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Focus: God calls believers to serve Him faithfully by ministering to others, especially in the body of Christ.
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Focus: God calls believers to serve Him faithfully by ministering to others, especially in the body of Christ.
Serve Like a Shepherd (1-4)
Following Christ’s Example
John 10:11-
Freely Loving Others (2-3)
To help the weak
Freely Loving Others (2-3)
B. Freely Loving Others
So how do we lead as Christ led: literally by exercising oversight of the flock.
Just as a middle eastern shepherd was responsible to lead the sheep to water, food, and shelter, so we are called to be guardians of Word of God
To help the weak
These are the works of God’s people!
God put it simply: We are to love God, and love people.
Serve in Submission (5-7)
Humbly Accepting Leaders
God gives us godly leaders for our good and His glory.
If our church leaders follow in the footsteps of Christ, then their teachings should not be burdensome, because the commands of God are not burdensome ().
Humbly Relating to Co-Laborers
B. Humbly Relating to Co-Laborers
Serve with Seriousness (8-14)
First we see the seriousness of the situation.
The Greek means to Be Sober and Stay away.
It means that in light of the events now under way that lead to God’s final judgment, the proper stance for Christians is not to let down their watchfulness.
in light of the events now under way that lead to God’s final judgment, the proper stance for Christians is not to let down their watchfulness.
Paul J. Achtemeier, 1 Peter: A Commentary on First Peter, ed.
Eldon Jay Epp, Hermeneia—a Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1996), 340.
Because of Our Adversary
We have an adversary that is not just the religious or political leaders that we face, our true adversary is the Devil.
The opposition the Christians face from their non-Christian contemporaries is not something they can avoid by modifying their behavior or adapting their beliefs in such a way as to escape such opposition.
Only by completely abandoning the gospel and the community shaped by it, only by submitting to the satanic forces that stand in total opposition to God, can they escape the persecutions they otherwise face.
It is against the temptation to follow such a course of action that our author is seeking to strengthen his readers.
the opposition the Christians face from their non-Christian contemporaries is not something they can avoid by modifying their behavior or adapting their beliefs in such a way as to escape such opposition.80
Only by completely abandoning the gospel and the community shaped by it, only by submitting to the satanic forces that stand in total opposition to God, can they escape the persecutions they otherwise face.81
It is against the temptation to follow such a course of action that our author is seeking to strengthen his readers.
80 On this point, see Refoulé, “Bible,” 463.
This is not an option!
81 On this point, see Brox, 238; Nauck, “Freude,” 80; Goppelt, 341.
Paul J. Achtemeier, 1 Peter: A Commentary on First Peter, ed.
Eldon Jay Epp, Hermeneia—a Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1996), 341.
Because of Our Calling
Once again, Peter reminds them of their calling.
These Christians, who have been called to join in the eternal glory in Christ, now calls them to suffer well.
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