Letters of Peter address the basic issues of life. Every person, at some point in life, raises the ageless questions.

“What is life really all about?”

“Where can the essence of true living be found?”

“How does one experience the good life?”

The quest for the meaning of life seems to be embedded within what it means to be a human being.  Peter simply summarized that the essence of life is found in “he that will love life, and see good days.”  Then, he proclaims that this loving life and seeing good days is the promise of being “heirs together of the grace of life.”  Letters of Peter reveals the mystery of letting Jesus flow through you into the lives of others by the grace of God.

Letters of Peter reveals the challenge of human existence.

 If a bird flies in the air and a fish swims in the water, what does a human being do and where?

Also, how does the person do this “what” and “where?”

Contained in these three simple questions, the what, the where, and the how, lie the mystery of loving life and seeing good days for every individual. To be is the challenge of the human existence.

Every person, at some point in life, raises the ageless questions.

“What is life really all about?”

“Where can the essence of true living be found?”

“How does one experience the good life?”

It seems embedded within the framework of what it means to be a human being is the quest for the meaning of life.

The letters of Peter profoundly address those same inquiries. He summarized,

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil” (1 Peter 3:10-12).

Within these statements, the mystery of the meaning of life can be found.

Letter of Peter discuss the basic truth of life.

The essence of the letters of Peter has as its foundation the ancient covenant between God and man. The descendants of Abraham, father of the faithful, were to live out their lives in the knowledge of God’s covenant with them:

I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” (Gen. 12:2,3).

To understand the intricacies of this covenant is to understand the simplicity of life. Although it seems to be clothed in mystery because so few enjoy the blessing, the covenant is, nevertheless, forthright in its proclamation of the essence of loving life and seeing good days.

Unfortunately, most people, including much of modern Christianity, struggle with the basic truth of life. They never seem to get past the simple, yet profound, challenge of grace and its revelation. The grace of God appears to be bestowed consistently in vain. Most people frustrate the grace of God that produces the complete, affirming, strong, and settled life by their own attempt to produce that life themselves. They are their own worst enemy.

Letters of Peter also reveals the mystery of relationships.

Moreover, the basic formation of one’s existence is inevitably in the context of relationships. The individual person attempting to live in his perceived independence will resist the process by which life is always experienced. For any man to experience the life he desires, he must be drawn out from behind the barriers he has created for his self preservation.

Fearing rejection, he has hidden the real essence of himself. He has entered into relationships, but usually only for his perceived needs. He seldom, if ever, experiences the perfecting supernatural relationship of love. He does not understand being “heirs together of the grace of life.”

Letters of Peter proclaims the power of lives that exist in innocence.

Finally, the simple truth of all creatures seems to be hidden to most people. Creation tells the same story over and over again: spring comes out of winter, sunrise comes out of midnight, and the bloom of the rose comes out of the planting of the seed.

Since life requires death in the created world, the mind of man, and only the mind of man, can and will resist the seed-times of his life. The glory of the harvest, however, will come only for man when his mind lives its existence in innocence. Refusing to attempt to control the times and the seasons of life, the “just” live in their faith of the covenant of God.

Loving life and seeing good days are always the product of the workings of the Holy Spirit as man experiences the what, the where, and the how of life. The letters of Peter consistently proclaim these three noble truths of what it means to be a human being–what it means to be a Christian.

Loving life and seeing good days are always in, by, and through the grace of God.

Loving life and seeing good days are always in, by, and through the interaction of relationships.

Loving life and seeing good days are always in, by, and through the innocence of mind. Peter declared that each of us are “heirs together of the grace of life.”

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Preface

The most dominant individual of the earliest followers of Jesus was Simon Peter, son of Jonah. Down through the centuries of church history, he has been recognized as one of the closest companions of Jesus. In the writings of the gospels, he stands out as the leader of the twelve apostles. His name heads every list of the twelve apostles recorded in the gospels.

