- Not for elders’ eyes only
- Shepherd God’s people
- Potential trappings
- The unfading crown of glory
- Be mentally alert (4:7a)
- Speak with God (4:7b)
- Love genuinely (4:8 10)
- Glorify God in our speech and service (4:11)
- Rejoice when we suffer for Christ (4:12-19)
How should I respond when I’m mocked or mistreated for doing good?
- Focus our hearts on Jesus our King (vs 14b-15a)
- Answering our accusers well (vs 15b-16)
- Remembering the good Jesus’ suffering achieved (vs 17-22)
- Wives…
- The pastoral background
- Winning over
- but without a word?
- The call for Christian character
- The challenge of Sarah
- Husbands…
- More than our marriages
- Showing honour
- A warning
- Finally, all of you…
- Belief in the Gospel brings cleansing from sin (22a)
- Belief in the Gospel enables us to love in truth (22b)
- Belief in the Gospel brings us new life within (23)
- Belief in the Gospel gives us certain hope for the future (23 and 25)
- Focus on the coming hope
- Don’t conform back
- Instead, be Holy & conduct yourself in light of the Father’s judgement
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