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Introduction

As Cyprian’s comments clearly demonstrate, the intense emphasis on personal holiness that characterized the North African Christian churc

1 & 2 Peter and Jude—Sharing Christ’s Sufferings The Importance of Hope

From what we know of 1 Peter so far, it appears that the apostle not only comprehended Frankl’s truth centuries earlier but wrote of hope on an exalted plane—of something fixed and permanent—a hope far above what Frankl believed could ever exist. Peter’s hope was “a living hope” (1:3), and it was “living” because it was grounded in the resurrection of Christ. Peter spoke of nothing less than the hope of a real Heaven. And for his early readers this message could not have come at a better time.

1 & 2 Peter and Jude—Sharing Christ’s Sufferings The Importance of Hope

From what we know of 1 Peter so far, it appears that the apostle not only comprehended Frankl’s truth centuries earlier but wrote of hope on an exalted plane—of something fixed and permanent—a hope far above what Frankl believed could ever exist. Peter’s hope was “a living hope” (1:3), and it was “living” because it was grounded in the resurrection of Christ. Peter spoke of nothing less than the hope of a real Heaven. And for his early readers this message could not have come at a better time.