Or, it is to submit our will to the will of God; being well pleased that He is in any way glorified, though we be not every way gratified. As Peter tells us in 2 Peter 3:9, it is only the longsuffering patience of God that holds it back. Peter knows there will be sacrifice but wants it made with a willing and cheerful heart, NOTE: Used to help traveling missionaries on their way,          a. Last time we took our message from the epistle of 1st Peter where Peter encourages his readers how to respond as they lived in a world that hated them because it hated their Savior. Don’t slack off on love but keep it going at full force,          5. § 2). He will not bless those who care not for His blessing. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy. If we live without prayer, we shall die without hope. And so when the Comforter came He found a ready access. NOTE: This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. A marriage could not survive on rules, regulations and by-laws. τοῦτο δὲ ἀληθεῖ λόγῳ, ὁ χριστός: but simply the end, as in reff. A BIBLICAL MEMBER I Peter 4:7-11 INTRODUCTION There are many kinds of memberships we can join. There are memberships to clubs. To the same purpose is Mr. Scott’s interpretation: “All Christians must expect tribulations in the world, but these would soon terminate; for the end of all things was at hand, and death was about to close their course of trials or services; nay, judgment would not be so long delayed, as that the intervening space should, in the estimation of faith, be at all compared with eternity.” Be ye therefore sober — Temperate in all things, and moderate in all earthly cares and pursuits; remembering their end approaches, and the fashion of this world passeth away. The Greek word Peter used for prayer (lit. The death of the individual believer has a very secondary place in apostolic teaching. Romans 13:12; James 5:8; Philippians 4:5. Unto prayer; the end for which they should be sober and vigilant, viz. [Note: D. Edmond Hiebert, Working With God: Scriptural Studies in Intercession, p7.] Generous to Christian guest,          2. John Piper ... God in Everything at the End of the Age. Probably, if St. Peter had thought the world would stand twenty centuries more, he would have expressed himself differently; yet see 2 Peter 3:4-10. 13:12; 1Фес. In opposition to the fleshly lusts of the Heathens, hinted at 1 Peter 4:6 and mentioned expressly, 1 Peter 4:2-4 the Christians are exhorted to be sober, or temperate; and in opposition to the stupor and security of the unbelieving Jews, they were to watch unto prayer; that they might not be involved in the like calamities with the unbelieving Jews and apostate Christians. . But that eschatological encounter introduced a new element into the nature of history. I entreat you, if you have any regard for your own souls, consider this. The end of all things is at hand — Of our mortal lives, and of all the joys and sorrows, goods and evils connected therewith, and so of all your wrongs and sufferings. St. Luke, both in his Gospel and in the Acts of the Apostles, tells us this specifically. This desire after spiritual growth will not come naturally and unsought for.—We shall have to get our hearts into a receptive frame for the gifts. The watchfulness and the sobriety to which he exhorted them, belong, as I think, to the mind rather than to the body. 7. In Romans 12:3 St. Paul plays on the meaning of the component parts of - , cf. Watch, [ neepsate (Greek #3525)] - 'be soberly vigilant;' not intoxicated with worldly cares and pleasures. 1 Peter 4:7. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. ‘Unto prayer.’ They had after all much to pray for. In order to give you the best understanding of this text possible, I want to read it to you form several different versions of scripture. The words or utterances of god,          b. Change ). The woman was a relative of people who attended their church, and they were not sure of her spiritual condition. Peter believed that such use of gifts is for ministry,          2. John Piper Sep 19, 1993 105 Shares It is only through clear communication with headquarters that a soldier can effectively stand guard." Introduction. Every time we minister as stewards God’s will and power will be seen,          2. Amen”,               b. We may say, then, without hesitation that if we are to have any full measure of spiritual gifts, if there is to be any real growth of spiritual life within us, we must watch and pray, we must be men of prayer. The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. THEME: TO BE A BIBLICAL MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH WE MUST: I. To all the New Testament writers, but perhaps specially to him, and his comrade John, their own time was the ‘last time,’ the dispensation beyond which there was to be no other, and the close of which was so near that nothing seemed to stand between them and it. We must realise what we mean by the spiritual life, and what is implied in spiritual gifts. 