As Pastor Eddie continues his teaching series through the book of 1 Peter, he’ll be explaining God's design for marriage and how important submission is in the home. Submission should be a natural response to loving leadership. When a husband loves his wife as Christ loves the church, then submission is a natural response from a wife to her husband. But, regardless of the husband’s love or lack thereof, the wife is commanded to submit “as to the Lord”.

Submission is an important issue concerning marriage. Here is the plain biblical command: “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord”. Today, Pastor Eddie will be reminding you that submission is not weakness, but strength. Wives submit to their own husbands, and the husbands submit to Jesus in reverence. Husbands are commanded to love their wives as Christ loves the Church! Both husbands and wives have a role of submission.

Submission is a concept that seems to go against the grain of human nature, and yet we all see the need for it in certain aspects of life. As Pastor Eddie continues his teaching series through the book of 1 Peter, he’ll be explaining that without submission, things quickly fall into chaos as everyone strives to be in charge. Even though it is sometimes mocked as a sign of weakness, submission is really one of the strongest pillars of a stable society.

Today, Pastor Eddie will be explaining to you that there is no doubt that persecution is a reality of living the Christian life. Christian persecution is to be expected: the apostle Paul warned that “everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted”. Jesus said that, if they persecuted Him, they will also persecute His followers. Jesus made it clear that those of the world will hate Christians because the world hates Christ.

As Pastor Eddie continues his teaching series through the book of 1 Peter, he’ll be explaining how you’re called to be set apart and holy unto the Lord. Although Peter is addressing Jewish believers specifically in this text, we discover that all believers will one day participate in God’s kingdom that will one day come to earth and that we are all serving as priests in the sense that we are proclaiming God’s excellencies.

Today, Pastor Eddie will be challenging you to confess your sin to the Lord and be honest with what sin truly is. Sin is what caused Jesus to go to the cross, don’t think of sin as some menial thing! You are a royal priesthood, a chosen generation, don’t allow the enemy to get you caught up and weighed down in a sinful lifestyle. God wants to use you to do great things for His Kingdom, but you limit how He can use you if you're not repenting.

God is impartial and desires that everyone goes to heaven. Today, Pastor Eddie explains why there are not many ways to obtain salvation or heaven. He reminds us that Jesus said He was “THE” way, not “A” way. He gives an analogy of giving out any numbers for someone to find an address; they would be lost. There is a specific way to get to heaven, and those who reject Christ will stand before the Great White Throne of Judgment.

We have the sure hope of Christ’s return, and scripture commands those with this hope to purify themselves. We are called to be holy. In today’s message, Pastor Eddie assures us that Christ is coming soon and that we can rest in this hope. This assurance of Christ’s coming gives us strength and peace in times of difficulty and persecution. His return means we will reign with Him and we should be holy, in light of His coming.

To live a holy life, we must prepare our minds. In today’s message, Pastor Eddie challenges believers to clear their minds and focus on Christ. There are many scriptures regarding our minds. The Bible says our actions follow our thoughts. Our thoughts produce habits, which determine our destiny. The average person has 50,000 thousand thoughts a day. We need to take time to clear our minds and focus on God’s word.

Do you ever ponder what heaven is like? In today’s message, Pastor Eddie reminds us of how incredible heaven will be. He challenges us to think of the most beautiful setting we can imagine and then realize heaven will be many times better. Paul had a glimpse of heaven and said it could not be put into words. He said it was indescribable. God has something awesome in store for us for eternity. Heaven is beyond our imagination.