Wednesday

Looking Closely at I Peter 5

Today, we'll only post one of our questions for I Peter chapter 5. That question is:

Why must Christians be watchful?


Surely, we're going to have a wonderful study, and again, we invite you to join in on our study this Wednesday evening, from 7-8 pm.

Here are a few articles that address the topic of the elders/shepherds/bishops that I Peter 5:1-4 shows us that God wants a healthy church to have. Here also are links to a few articles about submitting to God and resisting the devil, as we're instructed to do in I Peter 5:5-11.

Searches across the brotherhood for articles referencing I Peter 5 yield an abundance of articles and sermon outlines. Knowing that there are students and doers of the Bible who use their abilities to write and teach others is an encouragement.

Here are links to a few of the sound resources/articles we found, as we wrap up our study of I Peter 5.

  1. From Bible InfoNet: The New Testament Church Is Divine In Organization, by Louis Rushmore, is an article that not only addresses the role of elders in the church, it talks about the God's divine organization of the church: from heaven, to elders, to the deacons, preachers, and teachers in the Lord's church. Though many, many more Bible verses such as I Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-11 are covered in the piece, it certainly references verses 1-4 of First Peter 5.

  2. I Peter 5:1-2 is referenced on the House to House/Heart to Heart article, "The Organization of the New Testament Church."

  3. In "The Paradox of Anxiety," Wayne Jackson references (at different points in the article), I Peter 5:6&7. There's negative anxiety and positive anxiety, both of which give us all the more reason to practice "casting all (our) care upon (Jesus) as I Peter 5:7 instructs us to do.

  4. Why is Satan So Successful? Source: The Bible.Net. This article mentions briefly I Peter 5:8-9, in the sections of the article called, "The devil is successful in his work of deceiving men because he fully understands what he wants to accomplish," and "Satan never rests."

  5. I Peter 5:8 is also one of the key verses in the short article, "Beware the Hook," which appeared on Teen Mail Bible Study in April 2009.

Wow! There's so much to read and learn about God's Word. Come. Learn with us as we continue to study and learn to be better servants of the Lord!

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