1 Peter: Is All of This Worth It?预览

Peter is getting really real now! Living in hard times is not an excuse for lazy living, for cutting corners, for being closet Christians…
“Gentiles, you have been given a great hope- salvation in Jesus! God has done this not just for the Jews, but for you too! Now, having received this, live in light of it. You were worshiping other gods, looking to them for answers and examples. But this is THE God. and He is holy. As His followers, He wants you to be holy too. So, follow Jesus, the Son, and learn from Him how to live and walk as His children, part of His family, in a world that will reject you, scoff at you, hurt you.”
ASK:
-How serious are you about your faith? Serious enough to give things up for Jesus? Serious enough to do hard things for Jesus? Serious enough to endure pain and bad days for Jesus?
TAKE A NEXT STEP:
Get honest with the Lord in prayer: Jesus, I want to be your fully devoted follower, but sometimes it is hard…
读经计划介绍

In many areas of today’s world it is not easy being a Christian. We need to ask, is it worth being identified as a follower of Christ? If so, how should we live in a world that rejects us? The early church was asking these questions, too. They were the target of jokes, rumors, discrimination and persecution. God answered and encouraged them through 1 Peter, as He will for us!
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