Category Archives: 1 Peter

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Be Sympathetic Ter All

Finding Jesus — 1 Peter 3:8-9

Live in harmony.
Be sympathetic ter others.
Love as brothers and sisters.
Show compassion ter all.
Be humble in all things at all times.

Do not repay evil with evil.
Do not repay insult with insult.
Do repay evil with blessings.
Do repay insults with blessings.

If you do this you may inherit a blessing from Skipper. Ne’er ferget: Skipper blessed us while we be his enemies, dead in our sins, and committing evil acts.

At least once a week ask Skipper ter deal with ya and yer sins as severely as necessary and with as much mercy as possible.

Make it yer task ter present yourself ter Skipper as a mate who doth not need ter be ashamed of any vile acts. Make it yer task ter present yourself ter Skipper as a mate who correctly handles Skip’s words of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15). Of this ya kin be sure: if ya make it yer tasks ter carry on this way ya ‘ill live in harmony with all, be sympathetic ter all, love all, show compassion ter all, and be humble in all things at all times.

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Keep Yer Tongue From Spouting Evil Words

Finding Jesus — 1 Peter 3:10-12

If ye love life. . . if ye would love ter see good days. . . then keep yer tongue from spouting evil words. Keep yer lips from spouting lies and half-truths.

Turn from evil. Turn ter good.

Seek peace, pursue it like a precious prize ye mean ter have.

Tha eyes of Skipper be on tha righteous.

Tha ears of Skipper be listening intently ter tha prayers of tha righteous.

Tha face of tha Son be against them who commit evil.

Seek only and always ter please Skipper. Our worth ter Skip in public be a reflection of how we carry our self in private. Do right in private and ye ‘ill do right in public. Both be a glorious thing ter Skipper.

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Hush Talkin’ ‘Till Asked ter Speak

Finding Jesus — 1 Peter 3:13-18

Always be prepared ter give an answer ter everyone who asks you ter give the reason for the hope that ye have. But do this with gentleness and respect.

Thar be several things ter consider from Old Pete’s good words.

First off, be prepared ter give an answer fer tha hope ye have in tha Son’s saving mercy. Don’ be like some in tha crew who lounge about neglecting thar duties, drinking, playing cards, tossing dirks at tha mast. When asked how come they be aboard one of Skipper’s vessels, ye might get a shrug from ‘em but not a reliable explanation.

Second, don’ be sharing the reasons fer yer hope in the Son with everyone. Wait fer an invite. Some may ask ter hear yer tale. Others may simple hint that they be curious. Don’ force yer reasons on folks. Give ’em time and space. 

Third, show respect and gentleness. Ye act with respect fer Skipper and the Son when ye offer respect ter others without demandin’ they agree with you. If ye need help showing respect, ask Skipper ter give you grace. Or if yer mum and pop still around, ask them how ter show respect. Don’ be pushy. Don’ be bossy. Don’ bully folks in ter hearing yer reasons fer believing in Skipper and the Son. Be a gentle feller or lass. Be gentle as a feather resting on tha back of yer hand.

Tha way ye treat others be the way a good many ‘ill think Skipper treats ’em who be in his crew. Answer the hope in this life and the next in a gentle, considerate, and respectful manner. Keep a clear conscience so ye not be double-minded. Might be if ye behave as such, some will ask ye ter tell ’bout yer tale of hope.

Be ready when they do.

Be ready ter keep yer trap shut when they don’.

Most likely the way ye behave ‘ill say heap deal more than yer words ever will.

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When Tough Times Come, Suffer With a Smile — tha Son Be Shining Down on Ya

Finding Jesus — 1 Peter 3:13-18

If you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. – 1 Peter 3:13

Them who suffer fer doing right by Skipper and his Son ‘ill be blessed. Maybe not right off and maybe not in tha way ya expect. But Skipper ‘ill make sure he takes noticed of yer upright stance.

Ne’er ferget that tha Son died once fer all. He died fer ya, me, us, them, all tudders who may hear tha good news of his message and still turn up thar nose like getting saved by tha Son be a right offensive thing. Tha Son did this so that his righteousness might save tha unrighteous and ter bring them ter Skipper.

Ever feller ‘as a choice ter make. He can go Skipper’s way or his own way. He kin follow tha Son or keep sailing onward in ter deeper darkness. No matter if ya take up Skip’s offer or not, tha Son suffered by doing right when he suffered fer them who do wrong—that be all of us. Skipper blessed tha Son fer this act of “rightness” by placing him right next ter Skipper on tha throne.

If ya do acts of “rightness” Skipper ‘ill place ya in his kingdom.

When tough times come, suffer with a smile. Tha Son be shining down on ya, ya may lay ter that.

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Tha Son Be Tha Ark in Which We Ride Through Rough Seas and High Winds

Finding Jesus — 1 Peter 3:19-22

Christ went and preached to the spirits in prison, to those who were disobedient long ago.- 1 Peter 3:19

After some vile fellers nailed him ter tha mast and kilt him, tha Son be placed in a tomb and left fer dead. Only Skipper’s Son not stay dead. Tha grave not be able ter hold him.

