Series

1 Peter

25 messages · Aug 2018 – Jun 2024

1. Week 1 Standing on the Promises, Not Sitting on the Premises August 19, 2018 Peter writes to scattered strangers facing real persecution, pointing them to an imperishable inheritance, a living hope grounded in Christ's resurrection, and the mercy of God.
2. Week 2 Born Again to a Living Hope August 19, 2018 Peter writes to scattered believers facing persecution, promising an imperishable inheritance, living hope through Christ's resurrection, and God's protecting power through faith.
3. Week 3 Woe Is Me: Encountering the Holiness of God August 26, 2018 A study of 1 Peter 1:10-22 on the holiness of God, the salvation promised through the prophets, and what it means to live as a believer set apart for God.
4. Week 4 Go Away From Me Lord For I Am a Sinful Man August 26, 2018 Peter calls believers to holiness and fervent love, grounded in the salvation God planned before creation and the prophets longed to see but could not fully grasp.
5. Week 5 The Grass Withers but the Word Stands Forever September 2, 2018 Pastor Carl walks First Peter 1:22-2:3 through two commands: fervently love one another and crave God's Word, then leads the congregation in communion and self-examination.
6. Week 6 Loving and Longing September 2, 2018 Peter calls believers to fervently love one another and crave God's Word, while laying aside malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. First Peter 1:22, 2:3.
7. Week 7 Do Not Monkey With the String September 9, 2018 A study of 1 Peter 2:4-12 on what it means to be living stones built on Christ the cornerstone, chosen, called, and sent to reflect God's mercy.
8. Week 8 The Word of the Lord Endures Forever September 16, 2018 A pastor leads his grieving church through 1 Peter 2 after the sudden death of an elder, finding hope and purpose in Christ's example of suffering and trust in God.
9. Week 9 The Word of the Lord Endures Forever September 16, 2018 A grieving Wyoming congregation turns to 1 Peter 2 for comfort after losing a beloved elder, finding hope in Christ's example of suffering, submission, and resurrection.
10. Week 10 To Sum Up: All of Y'all Be Harmonious September 23, 2018 A Wyoming pastor walks through 1 Peter 2, 3, calling believers to harmony, sympathy, humility, and blessing others rather than returning evil for evil.
11. Week 11 Bearing Witness Through Suffering September 30, 2018 A sermon on 1 Peter 3:13-22 exploring how Christ's unjust suffering and vindication give Christians courage to stand firm, suffer well, and speak honestly about their faith.
12. Week 12 Bear Witness Through Suffering and Trust God September 30, 2018 Peter's call to suffer well, speak gently, and trust God's vindication, explored through baptism, Noah's faith, and Christ's resurrection and exaltation.
13. Week 13 Done With Sin October 7, 2018 Peter calls believers to be done with sin, armed with Christ's purpose, ready to suffer for righteousness, and assured that God will judge the living and the dead.
14. Week 14 Done with Sin October 7, 2018 Peter calls believers to be done with sin. The pastor walks through 1 Peter 4:1-6, Christ's suffering, holy living, and the hope that grounds it all.
15. Week 15 Use the Green Bananas October 14, 2018 A missionary's 70 pounds of rotting bananas becomes a vivid picture of what happens when we ignore the spiritual gifts God has given us to serve one another.
16. Week 16 Green Bananas and the Gifts God Gives October 14, 2018 A Wyoming pastor connects rotting green bananas to 1 Peter 4 in a sermon on spiritual gifts, urging believers to use what God has given before it goes to waste.
17. Week 17 Entrusting Your Soul to a Faithful Creator October 21, 2018 When suffering comes for following Christ, Pastor James shows from 1 Peter how God uses that fire to refine us and calls us to keep entrusting our souls to a faithful Creator.
18. Week 18 Entrusting Your Soul to a Faithful Creator October 21, 2018 Peter calls believers "beloved" and urges them not to be surprised by suffering, but to entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing what is right.
19. Week 19 Shepherd the Flock Among You November 4, 2018 A Wyoming pastor walks through 1 Peter 5:1-3, asking hard questions about why anyone leads, and what faithful shepherding actually looks like.
20. Week 20 Shepherd the Flock Among You November 4, 2018 Pastor Ray walks through 1 Peter 5, asking what truly drives those who lead God's people, and calling elders and all believers to shepherd with humility and eagerness.
21. Week 21 Humble Yourselves Under the Mighty Hand of God November 11, 2018 Pastor Nathan walks through 1 Peter 5:6-11, showing what believers are called to do about anxiety and pride, and what God promises to do in response.
22. Week 22 Stand Firm in the True Grace of God November 25, 2018 Peter closes his letter urging Christians to stand firm in God's true grace, resist the devil, and live humbly as a chosen people redeemed by Christ's blood.
23. Week 23 Stand Firm in the True Grace of God November 25, 2018 Red McDaniel closes out 1 Peter by walking through all five chapters, tracing themes of suffering, holiness, humility and living hope in Christ.
24. Week 24 If You Are Saved, Act Like It January 7, 2024 Peter calls scattered, persecuted believers to hope fully, live holy, fear God, love deeply, and crave God's word, all grounded in the mercy of Christ.
25. Week 25 Submit for the Lord's Sake June 30, 2024 A sermon on 1 Peter 2 exploring why Christians submit to governing authorities, not for personal gain or national outcomes, but for the sake of Christ and His kingdom.

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