1 Peter 4:18 We must not take this verse out of context. But if we look at His Name carefully then we see that Christ is called “The Word of God”. 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. It is true that we will suffer during the Final Tribulation Period. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? The time “has come” for living in constant fellowship with God, but we keep postponing it. Whatever purpose God has in mind, the life of a believer is not smooth sailing. “A tribulation period” means it is a “time of great trouble”. And (we pray!) For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. 2 Thessalonians 1:4 We know that the saints can never lose their salvation. God wrote the history of the Old Testament so extensively, because it was a picture of what God was going to do with the New Testament congregation. Likewise, if the heathen persecute us, remember the words of 1 Peter 4:14. Your email address will not be published. In other words, we read in Revelation 11:7-8 that the kingdom of Satan will silence the Gospel by overrunning the faithful Churches in the world with gospels that are so close to the true Gospel. 2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. At first blush we thought that the meaning of 1 Peter 4:17 was that this was speaking about the Final Tribulation Period, meaning that “Judgment begins at the House of God”. God says: Because great is your reward in heaven. Follow Desiring God on Facebook. The Lord Jesus already told His disciples that they would endure suffering for His sake. We put it off, and our life is just as shabby as it was five years ago. How long do you suppose God is going to put up with this? Absolutely not! Not even close. Some people develop a martyr attitude; they are unhappy because they think that they are treated unjustly. The unbelievers have engaged in judging other people, and Jesus warned them that they should abstain from judging because they themselves are subject to the Judgment of God. Jeremiah 25:29 1 Peter 4:1-19. This entire passage speaks about suffering for Christ. Ask Question Asked 1 year, 11 months ago. Daniel 7:25 Could it be that God is passing judgment over a long period of time as this one fails the test, and as that one passes the test, and so on? It should have stated: “And if the righteous with difficulty, or not easily, be saved,………” That is absolutely true. Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. The writer of Hebrews also makes clear that our God is a Father who disciplines His children (Hebrews 12:3–17). ο definite article - nominative singular masculine ho ho: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc. Matthew 7:2 These are the characteristics of someone who has been Born Again. These are mighty solemn words for the household of faith. Second possibility: Such a situation is tailor-made for Satan. In other words, 1 Peter 4:17 is not speaking specifically about the time of the end. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. To get what 1 Peter 4:17 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity. Daniel 7:7 1 Peter 4:16, ESV: "Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name." 1 Peter 4:17 Context. This is not carried out by believers, but by unbelievers. Al the families of the North. Matthew 24:21 He owns us. What does 1 Peter 4:17 mean? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls (to him) in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 1 Peter chapter 4 KJV (King James Version) 1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;. Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: One reason for this is because the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. 1 Peter 4:16. Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.a. (NASB: Lockman)Greek: Panton de to telos e ggiken. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: If you suffer, let it be that you suffer unjustly, for the sake of Christ, But Not as an Evildoer (1 Peter 4:15, 1 Peter 3:16-17), 1 Peter 4:15 1 Peter 4:17 What is this judgment that is to occur in the Final Tribulation Period? Amen. Notice where the two witnesses are killed: The great city, which is representing the kingdom of Satan, which is spiritually called Sodom, the wicked city doomed for destruction, and it is spiritually called Egypt, which is a picture of the kingdom of Satan, and where also our Lord was crucified. This is not a popular doctrine. (allotriepiskopos). They are judging your actions, your motives, the way you live, and so on. On your outline I have included a great number of other verses, which support the teaching I have presented. The result of persecution has always been a vibrant growth of the Church. Is that not equivalent to the two witnesses being killed? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? This discipline takes place in time. In other words, 1 Peter 4:17 is not speaking specifically about the time of the end. This verse seems to lay down the principle that before the end of time comes, before the final judgment of all the unsaved in the world occurs, the House of God will be judged first. Don’t take their insult personally, because they have not insulted you, but they have insulted your Heavenly Father. Our sins have not been barely paid, but they have been paid in full. 1 Peter 3:17 Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Keep doing those things that are well pleasing in His sight, because He is the faithful creator of our new soul. For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; As you know, the gift of faith is a gift from God. This promise is certainly true, but it is a promise made only to those who have been Born Again. When the elect have left the Church, or when they have been driven out of the Church, then the Church has become a dead church. Study 1 Peter 4 using Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary (concise) to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. Required fields are marked *, Notify me of followup comments via e-mail, Designed by Elegant Themes 1 Peter 5:1 Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed (NASB: Lockman) 1 Peter 4:12-13. 1 Peter 4:14 If we suffer let it be that we suffer unjustly, for the sake of Christ. God is not the one waiting to pass judgment when we are being tried. ( Log Out /  1 Peter 4:16-18 (ESV) Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. 1 Peter 4:17. Subscribe. 1 Peter 3-4 New International Version (NIV). And here we read that every believer will suffer for Christ’s sake. But God used this historical event to paint the picture as if Babylon did conquer the whole world. Someone discouraged us, and we lost heart. 