Monday Devo
Scripture:
1 Peter 2
So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. 2 Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, 3 now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness.
So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. 2 Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, 3 now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness.
Commentary:
2:1–2 In comparing believers to newborn infants, Peter is not saying that they are immature in their faith but that all Christians are to be like infants in their longing for pure spiritual milk, which likely refers to God’s Word (cf. 1:23–25). “Spiritual” comes from Greek logikos, which echoes “word” (logos) of 1:23.
2:3 Christians will continue to long for the Word if they have tasted that the Lord is good, which they did in conversion. Cf. Ps. 34:8; in writing this letter, Peter likely meditated at length upon this psalm, which is about how the Lord delivers the righteous in their sufferings (cf. 1 Pet. 3:10–12 and Ps. 34:12–13).
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2407.
2:3 Christians will continue to long for the Word if they have tasted that the Lord is good, which they did in conversion. Cf. Ps. 34:8; in writing this letter, Peter likely meditated at length upon this psalm, which is about how the Lord delivers the righteous in their sufferings (cf. 1 Pet. 3:10–12 and Ps. 34:12–13).
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2407.
Questions:
- In 1 Peter 2, Peter is continuing on telling us how we should be living as Christians. He says that we should be done with evil behavior and "crave spiritual milk" so that we grow spiritually. In other words, starve the FLESH and feed the SPIRIT. It can be so easy for us to treat our own sin casually. What sins do you tend to treat casually? And what happens when you do? What is the result?
- When we treat sin casually, we certainly won't be stopping said sin anytime soon. Peter says that we should, instead, HATE our sin and starve our sinful, fleshly desires. Like go to war against them. In order for you to grow spiritually, what are some things that need starving in your life? And how can you begin to feed yourself more spiritually?
Pray:
- That you would learn to hate your sin.
- That you would learn to feed your spirit.
This Week's City 7:
Try to commit to memory!
3. Why did Jesus have to die on the cross? Since “all have sinned” and the “wages of sin is death,” Jesus had to die on the cross to pay the fine for my sin so I could be right with God.
(Romans 3:23, 5:8, 6:21-23, 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 2:1-6; Colossians 1:13-14, 21-22)
(Romans 3:23, 5:8, 6:21-23, 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 2:1-6; Colossians 1:13-14, 21-22)
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