Sermons on 1 Peter (Page 3)
1. Consider the command for servants to submit to their masters, even unjust ones (v. 18).
2. We believers are to endure unjust suffering with patience, just as our Savior did (v. 19).
1. We are to submit to and honor governing authorities by our attitude.
2. We are to submit to and honor governing authorities by our actions.
1. Silence the slander of sinners by your sanctity (v. 12).
2. Goad the godless to glorify God by your good deeds (v. 12).
1. Our identity as sojourners and exiles in the midst of a hostile world (v. 11a).
2. The “passions of the flesh” wage war against the soul (v. 11b).
1. The church’s spiritual status as the new/ renewed Israel of God (v. 9).
2. The incredible mercy displayed in God’s sovereign choice (v. 10).
1. God sovereignly appoints some persons to stumble over Christ and disobey His gospel call, just as He sovereignly elects others to obtain salvation through obedience to the gospel call (v. 8b).
2. Understand that even the willful disobedience of the reprobate is under the sovereign control of God (v. 8).
1. Christ as the chosen cornerstone of our Salvation (v. 6).
2. Christ as a rock of offense to the unbelieving (vv. 7-8a).
1. As a church, we offer Spiritual sacrifices to God (v. 5).
2. Consider how our spiritual sacrifices are made acceptable to our holy God (v. 5).
1. The church is holy (v. 5).
2. The church is a priesthood (v. 5).