Read the text, make some comments concerning our faithfulness to God, and
our being holy because God is holy.
See the word "wherefore" in verse 13. Verse 13-16 is a concluding
thought to verse 1-12.
1. Verse 1 – We are strangers – to this world, but not to the world to
come.
2. Verse 2 – The entire trinity is working on us.
a. We are the elect of God – chosen in eternity, made known to us in
time.
b. We will be sanctified through the spirit of God.
c. We are brought to obedience (salvation) through the blood of Christ.
3. Verse 3 – We are brought to salvation in time by the resurrection of
Christ.
4. Verse 4 – We have an inheritance that will never fade away, reserved
for us.
5. Verse 5 – We are kept by the power of God because we are unable to
keep ourselves.
6. Verse 6 – We greatly rejoice in these blessings, even though the
troubles, trials and tribulations of this present life are heavy upon us.
7. Verse 7 – We understand that the trials of this life is for the
building up of our faith in Christ, that Christ alone will get the glory and
honor for our victorious living. All of these things will come to full light
at the rapture, when we are able to more clearly understand what God has done
for us.
8. Verse 8 – We have never seen Jesus, but we believe in him without
seeing him, and rejoice with great joy.
9. Verse 9 – The end of our faith, the full salvation of our spirit, soul
and body will happen at the rapture when we receive new bodies.
10. Verse 10-12 – We have received in Christ what the prophets searched
for, and we will receive at the rapture the fullness of all these things.
11. That is well reason to gird up the loins of our minds, to be obedient
to God and all his commands, to be holy, and to stop willful sinning.