1 Peter 4:17 We shared our faith. John Piper Oct 23, 1994 7.2K Shares God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him Learn more about Desiring God Desiring God. Jeremiah 25:15 People in the Church can be led astray because not everyone in the Church is a saved individual. For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. That is why God ends it all, and all the nations of the world will mourn when they see Christ appearing on the clouds of glory. KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. They are being judged with the Word. Subscribe. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The Lord Jesus Christ has suffered at the hands of those who hated Him, who Himself is called the Word of God. The common theme is that we have become partakers of Christ’s sufferings, as stated in verse 13. We are no longer in tune with God. God saved them, and God is going to preserve them so that they will not be led astray by other gospels that are so close to the true Gospel. 1 Peter 1:17-23 EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: • Verses 1-2 open by identifying the author as “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ”—and the recipients as “the chosen ones who are living as foreigners (exiles) in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia” (all located in … It’s the decision of a judge or authority. If we insist on giving all the glory to Christ, because we hold high the truth that is found in the Word of God, then we are going to be reviled, and we are being made the laughing stock of our family, and we are being ridiculed by our fellow workers, and we are told that we have joined a cult, and so on. The word “scarcely” is really an unfortunate translation. God made us believe His Word. It cost Christ everything He had, because we loved our sins too much. Christ has all the strength. Then God sent us out as His ambassadors, and that is when the suffering started. Let’s look at: Nebuchadnezzar, My Servant (Jeremiah 25:9,15,18,26,29, Jeremiah 27:5-7). Every time in the past that Satan tried this methodology, he has always lost. ( Log Out /  The little horn represents Satan. There was a time when we kept short accounts with God. the meaning is, that God’s judgment would be dreadful against the ungodly, since the way to salvation was so thorny and difficult to the elect. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. That is exactly what we read here in 1 Peter 4:13-14. But there is another aspect of the principle that Judgment begins with the House of God, which is presented in 1 Peter 4:17. St. Peter knew something about suffering persecution and experiencing God's grace in the midst of it. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Don’t be surprised, he says, at the fiery trial that you are experiencing. Historically, Babylon did not conquer the whole world. In other words, the Lord Jesus said that this tribulation is a period of great trouble, because false prophets will bring false gospels that are so close to the true Gospel that even the elect would be deceived, if that were possible. For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? They are the same group of people who are called the Poor in spirit, and They that mourn, and They who are meek, and They who hunger and thirst for righteousness, and They who are merciful, and The pure in heart, and The peacemakers. Let’s go back to 1 Peter 4:17. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. In Daniel chapters 7 and 8 we find another confirmation of what is going to happen to the New Testament church near the end of time. Jeremiah 25:26 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. But that is not possible. This is clear language telling us that the faithful Churches, represented by the two witnesses, are killed (spiritually) and that God has used Nebuchadnezzar, representing Satan, to bring judgment on the Church worldwide because of the apostasy in the Church near the end of time. So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 2 Thessalonians 1:5 God says, take courage: 1 Peter 1:7 A reason why, under persecution and in all circumstances, they should so conduct themselves as to glorify God. We will not meet this discipline in eternity. Therefore, those who persecute us in verse 12 also do the judgment in verse 17. In this country almost everyone seems to know the name of Christ. No Christian will face the Great White Throne judgment (Jn 5:24; Ro 8:1). And now God says: At first blush we have to admit: This verse does not seem to belong here. We have already seen last week that this is a figure, which means that the emissaries of Satan, who are bringing their own false gospels into the Church, will overrun the Church. 1 Peter: Trials, Holy Living & The Lord's Coming Click chart to enlarge Chart from Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission Another Chart from Charles Swindoll - click chart on right side. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified. God gave Daniel several visions of the future in the form of parables. Viewed 117 times 1. Even the heathen cannot escape bringing glory to God. Is that something that can happen to a Church? Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh. God says. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. However, the Bible shows that Christians are being judged today. These elect, these chosen of God cannot be deceived. Will he persecute the Christians and kill them? God speaks to this in 1 Peter 1:7. Will there be mass persecution and killing of Christians? But at the end of time God is angry at all the nations of the world for embracing the false gospels. A few years ago, our friends from the Northwest called to ask that I visit a woman in a Dallas hospital who was dying of cancer. Now, this is an altogether unpopular idea, but there is an abundance of Scripture that supports this scenario. In this chapter God makes it plain that the conquest of the Babylonian armies was a picture of the armies of Satan conquering the whole world. We left, indicating we w… For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. The author of 1 Peter understands the gospel and its consequences quite differently. Follow Desiring God on Twitter. There He said: Matthew 5:10 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. Hath ceased from sin— Is delivered from it. We did not easily become saved, but with great difficulty. Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. What is the nature of the Final Tribulation Period? Pity them, for their judgment will be great. That sword is the Word of God. If you endure ridicule, or if you are being reproached for your stand on the absolute sovereignty of God, or on salvation entirely by the grace of God, or on the sanctity of marriage, will you rejoice for being reproached? Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12–19. The House of God is the New Testament Church. The Church is an externally visible organization. 1 PETER 4:17. 1 Peter 4:17. To wicked Pharaoh, king of Egypt, God said in Romans 9:17. The common theme in this passage is that of persecution because of our witness for Christ, as stated in verse 14. Revelation 11:4 history of the world. God made us hear the Gospel. 1 Peter 4:17–18 December 15, 2016. It is called the remnant chosen by grace, because they have been chosen unto salvation not based on any work that they have done, not based on any decision or action to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, but they have been saved entirely by the grace of God. The blood of the martyrs has always been the seed of the Church. It is difficult to imagine anything that is not done for the glory of God. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. God says in Romans 11: Romans 11:7 Most churches today will cling to the promise that Christ will build His Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. 1 Peter 4:17 KJV For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? As in human courts, judgment is a process. Although ultimately disappointed, Paul had taught that Jesus would return within his own lifetime, as we see most clearly in 1 Thessalonians 4:15–17. We love the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ, because that will end the trials we still have to endure now. Now we come to a different subject matter in 1 Peter 4:17, Don’t Take Verses Out of Context (1 Peter 4:17, Matthew 7:1-2). Ezekiel 7:4 , the καιρός has come ); the slaughter of Israelites who are not marked with Tau, is ordained by the Glory of the God of Israel; the Lord said, ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων μου ἄρξασθε and the men began at ( ἀπό ) the elders who were within in the house. God says. 1. A horn is a symbol of strength. And we can find many verses, which support this principle. Let it not be that we suffer because of a bad attitude we develop in our mind. And if anyone objects to receiving God’s wrath, God says in verse 29. You see for yourself whether the meaning is really there. He saved us with great power and with an absolute certainty. 1 Peter 4:16 If this verse is to be understood within its context, then it simply is saying that the unbelievers pass judgment first on the Church. The prophets of old have suffered at the hands of those who hated the Word of God. Your email address will not be published. A judgment can be good or bad, in your favor or against you, but in the New Testament krima is usually bad. In other words, the Lord Jesus said: If you are persecuted for righteousness sake, consider it all joy, because your name is written in heaven. That is not necessary. We will suffer because our Church is being judged by God, because of the apostasy committed by her. If someone suffers, let it not be because of some suffering we put on ourselves. This judgment is a judgment in time, not eternity. The common theme is that the persecution takes on the form of burning, as stated in verse 12. In Romans 11 God represents the Church by an olive tree, and in Revelation 1 God represents the Church by a candlestick in heaven. God is not unjust. The key to understanding 1 Peter 4:17 is the word judgment. 1 Peter 4:1. Perhaps you have seen already that 1 Peter 4:17 is a verse, which is lodged in between a passage speaking about suffering. 1 Peter: Trials, Holy Living & The Lord's Coming Click chart to enlarge Chart from Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission Another Chart from Charles Swindoll - click chart on right side. In Jeremiah 25 God makes it abundantly clear that He is not just speaking about the destruction of Jerusalem. Judgment will begin with the family of God. The Fiery Trials (1 Peter 4:12, Philippians 1:29). First to Jerusalem, the city that is called by His name, the Old Testament congregation that was a picture of the New Testament congregation. Christ is the Big Horn; therefore Satan is just a little horn. To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; Then one nation after another receives the cup of God’s wrath, until all the kingdoms of the earth have received the cup of God’s wrath. There is no uncertainty in the cross of Christ. When they realized we had come to talk about spiritual things, the atmosphere chilled. God has a purpose for our suffering. Why is this fiery trial happening to you? The election refers to the group of people whom God chose from all the nations of the world, including the nation of Israel. 1 Peter 4:17. Matthew 24:24 'St. Grant's Verse-by-Verse Logos Bible Software. God wants Christians to deal with our sins now. Matthew 5:12 It is a promise made only to those who are truly saved. For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. This judgment is a judgment in, The time “has come” for living in constant fellowship with God, but we keep. And what other suffering did God write about in 1 Peter 4? I have shown from Revelation 11 & 13, and from Jeremiah 25 & 27, and from Daniel 7 & 8 that near the end time indeed the Church will be overrun by false gospels instigated by Satan, and therefore indeed “Judgment begins at the House of God”. We endure our earthly suffering with rejoicing, because our focus is not on the sufferings of this present earth, but on the glory of the life hereafter. all that God is for you in Christ explodes with faith, and joy, and love. God is speaking to the elect saints who have already been Born Again. Judgment will begin with the family of God. Most people regard judgment as something that occurs only at the end of the age. If we want to discuss the end time we can use Revelation 11,12, Jeremiah 25, 27, Daniel 7 and 8, but we do not need to drag 1 Peter 4:17 into it. 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. The Church in the Last Days (Revelation11:3,4,7,8, Revelation 13:1,5-9). But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as “a busybody in other men’s matters”. He saved us by engraving our names with a nail in the palm of His hand. God says that we all will endure a fiery trial, which is to test us. The Little Horn (Daniel 7:7,8,21,25, Daniel 8:8-12,23-25). Close. 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