Sermons

With his death being imminent and the danger of false teachers looming, the Apostle Peter writes his second and final letter to fellow believers in Asia Minor. Today we look at the what and the why of this letter. Why did the Apostle Peter feel the need to write this letter? And what was it that he felt he needed to share with them before his death? What Peter had to share with the recipients of this letter then is still relevant and significant to believers reading this letter today.

Peter is just months away from his impending execution under the emperor Nero. In his second letter, he writes to encourage the believers concerning the faith Christ has provided them to continue long after he is gone. How? Peter reveals in this letter all that we need to live out our faith in Jesus Christ.

Christian suffering is not an exception, but it is an expectation. That reality was difficult to accept even for 1st century Christians. Yet in the face of those fears and hesitations, Peter reminds his readers that persecution for following Jesus is expected and accepted.

Today we continue our current sermon series tiled, "Kingdom Driven Life". The last time we left off we focused on verses 11 and 12. And just to summarize the main point in those two verses, I stated that as the beloved children of God and those who belong to the Kingdom of God, Jesus is calling us to, Resist Evil and Do Good for the Sake of the Lost and the Glory of God. In the following verses Apostle Peter now tells us how we are to resist evil and do good for the sake of the lost and the glory of God in two specific contexts: Civil Life and V

On this Easter Sunday, we reflect on the hope of heaven. Jesus Christ’s resurrection propels us to live with the anticipation of another age to come. For Christians, our hope is in the newly established Kingdom of God where God’s dwelling will be forever among His people. And when that time comes, God declares that there will be no more pain, death or mourning as the old order of things will have passed away. We hold onto the promise of God “making all things new” in the age to come.

What does it mean to be God’s own people? There is a way which we are called to live—to a higher standard and a different way than the rest of the world. We ought to reflect the love of God as we walk through the mess of life. We are absolutely called to be distinct, holy, set apart because of what Christ has done. He called us to be a people for His own possession so we may proclaim Him more clearly to the world