‘It Is Correct To Abstain.’
1 Peter 2:11.
a) Peter is writing to
people who are ‘dearly beloved.’
b) Peter begs and beseeches
them because they are:-
1- Strangers.
2- Pilgrims.
3- Visitors.
c) They are to abstain from
fleshly lusts.
d) These war against the
soul.
(This QT teaches me that
It Is Correct To Abstain)
‘Things To Come.’
a) Colossians 2:17. Are
often preceded by a shadow of foretaste.
b) Hebrews 9:11. Christ came
as a High Priest of good things to come.
c) Hebrews 10:1. The Law is
a shadow of the good things to come.
d) Hebrews 11:20. Isaac
Blessed Jacob and Israel concerning them.
e) Isaiah 45:11. Ask the
Lord concerning them.
f) John 16:13. The Holy
Spirit shows them to us.
g) Romans 8:38-39. Cannot
separate us from the Love of God.
(Through this QT I thank God for the Things To Come)
Chris.
Why expose ourselves to the things that war against our soul? Our
inner life is very important and precious to God - He Created us who we are.
Our soul is our thinking mind, our will and our emotions. (Our inner man) God’s
desire for us is that our inner man be kept unharmed.
