Sermons by Rev. Geoff Willour (Page 14)
1. Believer, realize that you are a new creation in Christ!
2. Dear ones, take to heart that all things have become new for those who are in union with Christ (v. 17)!
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. A vision of the new dwelling established by God in Christ (v. 1).
2. The “already / not yet” aspects of the new covenant order in Christ (vv. 2-4).
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. The unity and equality of the Father and the Son
2. Christ, the Source and Bestower of resurrection Life (vv. 25-29)
3. God’s Son, the Divine judge (vv. 22, 26-30)
1. Good News! In Christ, God forgives our sins!
2. The complete and comprehensive nature of God’s forgiveness.
3. O Church, let us take to heart how God’s forgiveness of our sins should lead us to be forgiving toward others.
1. We are citizens of God’s kingdom (v. 19).
2. We are God’s household, and are growing into a holy temple in the Lord (vv. 19b-21).
3. We are a living temple of God, who dwells among us by the Spirit (v. 22).
1. Silence the slander of sinners by your sanctity (v. 12).
2. Goad the godless to glorify God by your good deeds (v. 12).