17 And if you call on the Father, who without
partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout
the time of your stay here in fear; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with
corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received
by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as
of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 20 He indeed was foreordained before the
foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you 21 who through Him believe in God, who raised
Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
For it is the Most Just God who without partiality (Acts 10:34-35) judges us all (individuals and nations) according to each ones work, and renders according to each ones deeds (Romans 2:6-11). And thus so shall the Son of Man, to whom God the Father has committed all judgment (John 5:22-23); to judge both the unbelieving world, as well as render rewards or losses to each and every believer, according to our deeds (consider Matt 16:27; 1 Cor 3:11-15; Rev 22:12). Therefore we are to conduct ourselves throughout the time of our sojourn here on earth in fear. That is we are to live lives that fear God (not man, or rejection from this world, or punishment from the rulers of this world; all which are a passing shadow; but God, who has Everlasting Authority and Power over all things (Matt 10:27-29).
For when we individually, and or collectively fear God as our duty to Christ this inevitable makes for individual as well as collective peace and prosperity in whatever endeavours we undertake (consider Job 28:28; Prov. 9:10; 10:27; 14:26-27; 19:23; 22:4; Ecc. 8:12; 12:13; Isaiah 45:7; Acts 9:31 etc.). Therefore in a world (and even segments of the visible church) which is showing themselves more and more hostile to God's commandments, we fear Him, when we keep them (Ps 111:10; 1 Cor 7:19; Rev 12:17).
Vs.17 to call on the Father, is as one who is born by God's Spirit by faith in His Son Jesus Christ, to call on God, in any area of
one's life. For that was what the Old Covenant people of God did, and that is what we are to do as well (Isaiah 64:8); to both acknowledge (to call upon) as well as submit to God's Fatherhood in lives (Isaiah 63:16). And that is why we are not to call anyone on earth Father, as Jesus commanded (Matt 23:9). For to do so is to put before the Everlasting God, a mortal man. For truly there is no one else who can save or deliver us except God the Father who came to redeem us in the Person of His Son Jesus (John 14:9-11), and continues to deliver us as we submit to and obey Him (). And so Peter says "if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear"
For it is the Most Just God who without partiality (Acts 10:34-35) judges us all (individuals and nations) according to each ones work, and renders according to each ones deeds (Romans 2:6-11). And thus so shall the Son of Man, to whom God the Father has committed all judgment (John 5:22-23); to judge both the unbelieving world, as well as render rewards or losses to each and every believer, according to our deeds (consider Matt 16:27; 1 Cor 3:11-15; Rev 22:12). Therefore we are to conduct ourselves throughout the time of our sojourn here on earth in fear. That is we are to live lives that fear God (not man, or rejection from this world, or punishment from the rulers of this world; all which are a passing shadow; but God, who has Everlasting Authority and Power over all things (Matt 10:27-29).
For when we individually, and or collectively fear God as our duty to Christ this inevitable makes for individual as well as collective peace and prosperity in whatever endeavours we undertake (consider Job 28:28; Prov. 9:10; 10:27; 14:26-27; 19:23; 22:4; Ecc. 8:12; 12:13; Isaiah 45:7; Acts 9:31 etc.). Therefore in a world (and even segments of the visible church) which is showing themselves more and more hostile to God's commandments, we fear Him, when we keep them (Ps 111:10; 1 Cor 7:19; Rev 12:17).
Vs. 18-19 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
That is to know in the perfect tense, and thus to know that our redemption is a settled fact. And it is because of that fact that we can have great confidence, not in perishable silver and gold which can redeem no one (consider Psalm 49:7-9) and certainly not ourselves, by adhering to what the Apostle Peter calls here "your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers". That is the Jewish traditions passed down from their forefathers, that men like the Pharisees clung to as foundational to being redeemed by God (consider Jesus' rebuke of them for doing so in Matt 15:1-9). Thus the Apostle Peter says here that we have redeemed, not only from sin and death by the blood of Christ, but also every tradition of man (whether of Jewish or Gentile origin). For no one who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ is to observe any commandments of men or church traditions that are not found in the N.T. For again our redemption is based on one finished fact, the completed work of the Lord Jesus Christ at Calvary. That is the precious; the very, very, very precious blood of Christ as on a lamb without spot and blemish. For it is through God's Perfect Son Jesus Christ that God Himself has provided for us the Perfect sacrifice for our complete redemption.
