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LIKE PRECIOUS FAITH
MONDAY, JUNE 1
2 Peter 1:1
Acts 15:7-20
 
“And God … giving them the Holy Ghost
even as he did unto us …
purifying their hearts by faith.”
 
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The author “Simon Peter” began this epistle by describing himself as “a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ” (2 Pet 1:1). “Simon,” his old name, was reminiscent of his life as a fisherman of Galilee. “Peter,” the name which Jesus gave him (John 1:40-42), depicts the transformation he has underwent after meeting Jesus, the Saviour. He was also very happy to proclaim his new vocation as Christ’s “servant” and “apostle.” Are you happy about your new life in Christ? Do you witness to others about your relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ?
 
Peter and the rest of the Apostles had great experiences as they lived and walked with Christ. They sat with Him, talked with Him, and ate with Him. They also tasted the glory and power of Christ manifested through His miracles. They were also specially trained and equipped by the Lord to lay the foundation of the church (Eph 2:20). Yet, Peter said that our faith is like the faith of the apostles. Therefore, he addressed his readers as “them that have obtained like precious faith with us” (2 Pet 1:1).
 
Though we are not given the apostolic office and its accompanying power and experiences, our faith and spiritual standing are in no way less glorious than the Apostles’ or the first century Christians’. This is what the Apostle Peter meant when he said we “have obtained like precious faith with us.” If we believe as the Apostles and the early Christians believed, if we believe in the apostolic doctrines that were committed to them by Christ and are now revealed in the New Testament, then we can be sure that our spiritual standing before God is as certain as theirs. All such believers share the “like precious faith.”
 
Take note also that the Apostle said that all believers “have obtained” the same faith as the Apostles. We have not earned our faith, but “obtained” it as an allotment or free gift. Our faith is a gift, “through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” In the divine righteousness of Christ, we all stand by faith. The faith that the Apostles and all of us share is precious indeed.
 
THOUGHT: Faith is a precious gift of God’s grace.
PRAYER: May I always rejoice in the faith that I have received in Christ.

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