Sermons About 1-peter
Living in a Dying World - Part 2
The world is a messed up place. It is broken and falling apart, and we can see it almost every place that we look. It is a dying world. But as we saw last week, the end is near. Our hope is not that this world can be fixed, but that Christ will redeem us and establish his kingdom. Last week, we began to look at four commands that Peter gives us about how to live in a dying world. Today, we look at the second and third commands, both tied together by the common theme of love for others. It is easy in a dying world to gather stuff for ourselves and horde it so that we have it when we need it. This reveasl a lack of love that stems from a lack of understanding what Christ did for us when he died to save us. As we look at these two commands today in 1 Peter 4:8–9, we need to remember that Christ suffered for us to give us life and hope for eternity. And because he has, we can suffer for others to help them just as we have been helped.
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“Let the Nations Be Glad!” Selected Text
The beauty of God’s elective sovereignty is that He has prepared the hearts and minds of men and women all over the globe to hear the message of the gospel, and to respond to it in faith. As I said last week, election saves no one. It takes a response to the call of the gospel on their heart and a “preacher” to allow them to hear the beauty of the good news.
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Kaleo - A Study of 1 Peter #5 - Called to Godly Relationships 3:1 - 7
Kaleo - A Study of 1 Peter #5 - Called to Godly Relationships 3:1 - 7
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Living in a Dying World - Part 1
“The end is near.” What sobering words those are, particularly when it’s your family member who is the one in the hospital on life support. The pursuit of comfort and ease is a wise pursuit during these times, to lessen whatever pain the person might be experiencing in their body. Those same words have a very different effect on the student who sees the end of the semester approaching quickly while the lists of assignments is not growing any smaller. In this case, the pursuit of ease and comfort is an unwise pursuit. Instead, hard work, much effort, and some short nights lie in the immediate future. But when we see these words in the Bible, how do they effect us? Do they cause us to seek for comfort and ease, since it will all be over soon anyway? Or do they cause us to work hard since Christ is soon returning? Today, in our teaching from 1 Peter 4:7-11, we see God warning us that the end is near, and giving us some simple instructions for how to live in a dying world. Examine your own life today to see if you are ready for the end.
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A New People for an Old Message: A Study in 1 Peter
Election: The Beautifully Misunderstood Doctrine It’s amazing that this book begins so quickly with this idea. Some of your translations either place it later in the text than earlier or (As The “Message” does) leaves it out all together. However, it is the 5th word in the best Greek manuscripts in existence. It is a doctrine that has often been divisive, and many have relegated talking about doctrines like this to some small group of theological nerds.
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Kaleo - A Study fo 1 Peter #4 Called to Submission 2:13 - 25
Kaleo - A Study in 1 Peter #4 - Called to Submission
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It's Time to Change
In this world, those who desire to follow after Christ must choose to embrace suffering because the unbelievers around will not understand why we live like we do, and they will try to make it hard on us for living like Christ. We must remember that, in the end, it will be worth it because those unbelievers will fall under the judgment of God while we will receive his mercy. As followers of Jesus Christ, it is time to change—from the old ways of the world to the new ways of God.
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Kaleo - A Study of 1 Peter #3 - Called to Glorify God 2:4 - 12
Kaleo - A Study in 1 Peter Called to Glorify God
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Gospel-Formed Community
Point number 1: it’s not about you. Point number 2: it’s totally about you. Point number 3: if you get the first 2 points, it totally transforms you. What the heck is Peter talking about and who's he writing to anyway? Listen as Steve breaks down and dialouges about 1 Peter 1:3-12.
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Better Days Ahead
In the middle of difficult times, it is difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Even the strongest in faith are sometimes given to doubt or disillusion. It can be easy, in the midst of unjust suffering, to think that God has forgotten or that he is not interested in helping us. Yet the story of the gospel—that Jesus suffered unjustly, died, rose again, and now is in heaven—reminds us that unjust suffering is not in vain. Though it might look bleak and hopeless, there are better days ahead. Today, in our teaching from 1 Peter 3:18-22, we see Peter reaching back thousands of years to the time of Noah to remind us that unjust suffering is not in vain. No matter how bleak the present conditions may seem, it will be worth it to follow Jesus in obedience. And if you doubt that, remember that Jesus who suffered is now exalted victorious over all his enemies. Like Jesus, and with Noah, our faith in Christ will ultimately be vindicated. In the midst of unjust suffering, remember the gospel, remember that Jesus wins, and take heart that he will win for you.
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