I just have one important thought to share with you today! It's found in 1 Peter 1:1-2:
1 Peter, an apostle (a special messenger) of Jesus Christ, [writing] to the elect exiles of the dispersion scattered (sowed) abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Who were chosen and foreknown by God the Father and consecrated (sanctified, made holy) by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and to be sprinkled with [His] blood: May grace (spiritual blessing) and peace be given you in increasing abundance [that spiritual peace to be realized in and through Christ, freedom from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts].
The KJV addresses the "strangers scattered". The Amplified Bible and the Wuest translations reveal something more!
1 Peter, an apostle (a special messenger) of Jesus Christ, [writing] to the elect exiles of the dispersion scattered (sowed) abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Who were chosen and foreknown by God the Father and consecrated (sanctified, made holy) by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and to be sprinkled with [His] blood: May grace (spiritual blessing) and peace be given you in increasing abundance [that spiritual peace to be realized in and through Christ, freedom from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts].
1 Peter 1:1-2 Peter, an ambassador of Jesus Christ, to those who have settled down alongside of a pagan population, sown as seed throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen-out ones, this choice having been determined by the foreordination of God the Father, those chosen out to be recipients of the setting-apart work of the Spirit resulting in obedience [of faith] and [this resulting] in the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. [Sanctifying] grace to you, and [tranquilizing] peace be multiplied. Kenneth S. Wuest
These two translations reveal that the early church didn't just 'disperse", they were SENT and SOWED into each area they went to! YOU, too, have been sent, or SOWED, into the place where you now live! We are ALL sent, fully equipped, gifted and talented, with a Godly plan and purpose, to the place of GOD'S choosing! We have all been sown as seed in the place and to the people where we now are! Let's buy up EVERY opportunity to preach the Gospel and to be an encourager to those we come in contact with! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "Rule":
Shalom in Him!
