At The Revelation Of Jesus
AT THE REVELATION OF JESUS
Join your Calvary Chapel family today (Sunday, May 24, 2026) at 10:00 a.m. in the main sanctuary or online via our website (www.calvaryinv.com
), Facebook, or YouTube (Calvary Inverness). We will come together to exalt Jesus, build one another up in love, and be equipped to share the gospel as we continue our in-depth study of 1 Peter (1:13).
Peter had seen, heard, and experienced much in the years since he walked with Jesus. The joy of being an eyewitness to the miracles, healings, deliverances, and restoration of people’s lives. There had also been seasons of trials, suffering, persecution, and profound sadness of knowing the struggles of God’s people.
He also understood that during trials, one’s mind can go into hyperdrive. Wanting to figure out why things were happening, what they had done wrong, and what could be done to change things, while fighting the urge to feel alone and the temptation to give in and give up.
For this reason, Peter, inspired by the Holy Spirit, begins his letter by reminding them that they are chosen by God, born again into a living hope, and have been given an inheritance reserved for them in heaven.
And even though God’s promises may not ease the pain of their current trial of being hunted by Nero, they can, if they allow themselves to surrender not only their lives but their entire souls to the Lord, be infused with hope that nothing man or devil may bring will ever overcome it.
Next, Peter wrote to let his readers know that, in light of all that God has promised, the proper response was to follow His divine mandates. Throughout the Bible, this has remained the same. God gives, promises, and provides, and people respond by living for His purposes and good pleasure.
Obeying God’s instructions would do several things for those who are suffering. First, it would alleviate one’s anxieties as they sat around afraid to do anything by becoming active in serving Him wherever and doing whatever He called them to do.
Second, obeying God, especially when one’s suffering brings joy, peace, and the confidence that they are not alone.
Third, it is vitally important for those who think God is angry and therefore punishing them that, by obeying God, they disarm the accuser of the brethren who haunts their thoughts with accusations of hypocrisy and unworthiness for God’s grace.
Fourth, when Christ returns for His church, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, they will be removed from every trial, persecution, and everything that has brought them sadness and suffering, forever, and they will see that their faith in Christ was right and worth it.
Nero has been dead for more than a thousand years, yet the spirit that possessed him and plagued the followers of Jesus Christ is still alive today, persecuting God’s people.
The good news for those going through a trial is found in Peter’s encouragement, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen” (5:8-11).
In His strong love,
Pastor
Join your Calvary Chapel family today (Sunday, May 24, 2026) at 10:00 a.m. in the main sanctuary or online via our website (www.calvaryinv.com
Peter had seen, heard, and experienced much in the years since he walked with Jesus. The joy of being an eyewitness to the miracles, healings, deliverances, and restoration of people’s lives. There had also been seasons of trials, suffering, persecution, and profound sadness of knowing the struggles of God’s people.
He also understood that during trials, one’s mind can go into hyperdrive. Wanting to figure out why things were happening, what they had done wrong, and what could be done to change things, while fighting the urge to feel alone and the temptation to give in and give up.
For this reason, Peter, inspired by the Holy Spirit, begins his letter by reminding them that they are chosen by God, born again into a living hope, and have been given an inheritance reserved for them in heaven.
And even though God’s promises may not ease the pain of their current trial of being hunted by Nero, they can, if they allow themselves to surrender not only their lives but their entire souls to the Lord, be infused with hope that nothing man or devil may bring will ever overcome it.
Next, Peter wrote to let his readers know that, in light of all that God has promised, the proper response was to follow His divine mandates. Throughout the Bible, this has remained the same. God gives, promises, and provides, and people respond by living for His purposes and good pleasure.
Obeying God’s instructions would do several things for those who are suffering. First, it would alleviate one’s anxieties as they sat around afraid to do anything by becoming active in serving Him wherever and doing whatever He called them to do.
Second, obeying God, especially when one’s suffering brings joy, peace, and the confidence that they are not alone.
Third, it is vitally important for those who think God is angry and therefore punishing them that, by obeying God, they disarm the accuser of the brethren who haunts their thoughts with accusations of hypocrisy and unworthiness for God’s grace.
Fourth, when Christ returns for His church, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, they will be removed from every trial, persecution, and everything that has brought them sadness and suffering, forever, and they will see that their faith in Christ was right and worth it.
Nero has been dead for more than a thousand years, yet the spirit that possessed him and plagued the followers of Jesus Christ is still alive today, persecuting God’s people.
The good news for those going through a trial is found in Peter’s encouragement, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen” (5:8-11).
In His strong love,
Pastor
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