“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!”
In one sentence, we see
three of the most significant words in the Christian faith. Moving forward, references to God and to
Jesus, unless there is something new to unpack from them, will be connected to
the context in which they arise. That is,
there won’t be a fresh posting every time “Jesus” comes up.
Peter is blessing God. What
comes next unpacks this thesis. Peter
starts by explaining why God is to be blessed, outlining what God has done in
the lives of all believers. That will
carry us to verse 6 in the next sentence.
From there, Peter outlines why rejoicing is the proper response to these
gifts from God. This paragraph is
completed by Peter’s recognition that although his readers are not eyewitnesses
to Jesus, there is still reason to rejoice.
So we will look to this first theme of Peter’s letter, why the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is truly to be blessed.
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