2. This they do partly on account of ἁμαρτιῶν, which they maintain cannot well be applied to the mutual offences of common life (see however Matthew 18:15, ἐὰν ἁμαρτήσῃ εἰς σὲ ὁ ἀδελφός σου) and partly on account of ὅτι, which “indicare videtur incitamentum aliquod, quo Christianus amor commendatur” (Hottinger in De W.). We come this morning to the end of our series on I Peter. Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7. James, that the expression was a proverb in common use. ‘for the purpose of prayer’-lit., prayers, whether public or private. See also on 1 Peter 1:13. unto prayers. Sermon ... We must remember that, like those to whom Peter was writing, Godâs people are a minority in this world. HAVE THE PROPER REASON FOR OUR PRAYER LIFE        vs. 7,     A. Prophecy having reached its fulfilment in Jesus Christ, all that now awaits is the final summing up. For some it could come through death, as it had for those described in 1 Peter 4:5-6. ‘Will not God avenge His elect who cry to Him day and night, and He is longsuffering over them?’ (Luke 18:7). III. In speaking of the ‘end,’ Peter refers neither to the mere destruction of Jerusalem, nor to the end of the lives of individuals, but to the termination which awaits the present system of-things as a whole when Christ returns. â I Peter 4:7 âThe end of all things is near; therefore be of sound judgment and sober for the purpose of prayer.â Heâs saying, donât get caught up in the distractions of the world. Peter uses this idea of “clear-headed” half of the times it is found in the New Testament, NOTE: Maybe because Peter was so “flighty” in the early part of his ministry,               a. When they realized we had come to talk about spiritual things, the atmosphere chilled. and to exclude from the heart every feeling except a cold and naked sense of duty. This is an idea nearly akin to the former, though perhaps more limited. —Absolutely, in the final consummation. Christians, we are an odd bunch. But for all it was imminent. We are simply administrators of that which belongs to God,          3. . But it is no easy matter to persevere in prayer. Nor ought it to be otherwise with the faithful Christian to-day. We may however justly consider it as relating to the hour of death, which is to every man “the end of all things” here below. πάντων τὸ τέλος, equal to: “the end of all things,” refers back to the foregoing ἑτοίμως ἔχοντι κρῖναι; with the judgment comes the τέλος. May 27, 2007. For luxuries are opposed to the being sober and watchful; desires (“lusts”), to love; excesses in wine, revellings, banquetings, to hospitality; abominable idolatries, to the lawful ministering of heavenly gifts to the glory of the true God.— καὶ νήψατε, and watch) Temperance assists watchfulness, and each of them assists prayers: they who are removed from temperance are sleepy; and the sleepy are slothful as to prayer, even on this account, that they do not willingly take any time from their labour and the ordinary pursuits of life.— προσευχὰς, prayers) which are necessary at the last time. 1 Peter 4:7-11 p.1154 in church bibles "The end of all things" 2012 The end of the world (v.7) Pray and love each other more (v.7-9) Use your gifts to glorify God (v.10-11) Where are the gifts from? This fact should have made a practical difference in the way his readers lived. Love that does not turn off,          4. Then it comes to mean sober-mindedy discreet, self-controlled. How we treat one Christian is how we treat all Christians,     D. Love Shall Cover The Multitude Of Sins   vs. 8d,               c. To hinder the knowledge of a thing, NOTE: Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.     Proverbs 10:12,          2. “I love (him, her, them), but I don’t like (him, her, them)”,               a. 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Death terminates our joys and honours, how elevated soever they may be — — — It puts a period also to our hopes and prospects, be they ever so bright and well-founded — — — It incapacitates us also for carrying into effect all our purposes and endeavours. In Potiphar’s house           Genesis 39:6,          b. A few years ago, our friends from the Northwest called to ask that I visit a woman in a Dallas hospital who was dying of cancer. TO BE A BIBLICAL MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH WE MUST:          I. ‘Steady then, keep cool and pray’ (Mof). To be of sound mind,               b. To be sober,               b. And yet the word seems to be used in other contexts which refer to the Second Coming (Romans 13:11-12; James 5:8). References: 1 Peter 4:7.