When Christians Suffer

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When Christians Suffer

1 Peter 4:12-19

June 27, 2021 • Jonathan Parnell

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell examines 1 Peter 4:12-19. In this passage, the apostle Peter returns again to the topic of suffering, which has been a major theme throughout this book, but here especially, in these verses, Peter dives into this topic with more detail. He gives us here the Christian perspective on suffering, and that’s what we’re going to look at today. This is a sermon on how to suffer as Christian.

Be Alert and Sober-Minded

July 11, 2021 • Kenneth Ortiz

In this final sermon of the Living Hope series, Pastor Kenny Ortiz examines the last section of 1 Peter 5. He reminds believers that there is a future grace awaiting Christians, so let us guard one another to ensure that no one is devoured by the devil. We must be alert, and sober-minded, and cast our anxieties on God, because he cares for us. We learn that Christians will win our war against sin and the devil, but not because of our own will but because Jesus prayed for us and because Jesus died for us and because Jesus rose from the dead.

Shepherd the Flock Among You

July 4, 2021 • Joe Rigney

In this sermon, Pastor Joe examines 1 Peter 5:1-5 and, simultaneously, seeks to model for the congregation the exhortation found in the passage. In this passage the apostle Paul gives insights into the role of the elder and exhorts the elders to shepherd the people well. We are reminded that, ultimately, Christ is the chief shepherd, the overseer of our souls. Christ rules his church and governs his church and guards his church. He leads us and he feeds us. The elders are to model Christ for the people and lead them well and exhort them to set their hope fully on the grace that is coming and to rejoice as we share in Christ's sufferings.

Life Together After COVID

June 20, 2021 • David Mathis

In this sermon, Pastor David Mathis examines 1 Peter 4:7-11 and exhorts us to remember the times in which we live, rely on the strength and grace of that Christ supernaturally supplies, and to remember our calling, that is to fulfill the command to love another because, as Peter reminds us, love covers a multitude of sins. In the post-pandemic world of the next few months and years, there will be moments that seem foreign or awkward that were once normal, and there will be a temptation to just "move on" and seek to just put it all behind us—a temptation to forget what living in a global pandemic was like. Instead, however, we ought to seek to use this next season of life as an opportunity to re-engage relationships in a gospel-centric manner; an opportunity to proactively demonstrate hospitality to one another without grumbling. In this season we will have new opportunities to love tangibly through greeting and inviting each other into our homes.