Encouragement to Suffering Saints: A Brief Exposition of 1 Peter
In God’s eyes, trials are evidence of God's grace and opportunities for growth in holiness.
Malcolm Webber
Dr. Webber examines the lives of suffering saints through the lens of 1 Peter, pointing to God’s purposes and the benefits in suffering. An incorrect understanding of suffering can throw us into confusion and ineffectiveness, whereas a correct view can both glorify God and grant hope to the one who sees suffering from God’s perspective.
This exposition avoids religious platitudes and dogma, instead reflecting on the simple, pure truths of God. These truths unshackle us from legalistic rules and expectations and usher us into the presence of a loving, sovereign God whose plans and ways are always higher than our own. In this book, the reader will wrestle with his identity in Christ and recognize the rewards God promises. Believers will emerge from suffering with greater trust in a loving God, seeing trials as an opportunity for growth in holiness and evidence of God’s grace.
After encountering the truth of suffering in God’s eyes, we will never approach it the same way again. We will know and proclaim that we have a Savior who willingly suffered and died for our sake, one who can relate to and comfort us in the midst of life’s storms.
