2 Peter 3:8-10
“The end of all things is at hand; therefore…”
1 Peter 4:7-10
Be Self-Controlled
Stay Sober-Minded
Love Earnestly
Show Hospitality
Don’t Grumble
Use your Gifts
Serve Others
Steward God’s Grace
2 Timothy 1:6
1 Peter 4:11
Monthly Archives: March 2021
1 Peter 4:1-7 Suffering and Ceasing from Sin
Be willing to suffer well in a world that won’t believe.
1 Peter 4:1-6 (ref)
1 Peter 4:1a (up to “ceased from sin”)
1 Peter 3:18
Isaiah 53:10-11
1 Peter 4:1b-2 (start with “for whoever”)
1 Peter 4:3-4
1 Peter 4:5
1 Peter 4:6
even to the dead I the gospel was preached
Question: How could the gospel have been preached to them if Jesus had only recently come?
Answer: Ever since the fall God has given witness to the good news of Jesus and the promise of his coming.
judged I the way people are I in the flesh (line 1)
live I the way God does I in the spirit (line 2 progressive)
Be willing to suffer well in a world that won’t believe.
1 Peter 3: 18-22 Christ Also Suffered
Message given by Jim Hardy
1 Peter 3:15
1 Peter 1:1
Can circumstances overrun your heart’s ability to revere Jesus as Lord? YES!
Focus: Jesus battles for our hearts to be with God.
1 Peter 3:18a
1 Peter 3:18b
Word Play: Apostle / Exiled (1:1)
Living Stone (2:4 Rejected / Precious)
Put to death / Made alive (3:18b)
1 Peter 3:18
A.D.D. WARNING!
1 Peter 3:19-20
1 Peter 20b-21
1 Peter 3:13-17 Good Suffering
1 Peter 3:9-12 A Closer Look at Relationships: Neighbors and Acquaintances
One Goal for All Relationships: Proclaim God’s Excellencies
1 Peter 3:9-12
Key Idea: We are supposed to live right and bless others.
Matthew 5:13
Matthew 5:14-16
In your Neighborhood (and Co-Worker) Relationships
In Your Acquaintance (and Stranger) Relationships
James 2:14-17
Key Idea (repeat) We’re supposed to live right and bless others.
Illustration
John 7:37-38
Prayer