Sermons on 1 Peter
The Church – Matthew 16:13-20, Ephesians 4:1-6 & 5:25-27, 1 Peter 2:4-10
The Church At this point in the Creed, we see a sort of a shift in the content of what we profess: a shift from professing our faith in the essentials of our triune God and how our salvation was accomplished by Jesus; to professing our faith in the essentials of our life in that triune God and how we live out that salvation which we receive from Jesus. From the Trinity of our faith to the lives of the…
Devoted to God’s Family – 1 Peter 2:1-5
19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” You might think that for God to state that he is there with the 2 or 3 gathered is a redundancy, because God is with all of us, with each of us, all the time, right? So of…
Don’t Miss the Point – 1 Peter 2
Following Christ is about something much bigger than just living a life that goes the way we want it to go with God’s help. Through Jesus God rescues his people from the greatest crisis we will ever face–eternal separation from God because of our sin–and he has given us a new identity and purpose to glorify him.
Shepherds & Shepherding – 1 Peter 5:1-11
In his words of exhortation to the leaders of the Church, Peter is writing to people who are suffering and who will be suffering more in the future .. it will be like a fiery ordeal. Therefore it is necessary for elders to be good shepherds, exercising humility; being sober-minded and watchful, resisting the devil at every turn.