Weekly Sermons

A Church full of priests                 I Peter 2:4-10

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.” And Jesus responded, “Simon, son of Jonah, you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in Heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth is already bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in Heaven.”                             -Matthew 16:16-19

Jesus Christ is the Church’s Founder and B_________________      V. 4, 6-8  

Isaiah 28:16                        Psalm 118:22                      Isaiah 8:14

Peter liked this word honor (5092) – he uses it in 1:7, 2:7, and 3:7.    

John 3:16-17, 36 Acts 4:10-12

God is not to be held responsible for this, for no cause of damnation can come from Him who wants everyone to be saved.        -Oecumenius (6^th century)

Christian’s are the Church’s Temple and P__________________     V. 5, 9-10

Ephesians 2:19-22

A chosen race – God’s race!

A royal priesthood - God’s princes and priests!          

A holy nation - God’s nation!         

A people for His possession -God’s people!

 

Having your identity in things other than Christ makes a person tired and weary – but having your identity settled in Christ energizes you for God’s _____________________!

Those who have accepted the gospel and who have been born again of incorruptible seed are an elect and approved race. At the same time they have been made living stones, built on top of the living Stone, who is chosen and honored, the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, in order to build a spiritual house for God toward whom they are being led and to whom spiritual sacrifices are offered.                                                -Didymus the Blind (lived in Alexandria, Egypt, 313-398)

 

A Church full of priests                 I Peter 2:4-10

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.” And Jesus responded, “Simon, son of Jonah, you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in Heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth is already bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in Heaven.”                             -Matthew 16:16-19

Jesus Christ is the Church’s Founder and B_________________      V. 4, 6-8  

Isaiah 28:16                        Psalm 118:22                      Isaiah 8:14

Peter liked this word honor (5092) – he uses it in 1:7, 2:7, and 3:7.    

John 3:16-17, 36 Acts 4:10-12

God is not to be held responsible for this, for no cause of damnation can come from Him who wants everyone to be saved.        -Oecumenius (6^th century)

Christian’s are the Church’s Temple and P__________________     V. 5, 9-10

Ephesians 2:19-22

A chosen race – God’s race!

A royal priesthood - God’s princes and priests!          

A holy nation - God’s nation!         

A people for His possession -God’s people!

 

Having your identity in things other than Christ makes a person tired and weary – but having your identity settled in Christ energizes you for God’s _____________________!

Those who have accepted the gospel and who have been born again of incorruptible seed are an elect and approved race. At the same time they have been made living stones, built on top of the living Stone, who is chosen and honored, the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, in order to build a spiritual house for God toward whom they are being led and to whom spiritual sacrifices are offered.                                                -Didymus the Blind (lived in Alexandria, Egypt, 313-398)