Strangers in a Strange Land:                                   “Rock Solid”                                   1 Pet 5:5-11

            

• Standing firm in the faith:  Col 1:22-23

Six Essential Keys to being Rock Solid:

1.         Submit to Pastoral Leadership

•   He calls everyone in the church to put aside self-promoting pride and to willingly place themselves under their shepherd’s: Heb 13:17

 

2.         Clothe Yourselves in Humility

• Humility implies putting on a servant’s apron:  Jn 13:4
• Humility is necessary in order to live the Christian life: Phil 2:3-4
• Thus they are to see God at work behind their suffering and submit, allowing themselves to be brought low, for his purpose is that he may exalt you in due time:  Mt 23:11-12

 

3.          Cast All Anxiety upon God

• Since God is in control, leave your cares with him: Phil 4:6-7
• This is an OT concept: Psalm 55:22

 

4.         Be Alert & Sober Minded to Evil

•  If you are a soldier you keep watch: 1 Thes 5:6
•  Stay awake.  We are in a spiritual battle: Eph. 6:12
• Six times the Psalmist pictures his foes as lions, lying in ambush and waiting to pounce, or roaring in their pride: Ps. 17:12

 

5.         Resist the Devil

•   Like good soldiers the Christians are not to fear or flee the   enemy, but resist him:  Jam. 4:7
• Jesus saw Satan as defeated: Lk 10:17-18
• Peter does not promise escape from suffering in this world; he sees it as the norm:  1 Pet 4:12-13
• Persecution is the norm:2 Tim 3:12

 

6.          Hope in God’s Amazing Grace

        The power of God’s grace will do Four things:

1.            Restore: Repairing a broken bone

2.            Strengthen: Make strong

3.            Firm up in Faith.

4.            Ground us: Place on a foundation: Mt. 7:24-25

• We will be Rock Solid: Psalm 40:1-3

 

 

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