IBS Field Assignment
1 Peter 1:1-2
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ, and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
In this Greeting Peter isn't writing to a specific group of people, but he is writing to all of the people that are at the churches at the fallowing places: Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. He first and foremost identifies himself as an apostle of Jesus Christ. He writes this because he knows that the people in these places are going to have false teachers come in that do not preach or prophesy in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Paul also states that he is writing according to the foreknowledge of God the Father. This shows that he trusted what he was writing was needed to be heard. Also Paul talks of sanctification, I would have imagined that there were a lot of new believers who were asking why are bad things still happening to me now that I have fallowed Christ. This is a question I know that plenty of born again Christians ask because if the all- powerful God loves me so much then why would he let me go through this persecution? The reason is that God wishes us to be set apart for His work and for us to be used by Christ then we need to be looking more like Christ.
The next statement flows perfectly that we are obedient to Christ's calling on our lives.
This is my application from this verse is that I will be obedient to the call the Lord has on my life and I will be sensitive to what he would have me to do in the situations he places me in. For this to happen I will spend an extra hour in prayer this week.
