Bart Byl on 1 Peter 5:1–5.

Peter exhorts elders to shepherd the flock like and for Jesus, the people to submit, and everyone to be humble towards each other. The under-shepherds honour Christ by caring for his flock; the sheep honour Christ by recognizing his voice in their shepherds.

---

Tbilisi International Christian Fellowship is a Christ-centred family of believers in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Bart Byl on 1 Peter 4:12–19.

We suffer persecution because it is a privilege to bear Christ's name, to suffer with him, and to rejoice in the coming revelation of his glory.

---

Tbilisi International Christian Fellowship is a Christ-centred family of believers in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Bart Byl on 1 Peter 4:1–11.

Christ's determination to suffer for us steels us to suffer for the will of God. He is judge and saviour of the living and the dead. We love, forgive, welcome, and serve one another as Christ has done all those things for us.

---

Tbilisi International Christian Fellowship is a Christ-centred family of believers in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Bart Byl on 1 Peter 3:8–22.

Peter urges his readers to love each other and bless even their enemies who cause them to suffer. This arises out of revering Christ as Lord, who died for our sins and triumphed over all the powers of evil.

---

Tbilisi International Christian Fellowship is a Christ-centred family of believers in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Bart Byl on 1 Peter 2:11-25.

Christians are free in Christ, free not to indulge themselves but to submit to authority so God is glorified by a watching world. If this submission brings suffering, it is the footsteps of Christ we are following.

---

Tbilisi International Christian Fellowship is a Christ-centred family of believers in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Bart Byl on 1 Peter 2:4-10.

Those who believe in Jesus are people called to the highest honour, whatever our neighbours think of Jesus and of us. Instead of being discouraged by the shaming of others, we should rejoice in our high calling to enjoy God’s presence and proclaim his greatness.

---

Tbilisi International Christian Fellowship is a Christ-centred family of believers in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Bart Byl on 1 Peter 1:13-21.

Christ has ransomed us from the old futile way of living, and our entire hope rests on the grace he will bring at his coming. 

---

Tbilisi International Christian Fellowship is a Christ-centred family of believers in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Bart Byl on 1 Peter 1:1-12.

In the grievous trials Christians experience in a hostile world, we rejoice in what can never be taken from us: glorious final salvation.

---

Tbilisi International Christian Fellowship is a Christ-centred family of believers in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Testimony of Byron and Lin Smith.

On July 4, 2018, Ryan Smith, his wife Lora, and their 4-year-old Son Caleb were murdered in the Khata Gorge. Ryan's parents Byron and Lin share about their journey with God in the year since this tragedy. 

---

Tbilisi International Christian Fellowship is a Christ-centred family of believers in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Bart Byl on 1 Chronicles 29:1-20.

Israel’s leaders respond to David’s challenge to give freely to the temple project.. Supreme sovereignty still belongs to God, and he is still worthy of extravagant giving and whole-hearted devotion.

---

Tbilisi International Christian Fellowship is a Christ-centred family of believers in Tbilisi, Georgia.