1 Peter 5:5
Who was so fit to communicate this command to man as the once
self-confident, arrogant Peter? We can fancy, as he wrote the words,
how his mind would go back, with blushing memories, to many a passage
in his earlier history; and as he thought of the painful processes
through which, by t... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Peter 5:5
Humility and its Greatness.
I. Let us examine the source and ground of humility. This is drawn
from the knowledge of God. Hence, where the knowledge of God is
absent, the exercise of humility becomes impossible. It is in His
presence and before the light of His majesty that the lesson... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Peter 5:6
Christian Work and Christian Rest.
I. Half, and more than half, of the practical faults in the world
arise from looking upon life in a false view, and expecting from it
what God does not mean us to find in it. It may be that many persons,
when reading attentively our Lord's life and st... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Peter 5:7
The Sympathy of the Divine Care-bearer.
Nothing can be more beautifully true to the real meaning and intention
of this passage than this translation. It conveys exactly what St.
Peter means it to convey. Its rhythm is perfect. But we must be upon
our guard that we do not run into a conf... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Peter 5:8
Companionship in Temptation.
I. St. Peter evidently thought that the conviction of companionship in
temptation was meant by God to be a source of strength. We are hourly
and daily assailed by sore temptations. Let us then remember that our
case is not an isolated one. Other persons, ou... [ Continue Reading ]