First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi Morning Service

Verses 3 through 9 rehearse for us our great Gospel privileges. In 3 through 5, the apostle Peter lists those privileges; he outlines them for us in a marvelous summary of the riches of God’s grace and blessing in our lives. And then in 6 through 9, he applies those blessings to the particular context of Christian suffering. You might say in 3 through 5 Peter says our privileges are a landscape - beautiful, exquisite, breathtaking - a landscape to look at that makes us praise God for its beauty and for the riches of His grace. A landscape to look at. And then in 6 through 9, he says those same privileges are also a lens to look through.