—W. HAVE THE PROPER REASON FOR OUR PRAYER LIFE, II. It is, then, no wonder that the cares of this world overwhelm us, and make us drowsy, if the view of present things dazzles our eyes: for we promise, almost all of us, an eternity to ourselves in this world; at least, the end never comes to our mind. That the apostle, without fixing the time or the hour of it, looked upon the advent of Christ and the end of the world,—in its condition hitherto,—therewith connected, as near at hand, must be simply admitted.(246). Its cognates occur almost exclusively in the Pastoral Epistles. ‘But the end of all things is at hand. By second century more rules were added,          b. You must be men of prayer. What kind of gifts are there? They would be especially necessary if any moment might see the end of the world. Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. It is not ours but we are responsible for how it is used i. e., mark of a good steward,     C. Examples Of The Use Of Our Gifts vs. 11,          1. ;(245) comp. "The End is Here" Sermon: I Peter 4:7-11 âThe End is Hereâ [I Peter 4:7-11] December 31, 2017, Second Reformed Church We have reached the end of the calendar year. 1 Peter 4:7. σωφρ. I took a seminary student along with me, and because we were both wearing suits, the family greeted us eagerly. Neither is it a time to panic or give up. This vivid realization of the nearness of the end, which appears in all the apostolic writings, is specially characteristic of Peter. Here we may learn from the example of the Apostles already alluded to. They, as we, had to live in constant expectation of Christ"s sudden return. Would you have their graces, their gifts? Or, be prudent and considerate, as σωφρονησατε also signifies. IV. ], and will consist very well with the devoutest frame, and most ardent exertions in the Lord’s service [Note: Romans 12:11. 4. For that judgment, which would bring in the end of all things, could come at any time. 1 Peter 4:7-11. Peter moves from here in this morning's text to give us a general example and four specific examples of how to live knowing that "the end of all things is at hand": First, generally, and "above all" -- that is, above everything else regarding human interaction, we ought to love each other earnestly -- fervently -- zealously. In other words they were to think sensibly, and behave sensibly in the light of His coming. Prov., except that there it is כָּל־פְּשָׁעִים, all sins. Hence the Apostle, that he might rouse them from the drowsiness of the flesh, reminds them that the end of all things was nigh; by which he intimates that we ought not to sit still in the world, from which we must soon remove. The very instant death comes, there is no more room for repentance; no more shall the tidings of salvation through a crucified Redeemer sound in our ears; no more will the Holy Spirit strive with us to bring us to God; the time for repentance is past; the offers of salvation are closed; the day of grace is come to an end; and nothing remains for the soul but to weep and bewail its folly in hell for ever and ever — — —, This period is nigh “at hand” to every one of us. One Thing Is Above All Others In The Local Church        vs. 8a,          1. Keep a clear head, and PRAY! All the good deeds Christians do to and for one another,               b. Diligent effort is needed, not carelessness. But the end of all things: the last judgment, which will put an end to all the evils as well as good things of this world. well remarks, not placing love above prayer, but because all social life and duty must presuppose love as its necessary bond and condition. Yet, strange to say, there is hardly any passage of Scripture which has given rise to more frequent cavils than this simple assurance. Prayer based on knowledge and mature evaluation of a situation is more effective prayer, NOTE: Reading of missionary letters on Wednesday evenings and then praying,          4. ], "With the Messiah"s first advent the reality of the eschatological kingdom broke on human history; but with the King"s rejection, His eschatological kingdom was not established. Last week we looked at a passage in Paulâs letter to the Ephesians. In the prison          Genesis 39:23,          2. proper prayer is not an "opiate" or escape, but rather a function of clear vision and a seeking of even clearer vision from God. (7) The end of all things is at hand.