10132019 Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven: Your Need to Always Be Ready for War 1 Peter 5:8-11

Pain with a Purpose: God’s Theology on Suffering 1 Peter Big Idea of 1 Peter: God allows suffering—physical and emotional pain—in our lives to test and reward the genuineness of our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Pain with a Purpose Outline I. The Opening Greeting: God’s True People 1:1-2 II. The Believer’s Hope in Suffering 1:3-2:10 III. The Believer’s Life in Suffering 2:11-4:19 IV. The Role of the Church in the Midst of Suffering 5:1-11 A. The Need for Elders 5;1-4 B. The Need for the Church 5:5-7 C. The Need to Always Be Ready For War Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven: Your Need to Always Be Ready For War 1 Peter 5:8-11 1 Peter 5:8-11 8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 11 To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen. Big Idea While Living on Earth As Citizens of Heaven ALL Christians Need The Leadership of Elders, The Care of A Humble Fellowship, The Mental Focus to Fight the Devil and An Unshakable Hope in the Promises and Power of God Through Jesus Christ! Key Question How can believers be prepared for warfare?? A. You Need to Stay Alert Against the Enemy 8a 1 Co 14:20; 1 Pe 1:13; 4:7; B. You Need to Know the Strategies of the Enemy 8b-9; Job 1:7; 2:2 C. You Need to Know How to Fight the Enemy 9; Jas 4:7; Php 2:13; D. You need to Stand on the Promises of God 10 E. You need to Depend on the Power of God 11