2 Peter 1:1. Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, Peter was pleased to be able to write those words.
There was a time when he had thrice denied his Master, but now he is glad to call himself "a servant of Jesus Christ." Once he had said, "I know not the man," but now he claims that he has been sent out by that glorious Lord to be his apostle,-a sent one,-"a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ." Probably he had ringing in his ears, at that moment, those blessed words, "Feed my sheep; feed my lambs;" and he was going to do that work again in this his second general Epistle.
2 Peter 1:1. To them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
These Epistles are not written to everybody. Some readers do not seem to remember this fact. This one is written, says the apostle, "to them that have obtained like precious faith with us." The faith of the weakest believer in Jesus is the same kind of faith as that which was found in Simon Peter, who stands among the very first of the worthies in the College of Apostles." Like precious faith with us." Only think of it, you whose faith is of a very trembling sort, which might be well described as "little faith." Yet yours is "like precious faith" with that of Peter and the rest of the apostles.
The tiniest diamond is as truly a diamond as the Kohinoor, and the smallest faith, if it be really the work of the Spirit of God, is "like precious faith" with that of the apostles.
2 Peter 1:1. Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, Peter was pleased to be able to write those words.
There was a time when he had thrice denied his Master, but now he is glad to call himself "a servant of Jesus Christ." Once he had said, "I know not the man," but now he claims that he has been sent out by that glorious Lord to be his apostle,-a sent one,-"a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ." Probably he had ringing in his ears, at that moment, those blessed words, "Feed my sheep; feed my lambs;" and he was going to do that work again in this his second general Epistle.
2 Peter 1:1. To them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
These Epistles are not written to everybody. Some readers do not seem to remember this fact. This one is written, says the apostle, "to them that have obtained like precious faith with us." The faith of the weakest believer in Jesus is the same kind of faith as that which was found in Simon Peter, who stands among the very first of the worthies in the College of Apostles." Like precious faith with us." Only think of it, you whose faith is of a very trembling sort, which might be well described as "little faith." Yet yours is "like precious faith" with that of Peter and the rest of the apostles.
The tiniest diamond is as truly a diamond as the Kohinoor, and the smallest faith, if it be really the work of the Spirit of God, is "like precious faith" with that of the apostles.