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1. "peter an APOSTLE Of Jesus Christ, 70
the straueers scattered throughout Pontuss
| Galatia. Cnppsdooia. Asia Pd Bithynia.p
| The writer's OF the epistles know but orc
mnster--they are either servants or apostles
OF Jesus Christ--and being controlled by
the Spirit they glorify Him Chiath. xiii, >;
| John xvi, 14l. Their aim IL to help their
fellow strangers to be holy I'D tneir lives
and full Of good works that Goa may DO
| glorified (chapter II, II, l2l
Elect according TO the forcknowledge
OF God the Father, through sancVihcation
of tho spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling
OF tho blood of Jesus Christ. Grace unto
you md peace be multiplied" Scriptural
| election is the choosing OF some TO bless
others. these chosen ones being taken out
from the rest that they may be specially
qualified for special service Eph. /, 4; ROM
| viii, o9l. Tho exceeding abundance OF His
grace and peace is given to such that
through them II may DO multiplied 20 9th
ers. II you have received Him, you are one
of His elect II you have not received Him,
you may do so at once tJohn vi, 81; Iii, 10;
Rev. xxi, ~.
3. Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, which according 10 His
abvliant niorcy hath begotten us again
unto lively hope 10y The resurrection Of
Jesus Christ from the dead.n The signiti-
canoe Of the resurrection IA fully stated in
| Cor XIV, 10, 90 He who wna dead Is alive
foreyermorc, and at the right hand OF God
are the evidence OF our justification and the
assurance OF our continued life (Rey /, IS,
Rom. iy, s5; viii, 80 TO bc identified
with risen, living Christ, who Inns all
power in heaven and on earth, snd to be
commissioned as His ambassadors to pro-
CHIN His salvation is surely the highest
honor that mortal man can enjoy on this
earth John xvii, is; III Cor V, 20),
4. $40 an inheritance incorruptible and
Undecided and that fadeth not away, re
served In heaven for you" All things here
nre perishable, but the word OF the Lord
aud the glory Of the Lord endureth forever
(verses "a, %; | John ii, IL; Heb xii, 81.
Jesus nt the right hand Of God ia not only
our righteousness aud our life, but also the
assurance that our bodies shall yet be just
like His and that we shall reign with Him
q Cor. XIV, 20; Phil i'll, ql; Rev v, o, 10Y.
D. who are kept by the power of God
through faith unto salvation, ready to be
revealed in the last timer Jesus does the
saving and the keeping and we do the
trusting and obeying, SEQ how we are kept
in Judo / Rom. xiv, 4: Isa. xii, 10. Saliva
ton is ours now IL we have received Christ
We are also day by day working it out, and
yet we are waiting for IL, for II Is every day
nearer than when we believed Oh Tim. l, Q;
Phil, ii, L. 49, Rom. xiii, ~. 1t is n three
fold salvation. We have eternal life we
nre manifesting that life, and we expect the
glorined body and the joys of the liingdom
0. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though
now for season, IL need be, ye are in heavl-
ness through manifold temptations" We
will surely rejoice II we believe the facts,
but not otherwise, for JOY and peace como
only by believing (Rom XIV, 18). Jesus told
us that we must expect tribulation, but
that we may have peace (John xvi, 9S)
Paul testines that it is possible to bs joyful,
yea, even exceeding joyful. in tiibulation
rom. V, .; II Cor. vii, ..
Z. THAT thu trial OF your faith. being
much more precious than OF gold that per
isheth, though 1t be tried with FIRE, might
be found unto praise and honor and glory
at the appearing OF Jesus Christ 1t is q
most profitable study 20 mediate ON the
word precious in these two cplstlcs q Pet.
1, z, 10; Ii, 4, Z; III Pet, /, l, ~. Faith that
cannot endure Is very questionable faith
We must steadfastly believe and wait pa.
tiently till He come (Jas. v, a, s; | Cor. iv,
o. Then VIC shall see how all Our light az
fiotlons have been working out for us far
more exceeding and eternal weight OF glory
al Cor iv, Ia.
3. Whom having not seen ye love; in
whom, though now ye see Him not, yet be
lieying, ye rejoice in the Joy unspeakabie
and full Of glory Some think chat IL they
could only sees Him they would love Him,
bat lie said, Blessed are they that have
not seen and yet have bclicyedn (Tohn Xxx,
a9j 10 faith unseen things become very
real and may be enjoyed almost as pres
ent possession. The city which Abraham
looked for, and the recompense Of the rc-
ward which sustained Moses, and the glory
to be revealed which Paul saw, were won.
droHsiJ real 10 them and will be to us II wa
only believe (TIeb xi, 10, %, 20; Rom. s, iel.
o. rRseciving the end Of your faith, even
the salvation OF yonr souls.p This is not
very clear unless it refers 10 the joy which
comes from The assurance OF present sal
walton, which is an earnest and pledge OF
the completed salvation at the revelation
Of Christ, The now Of tina previous
verse would point that way. 1t 10 our priv
ilege TO rejoice That we are the children OF
God and parialSers OF the glory TO be re-
scaled III Tim. !, Q; Pet V, l; John ~, p.
10. rot which salvation the prophets
have inquired and searched diligently who
prophcsled of the grace that should come
unto YOU" See Dan. tx, ., 3; x, 10, 81. 70
search diligently seems TO be the sense Of
John v, 80, and not amy careless reading
or superficial study, rather q constant
day and night meditation as in Ps. i, ga
praycrful and perseyering comparing OF
Scripture with Scripture in absolute de.
pendence aud reliance upon the Holy Spirit
II. Searching whit or what manner OF
time the Spirit Of Christ which was IN
thcp did signify when IL testified before
haIB the suHctingso f chr6t and Tho glory
thM should follow Hefeis tbs fact stated
that the Spirit OF Christ was in the proph-
cts and may give some light upon chapter
iii. 1920, for the Spirit OF Christ was ia
Noah "The testimony of jesus is tho
spirit OF prophecy (Rcv. XIX, iol Here is
also tho fact that The burden OF prophecy
is the sufferihgs Of Christ and the glory YET
10 be revealed See this illustrated fully in
Pa xxi and lisa. Iii as specimen chapters
BY His suffering VIZ are now redeemed, bus
we wait for the glory TO be revealed.
lo. "Into whom IL was revealed, that
not unto then elves, but unto u.s. they did