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1^st Peter Living as Sojourners & Exiles

Pt. 7: Get a Grip – Use My Gifts!

By Louie Marsh, 7-16-2023

 

1) Let suffering show me the FUTILITY of sin.

 

“¹Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, ²so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.” (1 Peter 4:1–2, ESV)

 

“⁴“O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! ⁵Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah” (Psalm 39:4–5, ESV)

 

2) Everyone will be held to ACCOUNT in the end.

 

“³For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. ⁴With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you; ⁵but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.” (1 Peter 4:3–5, ESV)

 

3) The Gospel must result in me living in the SPIRIT.

 

“⁶For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.” (1 Peter 4:6, ESV)

 

4) Get a GRIP!

 

“⁷The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.” (1 Peter 4:7, ESV)

 

“³For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.” (Romans 12:3, ESV)

 

·       Sober thinking increases LOVE.

 

“⁸Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” (1 Peter 4:8, ESV)

 

5) Use the gifts that God has given you for His GLORY.

 

“⁹Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. ¹⁰As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: ¹¹whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” (1 Peter 4:9–11, ESV)

 

·       God’s grace moves through my GIFTS.

 

“⁶Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; ⁷if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; ⁸the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.” (Romans 12:6–8, ESV)

 

 

 

 

 

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