We Need Hope
A study of 1 Peter and 2 Peter.
Discover the Power of Godly Relationships
October 11, 2020 • Pastor Steve Poole
DISCOVER THE POWER OF GODLY RELATIONSHIPS 1 Peter 3:1-22 Sermon by Steve Poole Director of Youth & Young Adults Cedar Hills Community Church. NEXT STEPS 1. Ask some trusted friends/family: Do you see evidence of God in my life? Also, reflect on this personally. 2. Memorize 1 Peter 3:8-9 chose one characteristic to grow in this week through prayer & intentionality. 3. If applicable: sit down with your spouse and discuss how you are doing with humbly loving and serving each other 4. If your spouse doesn’t believe: pray for them & love them will with your actions 5. If you don’t FEEL like it, spend some time reflecting on God’s mercy and Jesus’ death and resurrection. This is the why behind all the whats we should do in this chapter! SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY http://www.cedarhillscr.org/give WATCH LIVE Sundays at 8:30am and 11am Support the show http://(https://pushpay.com/g/cedarhillscr)
Discover Your Serve
October 4, 2020 • Pastor Kent Landhuis
DISCOVER YOUR SERVE 1 Peter 2:11- 25 We reach a hostile world by living such good lives in our everyday, ordinary activities that people want to know about God. We serve others because Jesus served us with the hope that, even when we suffer in serving, others will come to faith. Additional passages: Isaiah 53 and Matthew 5:38-42 OUTLINE 1. We do good together. 2. We do good every day. 3. We do good to grow love. 4. We do good to glorify God. CEDAR HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH http://www.cedarhillscr.org SOCIALS Facebook Twitter Support the show http://(https://pushpay.com/g/cedarhillscr)
Discover Your Inheritance
September 13, 2020 • Pastor Kent Landhuis
Discover Your Inheritance. Scripture reading: 1 Peter 1:1-12 Theme: Peter invites us to find the hope we need. "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy, He has given us new birth 1. Join the treasure hunt. Matthew 13:44 1 Peter 1:10-12 2. Quit obsessing about trouble. Matthew 6:19-20 1 Peter 1:6 1 Peter 2:19 3. Embrace your inheritance. 1 Peter 1:3-9 Ephesians 1:13-18 NEXT STEPS 1. Trust in Jesus to receive your inheritance. 2. Give thanks for your inheritance in Jesus. 3. Don't worry, be happy. Support the show http://(https://pushpay.com/g/cedarhillscr)
Discover Your Life in Christ
September 20, 2020 • Pastor Steve Poole
DISCOVERING YOUR LIFE IN CHRIST 1 Peter 1:13-25 1. God does not cheapen His grace by making it conditional on our actions. 2. God does not cheapen His grace by compromising His standards. JUSTIFICATION “Justification refers to God’s declaration that someone is determined to be righteous in His sight. This justification is a one-time act whereby God declares a sinner like you and me to be not only not guilty but perfectly righteous before His high bar of justice.” Erik Raymond (The Gospel Coalition) SANCTIFICATION “Sanctification, on the other hand, is the continual process of being made more holy. It is the progressive conformity of the one who has been justified into the image of their Savior through the work of the Holy Spirit.” Erik Raymond (The Gospel Coalition) HEIDELBERG CATECHISM Lord’s Day 32; Q&A 86 Q: Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why then should we do good works? A: Because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, is also restoring us by his Spirit into his image, so that with our whole lives we may show that we are thankful to God for his benefits, so that he may be praised through us, so that we may be assured of our faith by its fruits, and so that by our godly living our neighbors may be won over to Christ. (Romans 6:1-2,11; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Romans 12:1-2) THE RHYTHM OF CHRISTIAN LIVING “This is the rhythm of Christian living. Having been redeemed, we are freed to live a life of glad obedience. This is our true joy. Having been loved so well, our delight is to love in return. We are not loved because we obey; we obey because we are loved: ‘knowing that you were ransomed’” (Gospel Transformation Bible) CEDAR HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH http://www.cedarhillscr.org Support the show http://(https://pushpay.com/g/cedarhillscr)
Discover Your Eternal Perspective
September 27, 2020 • Pastor Kent Landhuis
DISCOVER YOUR ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE Scripture reading: 1 Peter 2:1-10 Peter invites us to find the hope we need. "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light." (1 Peter 2:9) 1. Get your story straight. (1 Peter 2:1-3) Fat paycheck Comfy couch Giant thrill ride Resident alien 2. Get your address right. (1 Peter 2:4-8) Isaiah 28:16-17 Luke 20:9-18 3. Get your faith established. (1 Peter 2:9-10) Baby Stone Priest NEXT STEPS 1. Trust in Jesus to receive your new identity. 2. Nourish your faith in connection with God and others. (Believing, Belonging, Behaving) 3. Live into your new identity. CEDAR HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH Support our ministry: https://pushpay.com/pay/cedarhillscr/ http://www.cedarhillscr.org