RECOGNIZE RESIST AND REST
1 Peter 5:6-11 Peter chooses to end this letter the way he started it. Our future inheritance arrives by way of present sufferings. (1:3-6) This means exaltation follows humiliation. Our eternal glory comes after earthly suffering. Suffering always precedes subsequent glories; this was so for God’s Son. This will be so for us as well. (1:11) Christ Jesus is our ultimate proof for our future hope and present calling. (4:19) Two things Peter tells his readers to be aware of…. Recognize And Rest Under The Mighty Hand Of God As You Wait Future Glory. (v5-v6; v9-v11) This life we live is anything but your best life now. What Peter has been saying all along is that the attainment of Heaven will be by way of an excruciating journey. But as you go through this he says , “Humble yourself” (v6) and in (v5) he says “cloth yourself with humility” “Cloth” means to tie something on one self, like a ti...