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WORSHIP GUIDE: November 17, 2024

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MESSAGE NOTES
“Stand Firm”
Series: “Live as an Exile: A Study of 1st Peter” - Message 11
Eric King, Executive Pastor


Key Verses: 1 Peter 4:19–5:11

We are chosen exiles living in

.



Salvation through Christ is God’s revealed.



We are called to holiness, love, and

as God’s people.



God’s grace sustains us in for doing good.



God opposes the proud but gives grace to the .



We can victoriously stand firm in the face of

.



We have a real, active, and aggressive

– prowling, actively searching.



Satan

, seeking to undermine our confidence of forgiveness in Christ.



Satan

, seeking to cloud our vision of what is “good and acceptable and perfect.”



Satan

, seeking to displace God in our hearts with lesser pleasures.



Satan

with physical assaults, seeking to engulf our souls with despair of life.



Satan

for our weaknesses, seeking to gain an opportunity for further stumbling.



Satan

God’s word, seeking to hinder our reception of grace.



First, we TRUST GOD.

  1. We can trust God because He is

    (1 Peter 4:19)



  2. We can trust God because He is a

    Shepherd (1 Peter 5:4)



  3. We can trust God because He is

    of all glory and power (1 Peter 5:11)



Second, we stand firm by being in COMMUNITY.

This Community

by God



This community is both local and

.



This Community

for by God



A Community clothed in



Perseverance through casting our

on God



Perseverance through resistance and



Perseverance through a vision of hope and the

of Christ



Reflection and Response
• Have you received the grace of God through Jesus?
• Which tactic of Satan felt most personal to you right now?
• How is God calling you to stand firm today?




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