Bart Byl on Matthew 20:1-16.

The Parable of the Workers challenges the mercenary, wage-obsessed attitude of disciples who feel they deserve more from God, and are resentful about God’s grace toward others. Your reward will be measured by God’s grace, not your effort—and trust me, you want it this way.

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

Bart Byl on 1 Peter 5:6–14.

Peter exhorts his readers to stand firm in faith against Satan, knowing that their future is safe in the hands of God. We are called to trust God in humbling ourselves, casting our anxieties upon God; to be alert and resist the devil’s attacks, and to look beyond suffer to the eternal glory we have in Christ.

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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