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Tag: 1 Peter

  • Hope That Makes Us Fearless

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    Passage: 1 Peter 2:11-3:7

    Two Distinct Titles: God’s Elect, Exiles Scattered

    The Call to Submit

    1 Peter 2:11-3:6

    How Wives can be Fearless in Submission

    … hope not in the husband but in God

    … what submission is not

    Husbands and the Call to be Considerate

    The Profound Mystery, Marriage in Eternity

    Ephesians 5:31-32

    To the husbands, ask yourselves

    To the wives, ask yourselves

    To the Bride of Christ, ask ourselves

  • Steadfastness, a Virtue

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    Passages: 1 Peter 2, 5:10-11

    Boat with ballast

    Steadfastness and BAU

    Gospel Truths

    1. Holy purpose
    2. Prestigious status
    3. Delight of God

    Applications

    • Crave
    • Cultivate

  • Living for Jesus, suffering for righteousness

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    Passage: 1 Peter 1

    Introduction

    • Author and audience

    Promise of salvation

    • God’s story: creation, fall, redemption, restoration

    Praise in suffering

    • What did Christian suffering look like, for the scattered exiles?
    • What does Christian look like, in the here and now?
    • What kinds of Christian suffering are we experiencing today?

    Purified and set apart

    • Don’t conform to the world – “with minds that are alert and fully sober”
    • Love one another deeply – using words to encourage and build up