Today, I am reading and commenting on 1 Peter 1-5.

The first thing which struck me in this passage was when Peter wrote, “Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.” This reminded me of Psalm 34:8, “Taste and see that the Lord is good;” which is my favorite explanation of how faith works.  By writing that, Peter tells us that, having experienced God’s goodness, we should crave more of God, more holiness.  We experience that holiness we crave by abstaining from sinful desires and doing good.  Peter gives us a partial list of things to avoid: malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.  We should live such good lives that even though they accuse us of doing wrong they will find themselves glorifying God for what we have done.  We should eagerly seek to do good, so that those who wish to harm us for our faith will be able to find no excuse for doing so and will have to admit to themselves that their hostility is based on their unwillingness to obey God.  At all times we should be prepared to explain why we act as we do and hold to our faith.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.