—Or, hath come nigh; the same word (for instance) as in Matthew 4:17; Matthew 26:46. Not only had Jerusalem to be destroyed (Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21), but also the Gospel was to reach out ‘to all nations’ (Mark 13:10; Matthew 24:14), and the Jews were to face their great tribulation which would sactter them among the nations after the destruction of Jerusalem (Luke 21:24). Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray." Love will pass over wrongs done to a person rather than continue a dispute, NOTE: Used five times in the New Testament; Twice to pastors, three to all members,               b. The supreme importance of love as the controlling factor in all relationships in the church,          4. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. ‘In this way pray you, “Let your name be made holy, let your kingly rule come, let your will be done, on earth as in Heaven” ’ (Matthew 6:9-10). To refer this to the destruction of Jerusalem, with Dr. Clarke and others, assumes an unlikely interest in that event on the part of those to whom St. Peter is writing, and furnishes no proper basis for the exhortations which follow. Вместо этого слово означает достижение, достигнутую цель, полученный результат или осуществление. Доктрина грядущего возвращения Христа не должна превращать христиан в ревностных фанатиков, которые ничего не делают, а только ожидают Пришествия. âThe end of all things is near. God will be glorified through Jesus Christ,          3. Just as the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, so does His longsuffering wait even now, until the number of His elect are gathered in. He will not help those who do not feel the need of His assistance. 1 Peter 4:7 ‘The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.’, ‘The end of all things is at hand’-‘End’-‘termination, the limit’ (Thayer p. 619); ‘in the sense of termination, cessation’ (Arndt p. 811); ‘the final issue or result of a state or process’ (Vine p. 26-27). Stand Fast (5:12) Now Peter concludes his letter with some personal words. 1:3; 2:12), которое есть цель всего. Peter here gives the ultimate priority for the Christian in the end times: fervent in love among yourselves. (1 Corinthians 12:4, 7) The true reading here is neither ‘prayer,’ nor ‘the prayers’ (as if the social prayers of the Church were exclusively in view), but ‘unto prayers.’ Prayer of all kinds, therefore, whether private or public, personal or social, seems to be in view. 7 But () the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. Have a sound mind,               b. That was the end of all things, and was the daily expectation of the primitive Church. But to make this possibility a fact, we need, and we all know sadly that we need, the fresh conviction of a Spiritual Presence in our troubled world, and spiritual fellowship with the unseen realised through the fulness of our humanity. God has equipped all of the members in a church to do the ministry of the church. Бодрствование создает мышление пришельца. 1 Peter 4:7. πάντων) of all things; and therefore also of the arrogance of the wicked, and of the sufferings of the righteous.— τέλος, the end) when the number of the dead and living shall be complete: [in the last judgment.—V. ( Log Out / Our text this morning is 1st Peter chapter 4, verse 7. ", [Note: D. Edmond Hiebert, "Living in the Light of Christ"s Return: An Exposition of1Peter4:7-11," Bibliotheca Sacra139:555 (July-September1982):245. This ‘end,’ too, is ‘at hand’—a rendering which occurs again in Romans 13:12, Philippians 4:5, and better conveys the impending imminence of the event than the ‘draweth near’ or ‘draweth nigh,’ which appears elsewhere (Luke 21:8; James 5:8). â I Peter ⦠. passage from 1 Peter 4:7-11. If the end is right around the corner, one should live accordingly,          3. There are no rules, regulations or by-laws that can force love, respect and the other “requirements” of marriage. It is better translated ‘be sober than ‘watch.’ Only in two out of the six New Testament occurrences of the verb does the A. V. depart from the rendering ‘sober’ (here and in 2 Timothy 4:5). 2. The gift of speaking,               a. Preaching; teaching,               b. Casual Christians always become casualties. We may have seen the vanity of earthly things, and have formed a resolution to withdraw our affections from them, and to prosecute with care the things belonging to our everlasting peace: we may have actually begun to execute our purposes: we may have begun to pay more attention to divine ordinances, than we have done in past times, and to read some religious books, and to cultivate an acquaintance with some pious characters, in hopes of getting instruction from them, and of furthering thereby our eternal interests: but death will cut short all these good beginnings, and leave us cause to bewail to all eternity that we had deferred the concerns of our souls so long. Practically, to every man that end is very near, and it becomes us to walk daily with it in view. And each of us are to be "good stewards" (accountable servants) of whatever gifts or abilities we may have 3. ‘Men ought always to pray and not to faint’ (Luke 18:1). Not personal development, NOTE: Service performed by merely human energy and for one’s own status in the eyes of others can soon become a wearying activity and increase one’s pride rather than one’s faith,               b. Be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.