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1 Peter

1 Peter 
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Day 19

"To us they were ministering"

Text: 1 Peter 1:12

THE FINAL RECIPIENTS

We sometimes think that the prophets who received messages from the Lord were blessed because they were the final recipients. They were the original recipients but not the final ones.

“To them it was revealed that, not to themselves,
but to us they were ministering the things
which now have been reported to you
through those who have preached the gospel to you
by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—
things which angels desire to look into.”
1 Peter 1:12

1. “To them it was revealed”

a) The prophets were given revelation (messages from God).

b) They were privileged indeed.

2. “Not to themselves”

a) They were not the final recipients.

b) They were conduits.

3. “But to us they were ministering”

a) The prophets were serving the Lord (“ministering”).

b) They may not have fully realised they would be serving people hundreds of years later.

c) The final recipients would include Peter himself and his readers.

4. “The things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you”

a) Who were these ministers?

i) The prophets of old

ii) The Apostles of Christ

iii) Those who were preaching the Gospel

b) All had a common ministry:

i) To communicate accurately the things of God.

ii) The prophecies concerning the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ.

5. “By the Holy Spirit sent from heaven”

a) The Person behind all these activities was none other than the Holy Spirit.

b) He had been sent from heaven:

i) To inspire the prophets.

ii) To empower the apostles.

iii) To assist all who were preaching the Gospel of Christ.

6. “Things which angels desire to look into”

a) These things are of great value and significance.

b) Even the angels of God were desirous of this knowledge:

i) The Gospel

ii) The Kingdom of God

iii) The Lord Jesus Christ