Lesson 13 · September 23, 1893
Resisting the Enemy.—1 Peter 5:7-14
Review Questions.—(a) With what classes in the church does our last lesson deal? (b) What are the duties of elders? (c) What injunction does he give the younger members? (d) What injunction is given to all?
1. How to Resist the Devil. Verses 7-9
- 1.Upon whom should we cast our cares?
- 2.What assurance is given us?
- 3.To what are we exhorted?
- 4.Why should we be sober and vigilant?
- 5.What is the devil called?
- 6.How are we to resist him? Note 1.
- 7.Do we stand alone in these afflictions?
2. The Mighty Helper. Verses 10-14
- 1.Who has called us?
- 2.To what has he called us?
- 3.Through whom does this call come?
- 4.Through what experience do we all have to pass?
- 5.What will he do for us through it all?
- 6.To whom then will belong the glory?
- 7.What does the apostle declare he has testified?
- 8.What is the final benediction to all?
Notes
1. Whom Resist.—The only way to resist the enemy is by faith in Christ. We cannot do it by watching Satan as we would by watching a physical foe. If our eyes are fixed upon the enemy, we fall before him; and it is his greatest object to induce us to look at him. When Peter looked down upon the raging waves, he sank; when his eyes were on Christ, he safely walked the boiling billows. "Looking unto Jesus" is our only safety (); for faith puts him before us so that we do not have to meet the enemy; Christ meets him. Satan's accusations fall against Christ's righteousness, his craft against Christ's wisdom, his power against the mighty power of Christ, and by faith we are more than conqueror. We are not alone in trials; the children of God have them to meet everywhere, but Christ is able to succor all who trust him. .
2. Called.—Let the heart rest on the great fact that God has called us, not to wrath (), but to eternal glory (); Christ died that all might have it (); he accepted us according to the good pleasure of his will (); he has wrought us for immortality (); and he who has begun the good work is able to finish it till the day of Jesus Christ (). Why should we doubt God? God himself has undertaken the work which it is his will, his good pleasure, to finish. Shall we not make his will ours? The sufferings and trials we meet will not hinder him. Satan will say that we are killed all the day long like sheep for the slaughter, but faith says, because Christ says, that in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. .
Bible texts in this lesson
1 Peter 5:7-9 · 1 Peter 5:10-14 · Hebrews 12:2 · Hebrews 12:3 · Hebrews 2:18 · 1 Thessalonians 5:9 · 1 Peter 5:10 · John 3:16 · John 20:31 · Ephesians 1:5 · Ephesians 1:6 · 2 Corinthians 5:4 · 2 Corinthians 5:5 · Philippians 1:6 · Romans 8:36-39
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