Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

1 Peter

Real Christians In Real Fellowship

1 Peter 4:8 – Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”   THEME OF THE DAY: REAL CHRISTIANS IN REAL FELLOWSHIP.  People hurt people. Yes, we live in a society of rampant physical domestic abuse, but I am referring to emotional hurt.  Family relationships are strained, people who once were so called “friends” now live…

Humility: The Chief Virtue In The Christian Life

1 PETER 5:5 – Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”   THEME OF THE DAY: HUMILITY: THE CHIEF VIRTUE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.  The seventeenth century Puritan Pastor, George Swinnock said, “Pride is the shirt of the…

God’s Timetable and the Short View of Life

1 PETER 5:10 – And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.”   THEME OF THE DAY: GOD’S TIMETABLE AND THE SHORT VIEW OF LIFE.  Today’s scripture begins the conclusion of the Apostle Peter’s first letter.  The overall theme…

Hang In There, We Are Almost There

1 PETER 1:3-8 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded…

His Cherished Possession

1 PETER 2:9-11 – But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have…

Developing Humility

We cannot produce humility is because it is an exclusive work of the Holy Spirit with our cooperation.  Let’s look at first, our responsibility and then two marks that the Spirit is working humility in our lives.