THE CHRISTIAN'S JOURNEY
   "I will abide that ye may bring me on my journey" 1 Cor 16;6   
                                      Edward Proffitt, Th. D.

 

On July14,64 A.D. during the reign of the tyrannical emperor Nero, the great fire of Rome took place, in which three quarter of the city was consumed. It has usually been thought that Nero caused the fire and that while he watched from a balcony, he played on his violin.

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Whether he started it are not, the blame was put on the Christians, and great persecution arose against them. Peter wrote his two epistles(I & II Peter) under the shadows of these persecutions Jesus (prior to His ascension said to Peter, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have You, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fails not; and when thou art converted, strengthen the brethren (Luke 22:31-32).

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As we look back at what Jesus said, the situation of the day, and Peter's Epistles; I feel that we may consider them a marvelous fulfillment of the words of Jesus Christ, "strengthen thy brethren. The first Epistle of Peter starts with a directive "to the strangers scattered", these were Christian Jews and Gentile who were scattered out of the land.

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In a very special sense, every Christian (even of our day) is a stranger, foreigner a Pilgrim the Hebrew writer verifies this, " These all died in faith not having received the promises but having seen them afar off and were persuade of them, and embraced them, confessed that they were strangers and pilgrim on the earth" (Hebrews 11;13; read verses 14-16).  

 

As Christian, this world is not our home. We should not be at all surprised if we feel like strangers in a world of sin. In fact, as Christians, there is something wrong with us if we do not feel like a stranger among those who do not know the "born
again" experience in Christ.

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Though it is certainly true that the Christian does not feel at home here below, and is often misunderstood by those who have not experience the miracle of salvation, Peter shows the Christian (in his epistle) that they are chosen, children , heir, and kept of God. Because we are chosen of Go -- we ae kept by the power of God. Kept until our pilgrimage is over, just passing through on our way to heaven.

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