Speaking Well of God
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~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,
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the
heavenlies in Christ,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Greek the word blessed means well spoken of, praised with
adoration. Hence, a blessing is a well-speaking, and to bless
someone is to speak well of him. Therefore, to bless God is to
speak 80 well concerning Him and all that He is to us, has done
for us, and will do for us. To bless God is to speak in a sweet
way of what God is, of what He has done, and of what He will do.
This kind of speaking is a blessing.
Many Christians think that to bless God is to praise Him. This
understanding of blessing certainly is not wrong. Whenever you
are about to praise God, you need to speak something about Him.
However, in what way shall we praise God? Many Christians praise
God mainly for material things. They may say, "Oh, blessed be
God the Father! Praise Him for giving me a good business, a
large house, and a nice family." This falls far short of the
revelation in 1:3-12.
These ten verses in chapter one of 1 Peter tell us what the
Father has done for us through the Son and by the Spirit. Verses
3 through 12 are one long sentence of blessing, of well-
speaking, of God the Father, disclosing to us His marvelous and
excellent salvation, beginning from the regeneration of our
spirit (v. 3) and consummating in the salvation of our soul (v.
9), accomplished through the sufferings of Christ and His
glories (v. 11), and applied to us by the Holy Spirit (v. 12).
Based upon this, verse 13 begins an exhortation to those who are
participating in the full salvation operated by the Triune God
according to His economy.
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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. 80, 88. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.
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