How to endure trials well – 1 Peter 1:3-12
Peter praises God at the start of his letter, but as he does so he teaches us how to endure trials well, encouraging us to remember what...
At the start of 1 Peter, Peter calls his readers and us “Elect Exiles” or in the NASB “Those residing as aliens, chosen by God”. When we become Christians, we are adopted into the family of God and heaven becomes our home. At the same time, we suddenly become strangers in the world. Our identity in God can sometimes make us feel like aliens, even in our home town.
This sermon series going through the book of 1 Peter, looks at what it means to live as a Chosen Alien, as a Christian, in the midst of a secular world.
Peter praises God at the start of his letter, but as he does so he teaches us how to endure trials well, encouraging us to remember what...
In 1 Peter 1:13-15, Peter speaks of a holy God who has called his people to live holy lives. Duncan Sills preaches from this passage on how...
In 1 Peter 2, Peter continues to call his readers to holy lives and uses a series of Old Testament metaphors to describe Christ and Christians. What...
Continuing from part 1 here. How you respond to Christ, the living stone, the cornerstone, matters. If you believe on him for salvation, you receive honour, a...
Jesus Christ, God the Son, showed amazing humility in being born on Earth in human flesh. He showed even greater humility in submitting to the authority of...
Peter wants us to live holy lives, even if there’s the threat of suffering for those who do so. He desires that if we do suffer, we...
Peter continues speaking on the theme of suffering at the end of 1 Peter 4, calling us to rejoice in suffering, to know the Spirit of glory...
To be a Christian, to be a chosen alien, is to be chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sancitification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ & to be sprinkled with his blood. Our identity as Christians is wrapped up in all three persons of the Godhead, the glorious Trinity!
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