Sermon Title: Rebel with a Cause
Scripture: 1 Peter 2.11-20 (LSB)
Date: 06-23-2024
Speaker: Andrew Scott
Three arenas of authority.
1) The Church
2) The Family
3) The Marketplace
Things to keep in mind about the arenas of authority:
- God is sovereign and above all. (trinity)
- The authority in the three different arenas is to stay in their arena.
- All authority is God placed.
- Not all authority is Godly.
A Review of 1 Peter
2 Peter 2.11-12 (LSB)
11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul, 12 by keeping your conduct excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good works, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.
A Rebellion with a
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1 Peter 2:13-15 (LSB)
13 Be subject for the sake of the Lord to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, 14 or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do good. 15 For such is the will of God that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.
1 Peter 2:16-17 (LSB)
16 [Act] as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but [use it] as slaves of God. 17 Honor all people, love the brethren, fear God, honor the king.
Rebellion through
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1 Peter 2:18-20 (LSB)
18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are crooked. 19 For this [finds] favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unrighteously. 20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer [for it], you endure, this [finds] favor with God.
Rebellion through
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Application:
1) As Christians we are to be good
2) We have a
3) We must