Bible Talks from 1 Peter

God is looking for his people to humble themselves under God's mighty hand. That begins from the bottom up. At the very bottom are the leaders.

1 Peter 4 answers the question of how we’re to live out God’s will in our lives. Peter says in light of the end being near, Christians are to say No to sin - even if it means suffering for Jesus and Yes to service.

What is the good life? And where do I find it?

Our citizenship may be in heaven but God wants us to be good citizens here on earth.
Submitting to human authority is tied very closely to submitting to Christ as Lord.

Before God tells us what to do he tells us who we are. Our identity as the chosen people, holy priesthood and people belonging to God is so that we may declare his praises and offer spiritual sacrifices.

1 Peter continually drives home the fact that as blood-bought children we are different, so we're to be different in order to make a difference for God in this world. In this talk Dan outlines 4 ways we can be different.

We have a living hope because we have a living Lord who has made alive.
As a result we able to rejoice in suffering as we look to our certain inheritance.

As a Church we stop to say how thankful we are to God for the many volunteers who loving put in so many hours of faithful service.