by Pastor Joseph Kolawole Ola Peter’s central message in this final chapter is, I see it, is three-fold: — a caution, — an assurance, and — a charge. A CAUTION: BEWARE OF SCOFFERS! Verse 3 (NKJV) — “knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts…” Have...
by Pastor Joseph Kolawole Ola Good day Blessed GOGOLights! Since this chapter is all about the false teachers — their condemnation (verses 1-9), their character (verses 10-17), and their claims (verses 18-22), my approach to this chapter will be to share a true story of a contemporary false prophet some of you may know. PRESENT-DAY...
by Pastor Joseph Kolawole Ola Good day Blessed GOGOLights! I welcome you into a short trip through the district of Second Peter in New Testament City. There are quite a few memorable sites with which some of us may already be familiar. But taking a full round-the-district tour helps us to connect those familiar sites...
by Pastor Adekoya Akinbode Peter has been exhorting the body of the believers scattered all over the Asian region from his office as an Apostle. In this last chapter of his first Epistle, Peter is writing as an elder, to the elders of/in the church. An elder, not just by the reason of age but...
by Pastor Adekoya Akinbode PARTAKERS OF CHRIST’S SUFFERING AND GLORY! We continue to be encouraged to see why we should be prepared and learn to go through suffering for Christ’s sake, as believers — Christ suffered for us. It is a glorious privilege to partake of Christ’s suffering, in whatever fashion or dimension it might...
by Pastor Adekoya Akinbode THE BLESSEDNESS OF CHRISTIAN/GODLY VIRTUES Apostle Peter has been encouraging the believers in Christ and admonishing us on how to respond to the various challenges, the maltreatments and what have you we may encounter in this our earthly pilgrimage. We are schooled, carefully studying this first Epistle of Peter on how...
by Pastor Adekoya Akinbode DECKED WITH DOUBLE HONOUR, TREATED AS IGNOBLE! Apostle Peter ends chapter 1 of his epistle emphasizing on the eternal nature of the word of God: ‘but the word of God endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached to you.’ We know historically speaking that...
by Pastor Adekoya Akinbode PERSECUTED BUT NOT ABANDONED! 1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. Obviously, the whole essence of the book of 1st Peter is to encourage...
