![]() Peter uses elders as the ultimate example of God's grace at work in the church. Our faith and salvation find meaning and satisfaction as we begin to serve God in the work of seeking and saving others. There is an old saying that goes, "We have been saved to serve." God extends His grace to us so that we will become a channel through which His grace can reach others. In this chapter we will look at the final meaning that Peter ascribes to grace, the last thing he says that grace does to our character when it touches us. Grace means suffering at times because those who are saved from the world are often no longer welcomed in it.Grace means living in harmony with others who have experienced God's love and salvation.Grace means a heartfelt submission to God's will in every area of life and the peace that comes with this.Grace means a spiritually sober lifestyle no longer addicted to sin and the world.Grace means a sense of security from the fear of condemnation.His first epistle is a description and explanation of what grace means to one who has been touched by it: Peter also understood the idea of grace from a personal perspective as he experienced the changes that God's grace worked in himself and others who believed in Jesus. Peter was our eye witness to all of these events that demonstrated God's grace in saving mankind.Ģ. ![]() The love He displayed in allowing Jesus to die for our sins and then raised Him from the dead to show that He was God and had the authority to forgive sins and save man from eternal destruction. The gracious way that God had formed the Jewish nation, in order to bring Jesus onto the earth. ![]() The grace of God seen in the person of Jesus Christ. Peter understood so well the idea of grace having witnessed the grace of God in both of its contexts:ġ.
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