Tuesday Devo
Scripture:
1 Peter 4
3 You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy—their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
4 Of course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer plunge into the flood of wild and destructive things they do. So they slander you.
3 You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy—their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
4 Of course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer plunge into the flood of wild and destructive things they do. So they slander you.
Commentary:
4:3–4 living in sensuality … drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. The lives of unbelievers have not fundamentally changed from the first century to the twenty-first; believers should have nothing to do with such behavior, even when their nonparticipation means that others will malign them.
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2411.
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2411.
Questions:
- According to Peter, the second proof that our faith is real is that we are always ready to REPENT. When you give your life to Jesus, the time for living in sin has passed. Following Jesus and indulging in sin are incompatible. How often are you repenting of your sin? Could it be said of you that you "indulge" in sin?
- Peter mentions the worship of idols. This doesn't necessarily refer to physically bowing down and worshiping some kind of statue. An idol is anything that you look to for ultimate fulfillment other than God. It could be something like alcohol or pornography. But it doesn't even have to be a bad thing. An idol could also be a relationship, a hobby or even your kids! What are the possible idols in your life? Where do you most often turn for fulfillment? What has taken over the driver seat of your life other than God?
Pray:
- That your life would be marked with holiness.
- That God would reveal any idols in your life that need to be torn down.
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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