"who by Him do believe in God...." (1 Peter 1:21, KJV)
The context here is speaking of those who "believe" in Jesus Christ, are surrendered to Jesus Christ. You and I are of the ones, "who by Him," Jesus Christ, "believe in God." If one does not, "....believe in God..," by Jesus Christ, that one just does not believe in God. It is a god they believe in, a god of their own creation.
Our Lord Jesus tells us, "No one has seen God at any time; the only Begotten (revealed) God Who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him." Jesus is God, "revealed," God, "explained." And this, my friend, is the reason we, "....run...the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus...."
The Amplified Bible defines, "believe," in one place as, "acknowledge and cleave to." Another place it defines, "believe," as, "trust in, rely on, adhere to, cleave to." I call and encourage you today to, "believe," in Jesus Christ in this way, "acknowledge and cleave to, trust in, rely on, adhere to, cleave to," Jesus. "Hang on for dear life" is an old saying. It just may have relevance here.
"....who by Him believe (as in all of the above) in God."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I so thank You that man's desire to see you was fulfilled in Jesus. Amen.
*****************Read of Anti-Semitism at Berlin University, aka, Humboldt University. This is where Dietrich Bonhoeffer taught in the seminary: jhs58.blogspot.com
