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A Beneficial Death By the time of the events in the regions known in the Old Testament as Bashan — Peter’s confession at Caesarea Philippi and the transfiguration on Mount Hermon — Jesus knew that the hour of his death was fast approaching. He had provoked a confrontation with intelligent evil in many…

Subject: Blessing: A Life with God Blessing in the ancient world was the highest form of well-being possible for human beings. The Greeks referred to the blissful existence of the gods as “blessed.” For Israel, blessing included not just gifts from God but especially life with God. Blessing would include…

You make a perfect world. Everything is right. From the first star to the smallest creature that walk upon the planet. You step back when you’re done and you look over your creation, and you announce, That’s good. Very Good. Genesis 1:31 (ESV) 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it…

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Choosing Sides Baptism as Holy War But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you;…

Summary This meeting focuses on Jude 4-5 . In Jude 4 , the false teachers who are Jude’s opponents are said to have long ago “been designated for condemnation.” What does this phrase mean? In Jude 5 , the author shocks his readers by informing them that it was Jesus who saved the Israelites from Egypt.…

and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through…

Good morning, church. Today we are continuing our series on the first letter of Peter, the apostle who witnessed the life, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have seen how Peter encourages us to live as strangers in this world, to endure suffering for doing good, and to follow the example…

Pericopal Series: Living in the Hope of Our Inheritance 1. Living Our Unchangeable Inheritance (1 Peter 1:3–9) 2. Living in Reverent Fear (1 Peter 1:17–21) 3. Living through Unjust Suffering (1 Peter 2:19–25) 4. Living as Holy Priests (1 Peter 2:4–10) 5. Living to Witness to the Hope (1 Peter 3:15–22)…

Theme: How do we live for God as exiles in this present evil age? 1 Peter 1:1 (ESV) 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 1 Peter 1:17 (ESV) 17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according…

1 Peter 3:15-22 As we begin a new year of taking our next steps in following Christ, what experiences lie ahead? Peter provides us with some helpful, God-given thoughts to prepare us for the future – even if the year ahead will bring more hardship and suffering our way, though it will certainly also…

Over the past 5 years we have seen drastic changes happen in our country. For the past 20 years, our country’s culture has been considered post-Christian, that is a culture where the Judeo-Christian ethic that had been prevalent in the past no longer is the prevailing ethic. So when we as Christians…

Abram has just been shown that he is in covenant with God. He has seen God basically say that He is sovereign over the situation and that He will be the one who establishes Abram. Remember who you are in covenant with El Shaddai v.1 God almighty The name that God uses to remind his people that He is…

Through The Chaos Today we are going to finish up this series where we have been focused on the early church. We have been doing a fairly in depth study on the passage in chapter 2 of Acts where Luke describes the actions of the first groups of people who we would call Christians, or Christ followers.…

The Average American Christian Has No Theology of Suffering Look at how we treat each other no unity no patience no empathy We cannot bear one another, how do we hope to bear suffering? We serve our whims and emotions more than we serve the Lord Christians Are to be Different Finally, all of you, have…

Introduction This week we are looking at the first fruit found not in 5:22 but in 5:23 Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Goodness Faithfulness Gentleness Self-control Talking about Gentleness today. I believe a misunderstood topic, Because in some twisted way we have let ourselves believe the Lie that…

History Written to the early church, to the “exiles” who were scattered abroad. There could have been different levels of persecution taking place in different regions which is why Peter states “if that should be God’s will.” Today we have different levels of persecution around the world and even in…

This is our 3rd week in the teaching portion of our EMPTY acronym, our flyover of the New Testament. It’s a 40,000 foot flyover, but its giving us a sense of the overarching message of redemption and seeing the connections of the New Testament back to the Old, and the flow of the story from Genesis on.…

B’reisheet In the Beginning Introduction How many of you know that the Bible was written in Hebrew Many say the OT was written in Hebrew, and the NT in Greek What we have is only what we have found as evidence: Greek documents showing the NT and Hebrew for the OT. However, most the characters and places…

Rules of Engagement In Act 1 Scene 5 of Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, Hamlet says to his friend: “ There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy .” We often filter biblical content through certain presumptions and traditions Traditions are not intrinsic to the…

Intro: In Philippians 2:12 , The Apostle Paul encourages us to… “ ...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling ;” This does not mean that we are to “work for our salvation”… Because we cannot earn it… It is a free gift. But to work out our salvation is referring to our responsibility, as believers,…

Understanding basic truths and following basic practices are essential to building a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Building a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is predicated on a response to Christ’s words in John 15:14 , “ You are my friends if you do whatever I command you. ” One of…

The Suffering Church Jan 3 2021 we left 1 Peter now we are back THIS BOOK is written to the suffering church updating we are called to be holy we are living stones that make up the church abstain from fleshly desires, maintaining a good conduct submit to authority follow in the foot steps of Jesus 3-8…

When I was 14, we moved from the house that I had grown up in. I was used to having my best friends lived next door, it was all about to change. Though we only moved 5 miles away, my life changed at that point. I didn’t see my friends everyday. We couldn’t go build forts and ride four wheeler’s all the…

Peter has been discussion how we are to respond to suffering. He continues this thought as he moves into verse 18 describing the example of Christ! You know it is going to be a thrilling week of study as you look at the passage deeper and every theologian is saying that these verses are the MOST DIFFICULT…