1 Peter 4

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For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the wicked and ungodly appear? 1 Peter 4.18 What is meant here by righteousness, to wit a man endued with evangelical righteousness? By righteous here is meant that evangelical righteousness which we have in the state of the gospel, namely the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, for Christ himself being ours, his obedience and all that he hath become ours also.

And whosoever partaketh of this righteousness which is by faith, hath also a righteousness of sanctification accompanying the same, wrought in his soul by the Spirit of God, whereby his sinful nature is changed and made holy.

For if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.

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1 Peter 4, verses 17, 18, and 19.

Our nature, as it is very backward to do good, so likewise to suffer evil.

Rejoice instead.

That's what 1 Peter 4:12-13 tell us to do.

"Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, and when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy."

You see, none of us like to suffer.

So here's my question.

How would you live if you had no tomorrow? If no more tomorrows were guaranteed you, what things would change? How would you live in the light of that? With that as an introduction, we go to 1 Peter 4, beginning in verse 7.

But the end of all things is at hand.

Therefore, be serious and watchful in your prayers.

So I'm going to read your question again to see if I'm answering it carefully, because sometimes I go off on my own thoughts.

What does Peter mean when he says in 1 Peter 4, 8, that love covers a multitude of sins? Specifically, what does cover mean compared to sin being forgiven by Jesus? I think cover in this case, it means forgive, but not in 1 Peter in particular.

I'll go back to it right now.

1 Peter 4.12. What does cover mean in this passage? It's not 4.12.

It was 4.8.

The end of all things is at hand, therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

Good morning to you.

Today's motivation is coming from 1 Peter 4 verse 8.

Above all, love each other deeply because love covers over a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4 verse 8.

Above all, love each other.

deeply, and the Bible uses the word deeply, not just to love each other, but to love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.

Hi, faithful listeners, and welcome to The Bible Explained podcast on this lovely, lovely morning.

I hope you all are ready to discuss 1 Peter 4 with me.

This is the chapter where Peter starts talking about the do's and don'ts.

And I feel like there's one of these lists in pretty much every single New Testament book that we've come across so far.

That's lifeaudio.com forward slash The Good Word.

All right, faithful listeners, you guys know that one of my favorite things to do when I close out an episode is to give you guys a call to action.

So the call to action for today is to read over 1 Peter 4, 7 through 11 yourselves and think about one of the things that you can implement today.

And also something that you need to pray about, something you might struggle with in this list.