Is the God of the Jews and Christians the Same?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1Pet 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who according to His great mercy has regenerated us
unto a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In this verse Peter speaks not only of God, but speaks of the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The unbelieving Jews
knew about God. Their God was the One who created the universe.
But these Jews would not believe that their God was also the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. There is an important
difference here. Of course, it is not true to say that the Jews
believe in one God and that Christians believe in a different
God. The crucial point here is that there is a great difference
between the understanding and realization concerning God among
Jews and among Christians. According to the understanding of
the Jews, God is the Creator of the universe, but He is not the
God and Father of Jesus Christ. In our understanding, however,
God is both the Creator of the universe and the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 20:17). This is the reason Peter
uses the definite article before "God" in 1:3.
In 1:3 Peter declares that the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ has regenerated us unto a living hope according to His
great mercy. Here we see that once again Peter uses an
adjective: he speaks not merely of God's mercy, but speaks of
His great mercy. Paul also speaks concerning God's mercy, but
he does not use the adjective "great" to describe it.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of First Peter, pp. 23-24. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.
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