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**Turn to 1 Peter 4:12...
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Recap
Last WK- FOCUS....LIVING within the CHURCH in LIGHT of the END.
SELF-CONTROL
SOBER-MIND
LOVE
SELFLESS USE of GIFTS..
This WK- Turning back to FOCUS on RELATIONSHIPS w/ NONBELIEVERS & SUFFERING...
Last week- using GIFTS for GOD’S GLORY…this week, ENDURING SUFFERING for GOD’S GLORY.
Read Text & Pray
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Intro:
TRUST/ ENTRUSTING YOURSELF to OTHERS...
riding PASSENGER… or FLYING = TRUSTING DRIVER.
Driving w/ Spencer & DRUMSTICKS...
ENTRUST to ABILITIES, DISCERNMENT, of OTHERS
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Or, DR. w/ MEDICATIONS/PROCEDURES…you have to TRUST their EXPERTISE, NOT your OWN
THIS WK, WRONG MEDICATION?
DOUBLE-CHECKING W/ DOC...
TRUST when you DON’T KNOW...
ENTRUST YOURSELF to THEIR CARE...
Need:
And see as Christians, we must never forget that the Christian life is one of faith, and trust.
And that’s why we need this text today.
WALK by FAITH & TRUST GOD w/ RESULTS…esp.
if we don’t understand.
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Text:
Thought 1: The Blessing of Sharing in Christ’s Suffering
1 Peter 4:12–19 (ESV)
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
Peter begins- SUFFERING = EXPECTED.
* STRANGERS, DON’T THINK IT STRANGE…WON’T FIT IN has CONSEQUENCES...
WORLD STAINED by SIN…NO ONE KNOWS EXTENT!
TRIALS = FIERY (ch. 1) PURIFYING AGENT…as gold is purified, so our faith is purified & strengthened through trials
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(v13)
EXPECT SUFFERING BC CHRIST SUFFERED.
We “SHARE” in CHRIST’S SUFFERING...
“share” here
PARTNERSHIP/FELLOWSHIP
it’s as if we own PART of the COMPANY or business, or get a PIECE of the PIE..
We are together with Christ in suffering, it is to literally, “fellowship in suffering” (BDAG).
See, CHRIST = EXAMPLE in EVERYTHING, even in suffering.
DISCIPLE NOT ABOVE MASTER...
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INSOFAR/to the extent WE SUFFER, WE should REJOICE.
REJOICE NOW.... @ REV. of GLORY…WE SHARE in GLORY…SALVATION = SECURE...
WE REJOICE in ANTICIPATING SHARING W/ GLORY!
REMEMBER: Willing to suffer— “CEASED FROM SIN.”…suffering = turning to Christ instead of turning from Christ.
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(v14) INSULTED for name of Christ....SUFFERING BECAUSE a CHRISTIAN not just “as”,,,we are blessed (happy)
BLESSED w/ PRESENCE of COMFORTER, Holy Spirit, rests/relaxes upon us…we must never forget in suffering we aren’t alone!
Transition: Now after beginning by telling Christians how to respond to suffering, Peter will share what sets Christians apart from the world as it regards suffering.
Look at verse 15.
Thought 2: The Importance of Suffering as a Christian
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
Again, Peter shows us that our suffering as Christians shouldn’t be because we are wrongdoers...
We shouldn’t “deserve” what comes our way, or else how are we set-apart
4 things: (2 Civic/2 Social)
Murder
Hope this one’s an easy one!
Stealing/Being a thief
CIVIC THINGS…LAWS of LAND...
Remember, CHRISTIANS should OBEY LAWS of the land when they DON’T CONTRADICT our FAITH...
Shouldn’t bring needless suffering into our own lives!! - Speeding ticket??
Evildoer/Wrongdoer
Meddler
Meddling in affairs of others that aren’t our business.
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(v16) Suffer as a Christian…don’t be ashamed!
Christian, simply means Christ-follower.
If suffering because of our faith, DON’T BE ASHAMED... don’t fear…you’ll be vindicated some day!
Not ashamed, open about our faith, not backing down…not trying to hide under the radar.
We will not be disappointed/put to shame on judgment day, so we don’t have to be ashamed now!
Our faith doesn’t have to be publicly obnoxious, but it should be obvious.
People should know you follow Jesus if you’ve spent a lot of time around them!
God-fearing, holy, set-apart conduct as believers!
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In suffering, we are to glorify God.
GOAL of CHRISTIAN LIFE = living for GOD’S GLORY..
last week, gifts for glory of God, this week, suffering for glory of God by not backing down from beliefs!
Transition: Now, after illustrating how Christians should live while suffering, Peter is going to remind us of God’s coming judgment.
Look at verses 17 and 18.
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Thought 3: The Judgment of God
17 For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
18 And “If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
Peter begins by mentioning judgment beginning at the house or household of God,
citing a vision that the prophet Ezekiel had in the OT.
D.A. CARSON, describes this as a SIFTING PROCESS, where God sifts the sheep from the goats, or the wheat from the tares.
Judgment in this sense is NOT FINAL CONDEMNATION…but EVALUATION PRIOR to the final condemnation.
EVALUATING & SIFTING those who “CLAIM” to be IN CHRIST..
REFINING FIRE (TRIALS)…PURIFIES BELIEVERS, CONDEMNS NONBELIEVERS
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Coming to church doesn’t equal coming to Christ.
Gospel:
YOU NEED to BE SAVED from your sins, washed in his blood, born-again…
ALL MANKIND BORN FAR FROM GOD.
It’s not through our church attendance or pious lifestyles that we are saved, but it is only through the blood of Jesus Christ and by grace through faith receiving his righteousness credited to our account.
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SAVED = profession of FAITH THROUGH WORKS…changed life.
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