Intro to 1 Peter 1:17-21

I have recently been reading 1 Peter 1:17-21. These are a few of the things that stood out to me: “Call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds... knowing that you were ransomed... with the precious blood of Christ...” 1 Peter 1:17, 18, 19.

The next several posts will be my written processings of these verses so I hope they speak to your heart as much as they do mine.

“And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot (spotless lamb was required for a sacrifice). He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.”

1 Peter 1:17-21 (ESV)