The Christian's Identity and Purpose, 1 Peter 2:9-10

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Scripture reading: 1 Peter 2:9-10

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Sermon Outline:

  1. The Big Picture

  2. Our Identity

  3. Our Purpose

  4. Our Transformation

1 Peter 2:4-8

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Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 2:4-8

4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” 7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” 8 and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

Sermon Outline:

  1. Jesus-Chosen and Precious

  2. Believers- Living Stones

  3. Rejected rejecters

Brotherly Love and the Enternal Word, 1 Peter 1:22-25

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Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 1:22-25

22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, 25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

Sermon Outline:

  1. The enduring word

  2. Conversion to the truth

  3. Christian Love

1 Peter 2:1-3, Grow Up

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Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 2:1-3

1 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Scripture Reading:

  1. Another Grace Sandwich

  2. Put Away Your Sin

  3. Long for The Pure Milk of The Word

Jesus and the Old Testament, 1 Peter 1:8-12

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Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 1:8-12

8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 9 obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 12 It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.

Sermon Outline:

  1. The nature of faith

  2. The object of our faith

  3. The Old Testament foundations of our salvation

  4. The theatre of salvation