WHEN PECULIAR MEANS WEIRD!

WHEN PECULIAR MEANS WEIRD!

1 Peter 2:9

9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

           Paul warned that the last days would be marked by a gross misunderstanding of what is or should be normal behavior. By normal, I am referring to behavior that grows from a relationship with and compliance to the truth. Deviant behavior is the result of abandoning or altering truth.

Rom 1:18

18 For God's [holy] wrath and indignation are revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who in their wickedness repress and hinder the truth and make it inoperative.

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           It’s the false teaching of Antinomianism that teaches since faith alone is necessary for salvation, one is free from the moral obligations of the law.

           Typically, Antinomianism considers that law and freedom are opposed, that law is a restrictive mechanism, a product of  civilization and therefore opposed to the free exercise of natural [animal] instincts. The New Testament declares that this distaste for law will lead, not to the promised freedom, but to slavery (2 Pet. 2:19).

           The word “peculiar,” in 1 Peter 2:9 is the Greek peripoiesis (per-ee-poy'-ay-sis) which actually means “purchased.” It has to do with acquisition and saving; to buy and to keep. The idea is that Jesus has purchased us with His own blood and intends to keep us because he deems us valuable.

           If the word “hold” in Romans 1:18 means to “retain” then the rest of the verse makes is mean to retain for a future time of difficulty. That is what too many try to do. They know that they will one day give an account and they “hold” the truth as a “get out of jail free” card. But if the word “hold” means to “hinder the truth and make it inoperative” we see a society exactly like the one we now are seeing. Religion is wrapped around ourselves as the center. Rules confirm our behavior and never challenge us. The result is slavery to our desires.

Dear Lord, let me acknowledge Thy Law and obey it. Thanking you for purchasing and preserving me. AMEN