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Sermon NOtes
Growing in God’s Salvation
1 & 2 Peter: Our Living Hope
Pastor Jim Thomas
1 Peter 2
4 urgent exhortations that promote growth in God’s salvation:
- Hunger for the Word (v 1-3)
- Come to Christ, worship Christ and proclaim Christ (v 4-10)
- Live as aliens and strangers (v 11-20)
- Follow Christ (v 21-25)
Five practices to help you grow in God’s salvation:
- Refocus your aim
- Renew your intention to loving obedience
- Redirect your affections
- Reorder your priorities
- Rely on the Holy Spirit
“We must actively cultivate a Christian life. Holiness is not a condition into which we drift.”
John Stott
“Holiness is always the saved sinner’s response of gratitude for grace received.”
J. I. Packer, Rediscovering Holiness
“Holiness is not ultimately about living up to a moral standard. It’s about living in Christ and living out of our real, vital union with him.”
Kevin DeYoung
Discussion Questions
- How does the Kingdom of God manifest itself in your attitude, actions and work ethic?
- What do you do with your spare time? Where do you spend your resources?
- Are we talking about the mighty deeds of God?
“The holiness of the church means that life, as well as truth, marks Christ’s church; the behavior of Christians in the world must be remarkable enough to cause grudging admiration, astonished curiosity or threatening hostility.”
Edmund P. Clowney, The Church
“My confidence today that God will accept me if I die now is not based upon my experience of the Spirit’s unfinished work within my life but is based upon the completed work of Christ upon the cross.”
Alistair Begg
- Let us grow in God’s salvation.
- Let us taste of the kindness of the Lord.
- Let us return, over and over again, to the Guardian and Shepherd of our souls!
SONGS, READINGS & PRAYER
April 14, 2024
Songs:
“O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing” by Charles Wesley
“Come Behold The Wondrous Mystery” by Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, and Michael Bleecker
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” by Thomas Obediah Chisholm and William Marion Runyan
“Lord I Need You” by Daniel Carson, Matt Maher, Christy Nockels, Jesse Reeves, and Kristian..
“Doxology” by Thomas Ken & Louis Bourgeois
All songs are used by Permission. CCLI License #2003690
Call To Worship: Bless the Lord
Leader: Bless the Lord at all times; let His praise continually be in your mouth.
People: My tongue shall tell of Your righteousness and of Your praise all the day long.
Leader: Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together!
People: We will tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and His might, and the wonders that he has done.
All: You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, and there is no God besides You!
Classic Prayer: Augustine
For your mercies’ sake, O Lord my God, remind me who you are to me. Say to my soul: “I am your salvation.” So speak that I may hear, O Lord; my heart is listening; open it that it may hear you, and say to my soul: “I am your salvation.” After hearing this word, may I come in haste to take hold of you. Hide not your face from me. The house of my soul is too small to receive you; let it be enlarged by you. It is all in ruins; would you repair it. There are things in it – I confess and I know – that must offend your sight. But only you shall cleanse it. Only to you shall I cry out. From my sins cleanse me, O Lord, these things your servant prays.
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Confession: Christ and Salvation
Leader: Who is Jesus Christ?
People: Jesus is the eternal Son of God, the Savior of the world. Fully divine, he took on our human nature, died on the Cross for our sins, rose from the dead, ascended into heaven, and now rules as Lord and King over all creation.
Leader: Is there any other way of salvation?
People: No. The apostle Peter said of Jesus, “There is salvation in no one else.” Jesus is the only one who can save me and reconcile me to God.
Leader: How should you respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
People: As soon as I receive and believe the Gospel, I should repent of my sins, and profess faith in Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord.
ACNA: Salvation, Questions 8, 9, 10
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