Hope For Exiles | Humble Yourselves - 1 Peter 5:1-6
Peter Salmon
May 2, 2021

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1. Church leaders are suppoed to be a

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of God’s perfect leadership?


Where church leaders can go wrong:
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Wrong

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Wrong

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2. Submission to church leadership

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our submission to God’s perfect leadership

Our attitude towards others reflects our attitude towards God.


NEXT WEEK: Hope for Exiles: 1 Peter 5:6-14

SMALL GROUP GUIDE

  • Weekly Vision Casting: One of the key ingredients of small groups at Trinity is a Biblical foundation. How can we maintain a biblical foundation as a group?
  • Opening Prayer
  • Small Group Guidelines (if necessary)
  • Warm Up Question
  • Head, Heart, and Hand Questions
  • Personal Prayer Requests

    • SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS

    WARM UP: Share a story about something your parents made you do that you hated at the time but now you’ve grown to understand and appreciate. [1 Peter 5:1-6 covers authority issues within the church. Our posture towards authority says a lot about our humility and our maturity.]


    HEAD: These questions help us examine the Word.
    1. Read 1 Peter 5:1-6. What does this teach us about authority within the church?
    2. Does this passage give any basis for holding leaders accountable? What could that look like?
    3. Is it possible to live out the commands of 1 Peter 5 without participating in a local church? Explain.
    4. Pastor Peter said: “Our attitude towards others reflects our attitude towards God.” Does this passage support that statement?

    HEART: These questions help us wrestle with what we believe.
    5. Does the concept of authority cause you to react negatively? Explain.
    6. Compare your attitude towards authority with your attitude towards God’s authority in your life. Do you see any patterns or correlations?

    HAND: These questions help us bring truth and beliefs into our everyday life.
    7. What are some good indicators that church leaders and church members are relating to each other in humility?
    8. Take time to pray for the leaders in your church.