Consider just a few of the things he learned, found in his first epistle: God is the source of new life and a living hope that is based in the resurrected Christ (1 Peter 1:3) God is the source of a faith that is more precious than gold (1 Peter 1:7) God is a fountain of inexpressible joy (1 Peter 1:8) God judges with fairness and impartiality (1 Peter 1:17) God allows us to share Christ’s sufferings as a way of knowing Jesus through identification (1 Peter 4:12-13) God is faithful and can be trusted to do what is right (1 Peter 4:19) God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble
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