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Foreordained

13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

( 1 Peter 1:13-21 ) KJV

foreordained: προεγνωσμένου – proginóskó

Foreordained: προεγνωσμένου – proginóskó

  • to know beforehand
  • proginṓskō (from 4253/pró, “before” and 1097/ginṓskō, “to know”) – properly, foreknow; used in the NT of “God pre-knowing all choices – and doing so without pre-determining (requiring) them” (G. Archer).
  • See also Jer 18:8-10 on the perfect harmony of divine sovereignty and human freedom.

It sounds similar to prognosis.

The foundation of the world.

a laying down: καταβολῆς – katabolé

Foundation: καταβολῆς – katabolé

  1. A laying down,
  2. depositing, sowing, deposit, technically used of the act of conception.
    • katabolḗ (from katá, “exactly according to,” down from the most general to the most specific detail, “following all the way along,” and bállō, “to cast”) – properly, a foundation, cast according to a blueprint (original design); the substructure which determines the entire direction (destination) of all that follows; the foundation-plan, upon which the entire super-structure is built; (figuratively) the beginning (founding) that purposefully designs all that follows.
    • katabolḗ (“foundation-plan”) typically relates to Christ’s incarnation, i.e. coming to earth in the flesh to be our Redeemer. This divine plan was set and sealed (guaranteed) before creation (Heb 9:26; 1 Pet 1:20; Rev 13:8). In general, (katabolḗ) refers to the basis God has established, upon which all people can know Him. This was laid down before the first ray of sunshine or drop of water touched the earth.

We have a similar idea in Hebrew in the passage Proverbs 8:24-31 where it is rendered I was brought forth.

to whirl, dance, writhe : חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי – ḥō·w·lā·lə·tî

Brought forth: חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי – cholalti

  • to whirl, dance, writhe
  • twist, writhe:
    1. in pain, especially childbirth; writhe in travail with, bear, bring forth (poetry), of Sarah, mother of Israel,
    2. figurative, be in severe pain, or anguish (mostly in poetry and elevated prose),
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Inquired and Searched Diligently

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1 Peter # 2

Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

(1 Peter 1:10-12) KJV

3 Examples of Prophets inquiring and searching diligently.

  1. David and the Ark
  2. Josiah and Revival
  3. Daniel and the Return from Exile
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Greetings from Peter

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1 Peter # 1

1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

( 1 Peter 1:1-9 ) KJV
  1. Reserved
  2. Rejoice
  3. Receive

1. Reserved

  • Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father
  • begotten us again unto a lively hope
  • To an inheritance incorruptible
  • kept by the power of God through faith

2. Rejoice

  • ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations
  • the trial of your faith
  • be tried with fire

When you experience any of the above, do what it says below:

  • greatly rejoice
  • rejoice with joy unspeakable

Are you feeling depressed and weighed down by the burdens of life? Rejoice!

3. Receive

  • salvation of your souls.
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The Prayer of Faith

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James # 15

The Prayer of Faith

13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Restoring a Sinner

19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

( James 5:13-20 ) KJV

Remember 9/11/2001

FILE – In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo the twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York after terrorists crashed two planes into the towers causing both to collapse. The government is preparing to release a once-classified chapter of a congressional report about the attacks of Sept. 11, that questions whether Saudi nationals who helped the hijackers with things like finding apartments and opening bank accounts knew what they were planning. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday July 15, 2016, that the release of the 28-page chapter is “imminent.” (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
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The Precious Fruit of the Earth

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James # 14

7 Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. 8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

9 Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door! 10 My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience. 11 Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

12 But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into judgment.

( James 5:7-12 ) KJV
The Precious Fruit of the Earth

Fruit: καρπὸν – karpos

  • fruit
  • (a) fruit, generally vegetable, sometimes animal,
  • (b) met: fruit, deed, action, result,
  • (c) profit, gain.
  • karpós – properly, fruit; (figuratively) everything done in true partnership with Christ, i.e. a believer (a branch) lives in union with Christ (the Vine). By definition, fruit (2590/karpós) results from two life-streams – the Lord living His life through ours – to yield what is eternal (cf. 1 Jn 4:17).
  • Jn 15:1,2: “1I am the true vine, and My Father is the vine-dresser. 2Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit (2590/karpós), He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit” (NASU).

The Greek word karpos and its meaning “fruit” give us the word carpel in Botany. The carpel is the female reproductive organ of a plant composed of the stigma, style and ovary. Once fertilized by pollen it would become the fruit.

  • mid 19th century: from French carpelle or modern Latin carpellum, from Greek karpos ‘fruit’.

fruit results from two life-streams – the Lord living His life through ours – to yield what is eternal

John 15:1-12

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Weep and Howl

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James # 13

1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

( James 5:1-6 ) KJV
Weep and Howl

Tell the story of the Governors Club landscaping experience.

The discovery of Kat Ion

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If the Lord Will

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James # 12

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

( James 4:13-17 ) KJV
If the Lord Will

What shall be on the morrow.

The Parable of the Rich Fool

( Luke 12:13-21 ) KJV

Life is like a vapor.

Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah

( Psalms 39:5 ) KJV

It vanishes away.

The voice said, “Cry out!”
And he said, “What shall I cry?”
“All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.”

( Isaiah 40:6-8 ) KJV
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Speak not Evil

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James # 11

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

( James 4:11-12 ) KJV
Speak not Evil

This brings us to the sermon on the mount.

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

( Matthew 7:1-5 ) KJV
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Draw Nigh to God

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

( James 4:7-10 ) KJV

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I live in fear of my doublemindedness.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

( James 1:5-8 ) KJV

But I long to draw nigh to God

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

( Psalms 4:4 ) KJV

If we draw nigh to God he will draw nigh to us:

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

( Psalms 65:4 ) KJV