Hill Country Bible Church Dripping Springs Sermons

We are called to be holy because God is holy. We have been exiled from unholiness to holiness.

Peter lived during an extraordinarily time. He saw the prophetic Old Testament promises of Messiah fulfilled. Firsthand, person to person, he experienced Jesus’ grace. His teaching on dependence on grace in suffering shapes our outlook on life’s struggles.

These verses, in the original Greek, comprise one long sentence with Peter giving praise for our salvation. In them Peter teaches salvation as a living hope of comfort providing perspective on life struggles in the here and now.

Just as in Peter’s day, there is a stark contrast between the Christian’s and the world’s values. We look like strangers or exiles.

We all know that we have done wrong in some aspect. The guilt that comes is inevitable but we not have to deal with the guilt on our own, God offers a better way.

We gather not primarily for what the church can do for us but what it does for God and the kingdom. It is to engage in communal life for the sake of the world and the glory of our King.

Psalm 1 tells us that the person who meditates on God’s Word is blessed, like a well-watered, fruitful tree. Meditation is a spiritually enriching, fruit-producing spiritual habit.

There is nothing that can separate us from the love of Christ

700 years before Jesus’ birth, Isaiah taught that Israel could trust the coming Messiah. Remembering His first coming, we can trust the promise of His return.