—These words sum up the cautions given in 1 Peter 4:1-6, before passing on to the next subject. NEARNESS TO DEATH A MOTIVE TO WATCHFULNESS. 1:10; Иак. And to this end they needed to be of sound mind, (‘God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind’ - 2 Timothy 1:7), and be sober in their thinking and their lives, in such a way that they would continue in prayer. But even if so, there can be no reasonable doubt that Proverbs 10:12 was the source of it: so that it comes to nearly the same thing. All these are injunctions by our Lord to pray, which are later further emphasised in Acts and the following letters. We have known this possibly in our own experience. in his 7th edition has again inserted [not in edn. Are you using your gifts? How can Peter say that the ‘end is at hand’ in the First Century and yet almost 2000 years later the ‘end’ still hasn’t arrived? Practically, to every man that. It was ‘at hand’. It awaits the day of His return. The greatest hindrance to spiritual life is scantiness of devotion. 1 Peter 4:7-11 Living as a Christian Community in an Unbelieving World. Watch unto prayer is the same as "watch and pray" as Jesus taught while here ( Matthew 26:41). Compare Matthew 3:2. 2:20). . ‘Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest that He send forth labourers into His harvest’ (Matthew 9:38’). The secondary sense is that of wariness, and thus in the New Testament it comes to have a much larger meaning than that of the mere denial of gross appetite. Such is the scope of the Apostle’s words; in commenting on which we shall notice, [It is possible that St. Peter, in speaking of “the end of all things,” might have some reference to the destruction of Jerusalem, which was fast approaching, and to the consequent annihilation of the Jewish polity. It was summer when we started and we end with summer not that far away. But that eschatological encounter introduced a new element into the nature of history. Above all, [â¦] Text: 1 Peter 4:7-11. To the Jewish mind, the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple was the end of all things! "Power" is the Greek noun kratos, "ability to exhibit or express resident strength, might," and in our passage, "exercise ruling ability, power, rule, sovereignty." The New Testament writers not only believed Christ would return, they wholeheartedly expected Him, NOTE: Live as if He is coming today; prepare as if He will not come for a thousand years,          2. If our life were prolonged to the age of Methuselah, the space would be only as the twinkling of an eye in comparison of eternity [Note: 2 Peter 3:8. . 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. HAVE THE PROPER LOVE TOWARD ONE ANOTHER, III. ‘It should be remembered that these words of the apostle were written on the eve of the destruction of the Jewish state. The plural points to repeated prayer (Schott). I. ‘serious and collected’ (Gspd). 5:7, 8; Отк. proper prayer is not an "opiate" or escape, but rather a function of clear vision and a seeking of even clearer vision from God. We Must Live With The Expectation Of All Things Are At Hand, NOTE: In context Peter’s concern is that they fail to live out the responsibilities of the present,          1. The ancient title by which the Sunday after Ascension Day was known was Expectation Sunday, and the title gradually extended itself to the whole week, and even sometimes the concluding days of the previous one, so that the whole interval between Ascension Day and Whit-Sunday was stamped with this mark of expectation or waiting. Sermon Series: Strangers in a Strange Land (1 Peter) Sermon. He properly notes that if you lean with the destruction of Jerusalem view, then you must take a limited meaning for the phrase “all things”. even the aged need to be reminded of this obvious truth, and to be stirred up to improve their few remaining hours. St. Paul was stirred up by them to ever-increasing diligence and greater eagerness in pressing towards the mark. above all things ( πρὸ πάντων, as Wies. — — —, To the younger part, who dream of months and years to come, it is more obviously necessary to repeat