Calvary Chapel of San Antonio

"Up to this point, Peter has been speaking to the body at large. But he changes directions as he prepares to sign-off; he now addresses the leaders of the church

directly."

"Religion has always been man's attempt to reach up to God, to be acceptable to him! Relationship with God through faith in Christ is the way God reached down to man! Why aren't man's works acceptable to God? Why can't man come to God on his own terms? Because the Bible says (Rom 3:23) 'all have sinned (continually) and fall short of the

glory of God'."

"I told you in our last 2 studies that a pastor/preacher has 3 main responsibilities. The 1st was to teach sound doctrine. The 2nd responsibility is this: proclaim the glorious gospel, the great news that Paul is about to share…"

"Peter’s message about being soberminded and self-controlled turns again to suffering. Being clearminded requires that we understand suffering is not an

unusual experience for the Christian. It wasn’t for Peter and it isn’t for us. Why is it that we have been taught that, if we are serving God, things will go smoothly? It hasn’t ever been that way and Peter says it won’t…"

"Tonight is all about consequences. Consequences that Adam could never have imagined. You see, from the beginning man has always been guilty of acting without considering what the consequences might be. We seldom think beyond the immediate temptation and, if we did, we would all save a lot of pain. Terrible, terrible pain..."