scripture: 1 peter 2:18-2:25

We are pilgrims How can you have an excellent testimony at work

"Submitting To Submission"

• Romans 15:13 – “Our anchor” – Theme of this series God is our source of Hope… TRUST IN HIM! • Principle = No Submission, No Success 3 Actions we MUST take as Christians: 1. SUBMIT to your masters? (1 Peter 2:18) - Submission of Employee to Employer - good or bad bosses – doesn’t matter – submit - in everything…trying to please them all the time (Colossians 3:22) Why? o because of your fear of the Lord (Colossians 3:22) o Your job is your mission field (Titus 2:9-10) How? o As Christians we must work as though working for the Lord vs. people (Colossians 3:23) - When we submit to human authority it demonstrates our submission to God’s authority - Exception – if submission would ever contradict your obedience to the Lord (Acts 5) 2. SUFFER for doing good (1 Peter 2:19-21) - No credit for suffering for your own sin (vs. 20) - You’ve been called for this very purpose (vs. 21) - You will suffer (2 Timothy 3:12, James 1:2) 3. SEEK to follow Him (1 Peter 2:21-25) - Jesus gave himself as an example for us How did He do it? o He kept entrusting himself to His Father (vs. 23) o Human strength + willpower = not enough Why did He do it? o so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness (vs. 24)

Responding Right When You Are Wronged

Every person answers to some authority; whether it is a teacher or employer. As followers of Jesus we can submit to those in authority and see our workplaces become a mission field.

Sermon Notes: Exiles on mission must follow their heavenly Master by submitting to unjust earthly masters. I. Submit to earthly masters out of submission to God. (18a) II. Submit to earthly masters even when they are unjust. (18b) III. Submit to earthly masters to receive a heavenly reward. (19-20) IV. Submit to earthly masters because of Jesus. (21-25) a. Jesus called us to imitate His submissive suffering. (21-23) b. Jesus saved us to imitate His submissive suffering. (24-25)

Red Hill Baptist Church is located about 50 miles east of Charlotte, NC. Thanks so much for listening!

Does Jesus Have Me?

Peter talks to us about submission, even when we are being treated unjustly.

Believers honor God and display gospel hope by respectfully serving others.

Audio recording of the Sunday morning Bible Teaching given by Andrew Burt at Enniscorthy Christian Fellowship, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland on 15th April 2018.

Audio recording of the Sunday morning Bible Teaching given by Andrew Burt at Enniscorthy Christian Fellowship, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland on 15th April 2018.

Sunday, July 31, 2016 Grace Bible Chapel Michawaka, IN

A study through 1 Peter.

I. The ___________ of Jesus (v. 18-20)

1. _______________ to authority

2. __________________ for righteousness


II. The ___________________ of His suffering (v. 21-23)


III. The ____________________ of His suffering (v. 24-25)

God commands us to endure graciously even in the midst of harsh mistreatment. Follow Christ's example in suffering - He entrusted Himself to His Father and endured the cross.

Chiangmai Christian Fellowship

Sovereign Grace Bible Church of Ada, OK

Église Évangélique Baptiste de Saint-Hyacinthe

Suffering: In His Steps