1 Peter 2:15-17
1 Peter: The Power of the Gospel
April 8, 2024
Sermon Notes
Arnie Guin, Lead Pastor
April Fighter Verse
Isaiah 41:10 – “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
The General Will of God
Love
Love
Make
• 1 Thes. 4:3-4 – “For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor”
• 1 Thes. 5:15-17 – “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
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• 1 Peter 2:15-17 – “For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.”
The Specific Will of God
Do
• 1 Peter 2:15 – “For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.”
Live
• 1 Peter 2:16a – “Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil”
• John 8:34-35 – “Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
• Rom. 6:1-4 – “What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.”
Serve
• 1 Peter 2:16b – “but living as servants of God.”
• 1 Cor. 7:22 – “For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ.”
• Matt. 11:29-30 – “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Value
• 1 Peter 2:17 – “Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor”
• Gen. 1:27 – “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”
Love the
• John 13:34-35 – “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Fear
• Prov. 9:10 – “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.”
Honor
• Rom. 13:7 – “Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.”