1 Peter 1

***It's amazing to see the progression of learning in just a few semmesters. This paper was written Freshman year at PBC in one of my first classes. This is supposed to be an essay. Some of the ideas are sill accurate but the style of writing and the fact that there are only two paragraphs makes me laugh. That is what I mean by progression of learning.***

1 Peter 1:9-12 refers to grace. We learned in our studies that this grace was seen in some degree in each of the seven dispensations. This mentions the grace that was foretold by the Old Testament prophets. This is one proof of the fact we have been seeing that the two sections the Bible is divided into do not contradict each other. Grace was mentioned in the Old Testament and is again reiterated in the New Testament. The one leads into the other.
If you look back at the before verses in 1 Peter 1 you can see more of the context of this portion of scripture. It says, “Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.” This portion leading up to our small section of reading shows us the truth being discussed here as a whole- salvation by faith. This is another topic we have discussed very diligently in our studies coinciding with the idea of grace. This idea was the fact that the way to salvation in every dispensation has always been by faith!