1 Peter 2:18-25 | Sermon Resources | 17 November 2024
Summary
Love God, Love Others. This is not only our vision here at Cornerstone, it is, according to Jesus, the two most important things we do with our lives. In the sermon this week, Pastor Billy explores the boundaries of this love. How far are we willing to go to love God and love others? Are we willing to be inconvenienced? Willing to be made uncomfortable? Willing even to suffer? Looking at the example of Jesus we will consider the calling of those who follow in Jesus’ footsteps to willing enter into suffering.
Discussion Questions
- What was your biggest takeaway from the sermon this week?
- How can we understand this message in a way that applies to our relationships today, especially in workplaces or other authority structures?
- What might have been challenging for Peter’s audience when he instructed them to submit even to “unjust” masters?
- When facing a personal injustice do you tend towards attack or appeasement? How so? How does this passage rule both responses out?
- What do you find most challenging about the calling Peter refers to in verse 21? Do you think this calling is for all Christians? What makes this calling so countercultural?
- In verses 21-23, Peter emphasizes that Jesus suffered without retaliation or sin. What aspects of Jesus’ response to suffering stand out to you?
- In verse 23, it says Jesus “entrusted himself to him who judges justly.” What does it mean to entrust ourselves to God, especially in situations of injustice?
- Are there areas of your life where it’s difficult to trust God’s justice? How might this passage encourage you to place those situations in His hands?
- Peter tells us in this passage that Jesus went to the cross to do more than just enable us to die to our sin. What else did Jesus’ death accomplish for us? How does this encourage you?
- In what ways have we been healed by the wounds of Christ?
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