the warning in the text. Means literally, not drunk,               c. Figuratively that the mind is alert  and clear, devoid of fuzzy thinking,          4. —Not in time, but in the apostle’s vivid conception of eternal, realities. The spiritual life can no more grow without devotion than the bodily life can exist without breathing. Подчеркнув победу в страданиях через смерть, Петр здесь подчеркивает победу в страданиях через Второе пришествие Христа (ср. Scripture Text: 1 Peter 4:7â11"" Introduction"! Observe the emphatically prefixed πάντων, almost bearing the sense of τούτων πάντων: as Bengel: “Finis adeoque etiam petulantiæ malorum et passionum piorum”) is at hand (on this being the constant expectation of the apostolic age, see Acts 1:7, note: 1 Thessalonians 4:15, note): be therefore of temperate mind (see note on 1 Timothy 2:9), and be sober unto (with a view to) prayers (the τάς before προσευχάς, which Tischdf. (NASB: Lockman)Greek: Panton de to telos e ggiken. They should speak "as the oracles of God" b. The nearness of death and judgment is of itself an irresistible argument for maintaining an indifference to earthly things, and for exerting ourselves to the uttermost to secure a happy eternity. This verse also reveals that spiritual alertness and mental calmness are necessary for our prayers to be effective. The first verb includes more than sobriety, and means the keeping a check upon all the desires. It was inevitable that they should suffer in consequence of the doom soon to befall the Jewish state.’ (Woods pp. It is probable, therefore, that the apostle either referred to death, which may be considered as the end of the whole world to every particular person; or the consummation of all things, which may be said to be at hand in the sense in which our Lord, long after the destruction of Jerusalem: says to the church, (Revelation 22:7; Revelation 22:20,) Behold I come quickly. But the end of all things is at hand With respect to particular persons, the end of life, and which is the end of all things in this world to a man, is near at hand; which is but as an hand's breadth, passes away like a tale that is told, and is but as a vapour which appears for a ⦠At hand—Not in time, but in the apostle’s vivid conception of eternal realities. The Lord will come as a thief: He is "ready" (1 Peter 4:5) to judge the world at any moment: it is only God's long-suffering, that the Gospel may be preached as a witness to all nations, that lengthens out the time which is with Him still as nothing. 1 Peter 4:7. T.S. It is not enough to understand both expressions of abstinence from sensual indulgence. This has been recently denied by De Wette and Huther, the former understanding the sins rather as those of the Christian body, which mutual love keeps back from being committed, and the latter not excluding the other meaning. His instruction to them was, that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father. He has himself given us the divine arithmetic by which he reckons, (2 Peter 3:8, where see notes;) and the Holy Spirit, under whose inspiration he wrote, well knew that it was not literally near, and did not inspire him to write an untruth. 1 Pet 4:8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." Here begins the third series of exhortations, which has special reference to life in the church, and is linked on to the thought of the nearness of the end of all things (see Introd. Those who were most saintly in their lives, most fully endowed with all spiritual gifts, were those who in public and private were most earnest, most regular, most persevering, in their prayers and devotion. In Peter's doxology, to God is attributed power and rule forever. The tense of the imperatives in the Greek carries out the notion that the persons addressed had slipped into a careless state, from which they needed an arousal. It is but a repetition in other words of 1 Peter 4:5, inserted again to give weight to all the exhortations which follow. For that great event he should be waiting with hope, with joy, with sober joy watching thereunto with prayer. Found 21 times in the New Testament, NOTE: This doxology closes this section of I Peter. 8], as probably omitted in (16) (17) &c., because its force was not perceived, may just as well be regarded as an insertion owing to the plural seeming strange, which has also led to the correction into προσευχήν in ms. 13. This circumspect walk, too, in which self is ever under control and prayer ever in view,—not fanatical excitement or retreat from duty,—is what should be fostered by the thought of the imminence of the end. 2 Peter 3:10-11; with τέλος, Matthew 24:6; Matthew 24:14. ἤγγικε] comp. 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