
20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye
shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye
take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for
us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he
threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we,
being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye
were healed.
25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the
Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
•
The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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