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Read 7:00 pm MM: God demonstrates faithfulness, as seen in the fulfillment of promises, and shows humans His character, so that people can grow in the knowledge of God, enabling them to dismiss false prophets, and grow in faithfulness until glorification. I changed my MM to provide a more holistic message. My previous message did not weave together the ideas Peter presented. TSp Peter starts and ends with grace and knowledge. (1:1 and 3:18) Peter encourages readers to escape corruption. (1:4 and 3:17) Although Peter encourages faithful acts, he reminds readers that God gifts humanity with salvation. (1:3 and 3:15) Peter urges diligence from believers in both the beginning and end of his letter. (1:10 and 3:14) Peter mentions the arrival of God’s …show more content…

(v6) Why did Peter need to present a defense of God’s capabilities? (v9) What is “the lust of defiling passion?” (v10) Why would angels turn on God, knowing and experiencing him intimately? (Assuming angels can experience God intimately?) (v4) Why do false prophets intentionally harm others? (v14) Why does Peter use the story of Balaam and the donkey? (v15-16) Chapter 3 Do all books of the Bible mention the Day of the Lord? What kind of images and stories would pop into readers minds as they read this letter? Is the whole goal of 2 Peter to educate believers so that they grow in the knowledge of God? What commandment is Peter referring to? (v2) How does Peter know that the present earth and heavens are stored up for fire? (v7) Why, in the midst of a discussion on the false prophets, does Peter begin telling people what to do for the Day of the Lord? (v11) Is false prophets or the Day of the Lord Peter’s main focus? Why doesn’t Peter verbally refer to any other apostles writing as he did with Paul? (v15) What things are hard to understand? (v16) Does Peter provide readers with a way to determine false from true prophets?

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Peter, after he read this book we would discuss how the book has a polythetic view compared to Catholic beliefs.(question 7) We would also talk about virtues and vices emphasizing on how morals have troubles with sin. Reflecting on his own journey of faith and difficulties, we would also talk about the lessons of faith and trust in the book similar to when Penelope put her trust in Odysseus and had faith he would return. We would compare St. Peter's journey of faith as well as Odysseus' journey of faith.   We would talk about the importance of our faith in God just how Penelope put her faith in Odysseus. Aside from faith we would talk about the importance of forgiveness and second chances.

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The Apostle Peter, often known as Saint Peter, was the most prominent disciple of Jesus Christ. During his life, he followed Christ with very much devotion, and truly believed in his mission and purpose. Because of his devotion, he was chosen by Jesus to become the first Pope, and to take control of the Christian church. ; Peter was the son of Jona and he had a younger brother called Andrew, who first brought him to Jesus. His native town was Bethsaida, on the western coast of the Sea of Galilee.

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Nevertheless, Peter, who represents “youth and joy” himself, does not have many worries and seems to be the only character that truly enjoys life. He has character traits that people seem to lose during growing up, namely “cockiness” and a great self-confidence. His bravery and courage manifested in the sense that he believes that everything is possible and he is capable of doing everything. It is ambiguous that such, at first sight, bad character traits are “his most fascinating qualities”.

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He also states that the purpose of the elect is to live in obedience to Christ and to become partakers of all benefits secured by Christ death (Erdman, page 54). Furthermore, Christians are to live lives set apart from the world; they owe everything to God who sanctified them by his Spirit, through the blood of son Jesus Christ. The resurrection was not just something that happen, to Peter it holds a prominent place in his writing. Peter remembers the power of transformation that took place, as it relates to the resurrection; and salvation comes only by the grace of God. In the Epistle of 1 Peter every believer can inheritance this living hope; and it is given unto them throughout eternity.

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At first, the passage seems centered around Peter trying to show Anna how he is a different person now. Twice, he brings up how he was in the past, first by saying “I’m not the night owl I was,” and second by saying, “it’s not egocentric and selfish, the way I used to be.” However, his actions in the passage suggest otherwise. He spends the passage boosting his own ego and making Anna do the same for him. Peter speaks highly of himself by jumping from subject to subject, first talking about food, then no longer being a night owl, then back to food and then onto sunlight.

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[...] I want to save mankind from self-destruction.” (167) Peter’s reasoning behind his plan is that manipulating the adults to believe the political views they have is worth it because it means that Peter’s hunger for power and control will be satiated and a potential war will be avoided. This illustrates how manipulation is condoned if it is for the greater common good because the outcome of humankind being at peace under Peter’s rule is considered to be more significant than lying to people and adopting false

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This is another attempt to sketch the eschatological narrative that underlies 1 Peter and shapes the theological content of the Letter. Those circumstances are narratively or dynamically or historically constructed; and the theological content is what Peter has to say in the light of that construction. They make it clear that the Letter was written to address the present situation of a particular group of churches in the light of an impending event. Peter carefully explains why: it is so that their faith may result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ 1:7). In the second passage Peter emphasizes that they still face a fiery trial 4:12), but the end of all things is at hand 4:7), and he assures them that they have

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The author of this letter introduced himself as “Semeon Peter, slave and apostle of Jesus Christ 1” (2 Pet.1:1)2. Peter used a Hebraic form of his name which is never used concerning him in the Apostolic Fathers or psuedepigraphic Petrine literature, it only occurs in Acts 15:143, where it clearly points to Peter as an apostle of Jesus Christ, one of the twelve. “An imitator of Peter… would hardly use this spelling; especially since he was trying to link his letter with 1 Peter where the simple Πέτρος was used.4 Peter also mentions that he would die soon, just as the Lord revealed to him (1:14), this can be linked to John 21:18-19, but it does not means that Peter was depending on John.5 “If Peter actually heard Jesus prophesy his death, Peter

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Introduction/Thesis In a world that seems to disregard the existence of God through a misunderstanding of the world around them, it is important that we use the Bible and its teachings to try and open the eyes of those who are lost in our world today. Paul orates an awe-inspiring message to the Roman Christians of his day that can help in our understanding of God’s righteousness, man’s fallen nature, and the redemption that can be found in Jesus Christ. We find the same circumstances in today’s times as Paul found in his, where people no longer wanted to worship God and they were unthankful to Him for all that was given to them. Bridging the gap of our two cultures and finding a way to share the insights of the apostle Paul through his message

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Displayed through actions are also a byproduct of love. Although writing from prison, Paul’s letter to the Philippians has more guidance to joy and rejoicing then any of his other letters. Paul

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