Vs. 20-21 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you 21 who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
Before God created anything, He had in mind the redemption of His creation (of us) through His Son. For God in His foreknowledge of all things not only choose the means by which He would redeem us, He also choose the Person who would do this. Therefore far above and long before everyone else, Jesus Christ the Son of God was foreordained, before the foundation of the world by God, to be manifest (that is to be Incarnate as the Son of Man) in these last times, for our redemption (vs. 20).
Therefore it is through Jesus Christ that we believe in God. Not the Lord Jesus Christ plus someone else. But Jesus and Jesus alone by which we have our faith firmly fixed in God (John 14:6). "...who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God." God the Father raised Jesus the Son from the dead and gave Him and Him alone glory. For Jesus having suffered the horrible Crucifixion death from lawless and evil hands for our sins redemption. God could give no greater honor then to command that all must now honor His Son whom He sent (John 5:22-23). For God will not give His Glory to another (Isaiah 42:8); neither to idols, nor to the religious leaders of man. But only to His Son Jesus Christ whom He sent into the world and who obeyed Him unto Crucifixion death for the redemption of the world. Therefore all glory and honor now rests on Jesus God's Son. He then who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. And is an evil deceiver who would dare put anyone before, or even alongside of the Lord Jesus Christ. For it i Christ alone rose from dead by the hand of God. Therefore it is only by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His crucifixion death and resurrection from the dead that ones faith is in God (Rom 10:9-10).
That is to know in the perfect tense, and thus to know that our redemption is a settled fact. And it is because of that fact that we can have great confidence, not in perishable silver and gold which can redeem no one (consider Psalm 49:7-9) and certainly not ourselves, by adhering to what the Apostle Peter calls here "your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers". That is the Jewish traditions passed down from their forefathers, that men like the Pharisees clung to as foundational to being redeemed by God (consider Jesus' rebuke of them for doing so in Matt 15:1-9). Thus the Apostle Peter says here that we have redeemed, not only from sin and death by the blood of Christ, but also every tradition of man (whether of Jewish or Gentile origin). For no one who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ is to observe any commandments of men or church traditions that are not found in the N.T. For again our redemption is based on one finished fact, the completed work of the Lord Jesus Christ at Calvary. That is the precious; the very, very, very precious blood of Christ as on a lamb without spot and blemish. For it is through God's Perfect Son Jesus Christ that God Himself has provided for us the Perfect sacrifice for our complete redemption.
Vs. 20-21 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you 21 who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
Before God created anything, He had in mind the redemption of His creation (of us) through His Son. For God in His foreknowledge of all things not only choose the means by which He would redeem us, He also choose the Person who would do this. Therefore far above and long before everyone else, Jesus Christ the Son of God was foreordained, before the foundation of the world by God, to be manifest (that is to be Incarnate as the Son of Man) in these last times, for our redemption (vs. 20).
Therefore it is through Jesus Christ that we believe in God. Not the Lord Jesus Christ plus someone else. But Jesus and Jesus alone by which we have our faith firmly fixed in God (John 14:6). "...who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God." God the Father raised Jesus the Son from the dead and gave Him and Him alone glory. For Jesus having suffered the horrible Crucifixion death from lawless and evil hands for our sins redemption. God could give no greater honor then to command that all must now honor His Son whom He sent (John 5:22-23). For God will not give His Glory to another (Isaiah 42:8); neither to idols, nor to the religious leaders of man. But only to His Son Jesus Christ whom He sent into the world and who obeyed Him unto Crucifixion death for the redemption of the world. Therefore all glory and honor now rests on Jesus God's Son. He then who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. And is an evil deceiver who would dare put anyone before, or even alongside of the Lord Jesus Christ. For it i Christ alone rose from dead by the hand of God. Therefore it is only by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His crucifixion death and resurrection from the dead that ones faith is in God (Rom 10:9-10).
Note: this work is a draft version and may undergo slight changes as I finish and edit it.
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