1 & 2 PETER + JUDE
1 & 2 PETER and JUDE
CHRIST, OUR CORNERSTONE AND HOPE
10 Lessons by Suzie Klein
You were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver and gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 1 Peter 1:18-19
Peter’s letters were written to believers who were suffering persecution and needed encouragement to live victorious lives in difficult times. Peter presents Christ as the precious, living cornerstone of our faith, as the writing copy over which we are to trace our lives, and as our hope so we may glorify God in our lives.
Peter’s second letter and Jude were both written to expose, confront, and encourage believers not to be deceived by false teaching in the church. These letters are very applicable to our day and do not mince words concerning the doom of false teachers. These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead pulled up by the roots, raging waves of the sea foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
