1, 2 Peter & Jude The Hope & Certainty of Our Faith

Be Certain Of Your Calling & Hope  - Our Security              1 Peter 1:1-12; 2 Peter 1:1-11 

-  It Is God Who Called Us

-  It Is God Who Saved Us

-  It Is God Who Will Keep Us

-  It Is A Living Hope

Be Certain of the Truth  2 Peter 1:12-21

-  The Story About Jesus Was Fact

-  He Had Witnessed Jesus

-  Jesus Had Transformed His Life  

Be Certain of Your Growth as a Believer – The Evidence  1 Peter 1:13-2:20; 3:1-12; 4:7-11; 5:1-9

-  Ready for Action

-  Sober in Spirit

-  Hope Fixed Completely on Grace

-  Obedient in Our Holiness

-  Fervent in Our Love

-  Deeply Longing for God’s Word

-  Understand Who We Are  

-  Submit to Authority

-  Submit & Honor in Your Home

-  Serving Other Believers

-  Humble Before God and Others

-  Resist the Devil

Be Certain You Will Suffer 1 Peter 2:21-25; 3:13-4:6; 4:12-19; 5:10-14

~  Why Do Christians Suffer? 

• We Are Called to Be Different & Our Message Is Exclusive
• Because Jesus Called Us to Participate in His Suffering

~  What Should Suffering Christians Do?

See Point #3 – Become more like Jesus

Be Certain False Teachers Will Give False Assurance     2 Peter 2 & Jude 4-19

-  They Are Spiritually Confident

-  They Are Carnal

-  They Are Living Immorally

-  They Are Denying the Truth

Be Certain God Will Judge the World  2 Peter 3

-  God Will Bring His Judgment

-  God Isn’t Slow – His Timing Isn’t Our Timing

-  We Are Always One Day Closer

-  His Desire Is That All Will Hear

Be Certain to Contend for the Faith   Jude 3-4, 20-25

-  We Must Stand For God’s Truth & Share

-  We Must Build One Another

-  We Must Pray in the Spirit

-  We Must Live Obediently

-  We Must Have Compassion