Sermons
Expositional
Expository preaching takes a passage of scripture and explains its meaning, closely following Ezra’s method of Nehemiah 8:1-12, “So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the…
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1 Peter 3:8-13Part 28 in I Peter – 3 (2014)
Peter had covered civil rulers, employment masters, and marriage. He closed out the duties of relations by teaching how church members should treat one another. He then borrowed from David to teach the rules for loving life and seeing good…
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1 Peter 3:14-17Part 29 in I Peter – 3 (2014)
Living a righteous life will ordinarily secure the favor of God and men. However, the will of God may be for persecution in your life. You can be happy with this event by preparing properly for it. Sanctifying God in…
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1 Peter 3:7Part 26 in I Peter – 3 (2014)
God ordained husbands as He did all five authority spheres, and He also has rules for those in authority. Though the wife was made for the man and should submit to him, the husband is obligated to honor the wife…
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1 Peter 3:7Part 27 in I Peter – 3 (2014)
Marriage is a giving relationship, even for husbands, who should give honor to wives due to weakness and her equal status before God. A husband can honor his wife many different ways, and he must do so, or God will…
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Death of a Nation
Isaiah 3 for God judging sinful nations by removing men and exposing women.
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I Peter – 3Part 24 in I Peter – 3 (2014)
Peter wrote about how to live as a Christian in the world. He began with obeying civil rulers, then bosses on the job, and then husbands. The wife is under the rule of her husband, and she should obey him…
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1 Peter 3:1-6Part 25 in I Peter – 3 (2014)
Women use outward things to please men by appearance. But to please God and a husband rightly, she will emphasize her inner woman to have a meek and quiet spirit wanting to submit and obey. She should never fear her…
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1 Peter 2:18-21Part 22 in I Peter – 2 (2014)
Part of serving God and showing good works to the world is submission to employers. Servants or slaves should humbly serve even abusive masters with all fear to glorify and please God. You best show Christian character and adorn the…
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1 Peter 2: 22-25Part 23 in I Peter – 2 (2014)
Jesus had all knowledge and verbal ability – He could have reviled perfectly. He knew personal and national futures, but did not threaten. He trusted God. His salvation on the cursed tree should move us to live godly lives. You…
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1 Peter 2:13-14Part 20 in I Peter – 2 (2014)
Peter turned to Christian duties at 2:11. The Holy Spirit first taught obedience to civil rulers and their laws. Jesus, Paul, and Peter taught submission to pagan Rome. God ordained government to punish criminals and help good citizens
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1 Peter 2: 15-17Part 21 in I Peter – 2 (2014)
It is the will of God for Christians to obey civil rulers to silence ignorant fools that criticize Christianity. Though free children of God, they are to use their liberty as servants of God to be model citizens. The concluding…
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1 Peter 2:11-12Part 19 in I Peter – 2 (2014)
Many epistles transition from what God has done in saving men to what they should do to live for Him. The transition occurs in I Peter between 2:10 and 2:11. Peter exhorts them in general to godliness with explanations and…
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1 Peter 2:9-10Part 18 in I Peter – 2 (2014)
As Peter ended his review of mercy to these scattered Jews, he contrasted them with the reprobate Jews in context (2:7-8) and stated the purpose – praise of God for saving them from darkness. He then used Hosea 1:6,9-10
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1 Peter 2:7-8Part 17 in I Peter – 2 (2014)
Jesus Christ is precious to believers, but many disobeyed the gospel. Though they rejected Jesus, God fulfilled His purpose by glorifying Jesus at His right hand. The Jews that rejected Jesus were appointed to their rebellion, which is another example…
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1 Peter 2:4-6Part 16 in I Peter – 2 (2014)
The Jews Peter wrote in Asia Minor had no respect of the Gentiles, and they had lost their privileges in the synagogues by converting to Jesus Christ. Peter comforted them with the knowledge that they were part of a far…
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I Peter – 2Part 15 in I Peter – 2 (2014)
Chapter two opens with brotherly love and the preached word of God still in mind. To profit from the word, you must flush five violations of love (2:1), and you must desire pure apostolic doctrine like an infant does milk.…
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1 Peter 1:23-25Part 14 of 14
These hearers had been born again by God (1:3). Here their new birth is ascribed to the living Word – Jesus Christ, the incorruptible seed. Both Christ and His regenerate elect are very different from all natural flesh. The preached…
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1 Peter 1:22Part 13 of 14
Love is the greatest grace in the N.T. Peter reached the pinnacle of practical Christianity by confirming their conversion by obeying the truth through the Spirit to genuine brotherly love – the highest measure of a Christian. Have you purified…
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1 Peter 1:19-21Part 12 of 14
God assigned Jesus Christ to come in time to die for His elect. The whole universe and its history is a great drama for the display of the grace and wrath of Almighty God. He redeemed His elect by the…
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1 Peter 1:17-18Part 11 of 14
God respects no man to compromise His justice. He judges according to works. He gave the gift of His Son to redeem His children. They should live as sojourners in the world in fear and love toward Him. He redeemed…