Now that the snow has basically cleared away I am excited about settling in to a thought provoking study of 1 Peter 2:11-3:12. As I wrote to you last week, among the verses that particularly captured my attention in this passage would be the very first one. “Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,…” I have not been able to let loose of that thought for two weeks now. When you think about it, all of “honorable living” (the title of our lesson) flows out of this powerful verse.
As I read every reliable commentary I could find concerning this verse I landed once again in the late 1600’s with Matthew Henry’s explanation. ”The grand mischief that sin does to man is this, it weakens and debilitates the soul by impairing its faculties; it robs the soul of its comfort and peace; it debases and destroys the dignity of the soul, hinders its present prosperity, and plunges it into everlasting misery. (2.) Of all sorts of sin, none are more injurious to the soul than fleshly lusts. Carnal appetites, lewdness, and sensuality, are most odious to God, and destructive to man's soul. It is a sore judgment to be given up to them.”
Please plan to join us this Thursday morning at 9:30 either in person (in a warm room at Harborview Fellowship) or on Livestream at discoverybaptist.org as we discuss issues of vital importance in our daily lives (Lesson 3).
Also, if you would like to help out when a family is in need of meals, please let Emily Hunt know that you would like to be on the Meal Train list. We are currently helping out the Creiger’s as Briana is having surgery on her legs on the 18th and 25th of this month.