2 Peter 1:1 ESV
Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
Something i was thinking about the beginning to II Peter was that it sounds so official. He wrote his name in almost a legally binding way. This combined with the context that he thinks he is dying makes me think of the first chapter as a will. If this is true what Peter is leaving to his Christian family is knowledge. In Ecclesiastes knowledge and wisdom are referred to as being treasure and riches. We know Peter was not a rich man in worldly wealth because of the life he chose in Christ, but we know he had abundant love and grace from what he sacrificed to be an apostle. It also says ,in proverbs I believe, that a wise man leaves an inheritance. The inheritance he was leaving instructions on how to wait for our end. We mention that what Peter was talking about was available to all the world. Isn't it cool to think that since our knowledge of Christ is a inexhaustible treasure that we can be a philanthropist that has no reason to hold back handing out the never fading Spiritual objects of grace, peace, and love?
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