Set Up to be Set Apart (I Peter 1:1-8) Introduction: I want us to appreciate something about what it means to be in Christ. And to have a sense of real joy about our salvation. And to know that In Christ: We were chosen in Him before the foundation of the world We are predestinated unto the adoption…

Evan and I have started reading a book together called Ordering Your Private World written by Gordan Macdonald. It’s a book that is really about getting your personal life, your inner world, organized in order that you may be able to live in greatest peace and enjoyment with God. The book begins with…

Theme: Holy Spirit makes the believer holy. Enabling him/her to live a holy life. Introduction: Now if truly we, who have received Christ Jesus the as the free gift of salvation from the penalty of our sins, are the temple of the Spirit of God, as I spoke about last week, then we must be a holy temple.…

Evan and I have started reading a book together called Ordering Your Private World written by Gordan Macdonald. It’s a book that is really about getting your personal life, your inner world, organized in order that you may be able to live in greatest peace and enjoyment with God. The book begins with…

Sanctification results from the renewing work of the Holy Spirit and leads to the renewal of believers and their being equipped for ministry in the world.

Peter challenged the believers to love one another in 1 Peter 1:22-25. Peter expands on the Word and this love in 1 Peter 2:1-3. Peter gives us the basic components for how to purify the love in our relationships: purge them of sin, purify them with the Word, and purpose your actions in God's kindness. (Part 1 - Cleanse your Love)

The process of renewal and consecration by which believers are made holy through the work of the Holy Spirit. Sanctification is the consequence of justification and is dependent upon a person being in a right relationship with God.

Who We Are in Jesus Christ 1 Peter 1:1-9 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - October 21, 2012 *Most of us are old enough to remember famous actor, Kirk Douglas. He is Michael Douglas’ father. And in his day, Kirk was perhaps more famous than Michael. Kirk Douglas starred in many movies including…

People want to be free. We pursue all kinds of things because we think that they are expressions of our freedom, or what we are entitled to do as free people. But, are we free? What is REAL freedom? How can we be free?

The Power of God’s Word 1 Peter 1:17-2:3 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - June 27, 2012 *As you’ve already heard, our theme for VBS this year is “Amazing Wonders Aviation,” and it’s all about the amazing power of God. Against the backdrop of some of the world’s great natural wonders,…

Our Purpose To Glorify God by Enjoying Him Forever. for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Enjoy God Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for…

We are precious in the eyes of the Lord!!

Are you saved? What does Born Again mean? How is my life changed?

How does the mind effect the hope we have in Christ? What we think about is what we hope in! How we act tells us how we think! Listen as Pastor Cooper explains how Peter links the mind, heart, and holiness in the faith of a believer.

Peter Greets a wide group of people, mostly from Turkey. Peter describes these as the elect who are exiles to this world in the same way as Israel was the exiles in Babylon. These believers find themselves as heavenly foreigners under persecution and descrimnation. This descrimination has caused them to doubt the reality of Christ's Divine work on calvary. He reminds them of who they are (the elect,) how they became the elect (work of the Holy Spirit), and the purpose of the election (obedience/membership in the people of God). The purpose of telling us about the election of God is to help the believers trust in the divine work of God in their lives. Trust in the divine work of God is exactly what will help persecuted heavenly refugee's overcome the suffering they are facing in this world.

Knowing your heritage Inheritance refers to your future Last week, we looked at our future inheritance of eternal salvation, showing how its value surpasses the most esteemed earthly elements. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so…

INTRODUCTION: Explanation: Our message today is anchored very closely to our last message from the final verses of : 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…