Being a part of the inner circle, he witnessed Jesus raising a young girl from the dead. He saw the transfiguration of Jesus where Moses and Elias appeared. He also was present during the agonizing prayers of Jesus in Gethsemane. During the final passion week, he was sent with John to make preparation for the last meal of Jesus with his disciples.

His prominent position is seen not only by being the spokesman for the twelve but also by how much he monopolized the interaction between Jesus and the twelve. Often he, along with James and John, is singled out for intimate instructions and teachings directly from Jesus. His exploits are the central theme of the early history of the Christian church.

Living and working on the north shore of Galilee, he became the first apostle to be called into Christian service. He was the first apostle to recognize Jesus as the Messiah. He was the first apostle to witness the resurrection. He was the first to proclaim salvation to the Gentiles. He simply was the foremost personality of the early followers of Jesus.

There can be no better introduction to the letters of Peter than the account of the changing of his name. The account begins with Jesus raising a question to his disciples: “Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?” After the disciples gave various rumors of what they had heard, Jesus asked them a more specific question: “But whom say ye that I am?” Simon Peter spoke out, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” This confession that Jesus was the Messiah, according to Matthew, caused Jesus to rename Simon, Cephas (in Aramaic) or Peter (in Greek).

From Simon to Peter, the changing of the name is the essence of the truth that is revealed in the letters of Peter. The name Simon is of Hebrew origin meaning, “hearing” with its root meaning, “to hear intelligently.” The name Peter means, “a rock.” Peter would become a rock, “complete, confirmed, strong, and solid” (1 Peter 5:10), because he would hearken attentively to the things of heaven (1 Peter 1:2).

When Peter told Jesus that He was the Christ, Jesus responded to Peter with “Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Farther which is in heaven.” Simon had heard from heaven, it would be the means by which his life would be changed. Although his life at this time does not altogether appear to be rock-like (he would yet deny Jesus), he knew there was no other place he could find “the words of eternal life” (John 6:68). He would continue to listen and he would become a rock of dependability. He would be blessed.

Moreover, it is this principle (hearing from heaven) by which the entire church would be built by God. After Jesus told Peter, “Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Farther which is in heaven,” He added, “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” It is upon this process, represented by that which was going on in the life of Peter that changed his name, the church is built. The church is not built upon Peter but upon that which made Peter the rock.

At this point in his life Peter was not rock-like, but kept hearing Jesus. He heard Him through his failure in the garden of Gethsemane. He continued to listen after he drew his sword and attempted to prohibit Jesus from being attested. His listening became more intense through the ordeal of denying that he knew Jesus.

His hearing would became much more discerning after he “followed afar off” when Jesus was being led to His trial and crucifixion. It was in and through the trials of his life that he learned to hearken attentively to Jesus.

This is the message of the letters of Peter to believers in Christ who found themselves suffering, scattered, and strangers in a land they could not call home. He admonished them to “gird up the loins of [their] mind[s], be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” He wrote, “I have written briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.”

Table of Contents for the Letters of Peter

The Letters of Peter were probably written around 62-64 A.D. to believers that were scattered throughout what we now know as Asia Minor. The believers were not only strangers in a foreign land, but they were also suffering for being a Christian. The theme of the letters is hope. The suffering, scattered strangers could have hope that the Lord would come and bring deliverance. They could love life and see good days in the midst of their suffering.

Session 1: Process of Election
Session 2: Begotten Again
Session 3: Salvation of Your Soul
Session 4: Loving Life
Session 5: Nature of the Beast
Session 6: Priesthood of All Believers
Session 7: Heirs Together
Session 8: Path of Life
Session 9: Living in Illusions
Session 10: Fiery Trials
Session 11: Casting Your Cares
Session 12: The Grace of God
Session 13: Making Your Election Sure
Session 14: Destruction of the Error
Session 15: The Promise of His Coming

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