Summary
Sermon Text: 1 Peter 3:8-17 ESV
1Pe 2:13 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution
1Pe 2:18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect
1Pe 3:1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands
1Pe 3:7 Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way
1Pe 3:8 Finally, all of you…
- 5 words
- Do not repay evil for evil
- Keep your tongue from evil
- Turn from evil
- Seek peace
- Reasons for doing so
Word #1 UNITY OF MIND (one Greek word) homo-phrōn
- Like Mindedness – A common heritage of faith, an ethical tradition
- Not of the same mind with the world – But of each other.
- You were ransomed from your useless way of life. 1 Peter 1:18
- How to be unified under Christ?
- Christ is our head and example
- Was he trying to unite the disciples & community?
- He taught them and then sent them out 2 by 2
- If they will not receive or listen, – dust
- He taught them and then sent them out 2 by 2
- How can we be of one mind if we don’t teach doctrine?
- Doctrine is teaching – This is all over the place.
- Jesus, Paul, Peter, John…
- Doctrine is teaching – This is all over the place.
- Argument – Doctrine divides
- We just love Jesus
- Which Jesus?
- We just love Jesus
John 8:32 ESV and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
- The great divide is NOW!
- Millions of Christians who are not of one mind
- Facade of unity
- Sermons and teachings are shallow
- Lest we offend someone
- We need to worry about offending the Lord
- We need to fear the Lord
- 1Pe_3:14 …Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,
PAUL – Acts 20:27 ESV
JOHN – 3 John 1:4 ESV
JESUS – Matthew 16:12 ESV
Pharisees and Sadducees – Were religious
- They looked holy
1Pe_1:22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love
SYMPATHY
- Having compassion on one another
- Rejoicing when they rejoice
- Weep when they weep
BROTHERLY LOVE
- Your Christian family comes first.
- Your needs come second
- Christ as an example
A TENDER HEART
- Bear one another burdens
- Seeking unity
A HUMBLE MIND
- Humility was a sign of weakness
- Inability to defend one’s honor
- Peter’s basin and towel
- The cross of Christ
- Peter died on a cross – Far from taking the sword back up
- Not being prideful
Misconception: We have to give up TRUTH to be humble?
Galatians 1:8 ESV
2 John 1:9-11 ESV
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- NOT ONLY, don’t repay evil for evil
- BUT – scripture calls us to BLESS those who slander us
- Think about this…
- You were called for this!
- We are to turn from evil and seek peace!
- Not to be argumentative
- Discussions and seeking the truth
- Learn from one another who speak truth
- Do we have to come up with something new?
- 1689 Baptist Confession
- Westminster Confession
- Institutes of the Christian Religion
- Do we have to come up with something new?
Faith consists not in ignorance, but in knowledge – knowledge not of God merely, but of the divine will. Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion
- Admit when we don’t know something
- The Lord is for the righteous
- The Lord is against the wicked
- Where is the FEAR of the LORD?
- If we FEARED the LORD, submission would be easy
- We cannot fear men
2 Corinthians 12:10
Isaiah 8:12-13 ESV “
- Peter is quoting from Psalm 34
Psalms 34:9-22 ESV
(19) Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
- What does, “but the LORD delivers him out of them all” mean?
- Lots of people are persecuted for Christ
- The martyrs
- In what since does the Lord deliver?
Psalm 34:22) This comes back to fearing the Lord.
Matthew 10:28 ESV
We have peace with God, Christ has broken down “the dividing wall of hostility”
Faith does not promise us length of days, riches and honors (the Lord not having been pleased that any of these should be appointed us); but is contented with the assurance, that however poor we may be in regard to present comforts, God will never fail us. The chief security lies in the expectation of future life, which is placed beyond doubt by the word of God. Whatever be the miseries and calamities which await the children of God in this world, they cannot make his favor cease to be complete happiness. Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion
- The hope that is within you?
- The world is crashing down and you have hope!
- Apologia – Apologetics – to make a defense.
- What do you believe?
- Where is your hope?
- Why do you believe what you believe?
- With gentleness and respect
- Why are people hostile?
- Emotion and passion is good, but that’s not all we have!
- We have TRUTH
- Pure emotional defense is from a lack of TRUTH
- Emotion and passion is good, but that’s not all we have!
- Why are people hostile?
Hosea 4:6 ESV
- Not the gospel of today – Me, me, me!!!
- If that should be God’s will?
- (22) The LORD redeems the life of his servants
Unity around truth
Compassion for one another
Fear the Lord and not man
Sermon: Unity in Truth 1 Peter 3:8-17; Psalms 34:9-22
We are to be unified in the truth of Christ, submitting to each other’s needs, despite any persecution or trial that comes our way. Our faith and hope is in the Lord for our deliverance. We stand united in Christ. We only fear God.
One Way Christian Center is a Reformed Baptist Church, located in Olustee, OK close to Altus, OK and Altus AFB.
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By: Bryan Walker Given on: 3/19/2017 Sermon plays on KWHW 93.5 FM on: 4/2/2017
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