So after being made alive he went and preached ter them unclean spirits in tha underworld. Now right off that be an odd thing ter ponder. A feller who be dead coming back ter life, then traipsing off ter preach to tha devil’s demons in hades, such a thing hain’t ne’er happened ‘fore or since.

Them tha Son went ter chat with them whar them who be disobedient a long time ago–all tha way back ’til tha days of Noah. Skipper waited patiently fer them reprobates ter stop thar sinning ways and repent. Months, years, decades, Skip waited. All tha while Noah banged on that ark, putting her in ter ship shape. 

When Noah be done and set sail he only carried a crew of eight–and them eight only be them in his family. Rest of tha lubbers on dry land stood by laughing, pointing at Noah’s ark, talking ‘bout how he had lost his ever loving mind, building a vessel so far from tha sea. Only Noah’s mind not be lost but fixed on tha words of Skipper. Eight clambered aboard tha ark: eight plus a boat load of critters. Them eight who set sail whar saved through tha water. Rest of them mocking lubbers on dry land went ter Davy Jones when tha flood come upon ’em.

Now tha water we used ter baptize folks symbolizes tha baptism that saves ya from yer sins. In tha same way Noah and his family believed and be saved, so ya ‘ave believed and be saved through a baptism of water.

Tha act of baptism be a commitment on our part of our agreement with Skipper that we ‘ave passed through tha water from death ter life through his Son. In tha same way tha ark saved Noah and his family from getting swept away ter Davy Jones, so tha Son saves us from getting swept away ter tha Lake of Fire. Water baptism itself be not able ter save us. It only symbolizes fer us and all who attend our baptism that we agree with Skipper that we be sinners, like them lubbers of Noah’s days, and be in tha new ark. . .  tha Son.

Tha Son ‘as gone ter heaven. He be at Skipper’s right hand. All tha angels, all powers, all jurisdictions, all commands, all control, all mastery, all charges and all powers in heaven and on earth be under submission ter tha Son. This be tha ark in which we ride through rough seas and high winds. This be our saving ship.

And still ter day a good many fellers stand by laughing, pointing at us, talking ‘bout how we ‘ave lost our ever loving minds. Only think on this: some of them folks be in yer family, yer neighborhood, tha place whar ya work, yer community. . . even yer church. If ya love ‘em, and I ‘spect ya do, try at least try ter talk ‘em in ter clambering aboard so they don’ end up swimming fer ever in tha Lake of Fire. 

Maybe if ya give ’em a ride on yer boat and tell ’em tha story of Noah they might come ter see that sailing on tha sea be a far better thing that swimming in it ’till yer arms grow tired and ya sink.

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Folks Think It Strange We Doth Not Plunge in With Them in Ter Tha Same Flood of Dissipation

Finding Jesus — 1 Peter 4:1-4

Since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin.- 1 Peter 4:1

If we be prepared ter suffer and ter face abuse with tha same attitude of tha Son, then we be proving we agree with tha Son and Skipper in all thar words and deeds. Tha Son faced abuse and worse on account of Skipper’s Code of Conduct. We should do likewise. Our suffering be evidence we believe Skipper’s condemnation of sin. Our willingness ter suffer fer a feller we ne’er met but only believe in on account of some old book we read, be evidence we cling ter tha hope that tha Son kin set us free from sin.

Tha Son suffered in his body fer doing tha right thing by offering Skipper’s truth through love. Skip’s Law without love be like offering a thirsty feller water from a salt spring. It ‘ill only leave his soul more parched. Only Skipper’s Truth offered in Skipper’s Love kin revive a body. Bring tha Son’s living water ter folks. Make it yer task ter suffer in this way.

If ya suffer fer holding ter Skipper’s Holy Code of Conduct then ya prove ya place more value on yer soul than body. If ya der things ter please yer body and gratify tha lust of tha flesh, then ya prove ya put more value on yer body than soul.

We all ‘ave spent enough time in tha past wandering around in darkness following tha ways of tha devil. Folks that follow tha ways of that black-hearted devil live ter gratify all manner of sexual perversions with a continual lust fer more. They get drunk, carouse about, participate in orgies, and prove they worship thar own self by participating in all manner of detestable acts which a decent feller dare not mention.

Folks of this sort think it strange we doth not plunge in with them in ter tha same flood of dissipation. And when we do not, they heap all sorts of abuse on us.

Be separated mentally and morally from all who promote such vile behavior. Skipper ‘as judged such folks in tha past with floods and fire from heaven and wild beasts and snakes. He ‘ill do so again, of this ya kin be sure. Yer faith be rooted in a person: tha Son. Yer faith be rooted in tha knowledge of tha Son and this comes from Skipper’s Code of Conduct. Arm yer self with tha same attitude of tha Son and Skipper and ya ‘ill escape tha flames of hell, ya may lay ter that.