Relating to the Lord with Your Problems
I. The Persons Relating
- A. As new born babes - 1 Pet. 2:2
- 1. Babe problems - 1 Cor. 3:1-4
- B. As living stones - 1 Pet. 2:4-5
- C. As sojourners and pilgrims - 1 Pet. 2:11
- D. As free and bondslaves - 1 Pet. 2:16
- E. As sheep - 1 Pet. 2:25
II. How We Relate
- A. Longing and laying aside - 1 Pet. 2:1-2
- B. Tasting His kindness - 1 Pet. 2:3; Matt. 11:30--12:8; Luke 6:35-36;
Rom. 2:4; Eph. 4:32
- C. Coming to Him - 1 Pet. 2:4; Heb. 4:16; 7:25; 10:1, 22; 11:6
- D. How the Lord becomes precious - 1 Pet. 2:4, 6-7
- E. Tell out the virtues of Christ - 1 Pet. 2:9
- F. In mercy - 1 Pet. 2:10
- G. Handing ourselves over to the Manager - 1 Pet. 2:23
- H. Returning to the Shepherd and Overseer - 1 Pet. 2:25
III. The Issue of Our Relating to the Lord
- A. The salvation of our soul
- 1. Through the Word - 1 Pet. 2:2; James 1:21
- 2. Through refraining - 1 Pet. 2:11
- 3. Through returning - 1 Pet. 2:25
- B. A corporate testimony
- 1. A spiritual house relating in spirit - 1 Pet. 2:5; 1 Cor. 2:11-16
- 2. A holy priesthood handling Christ - 1 Pet. 2:5
- 3. A corporate merge with Christ - 1 Pet. 2:5; Heb. 2:12
- 4. A chosen race (a certain kind of people) - 1 Pet. 2:9
- 5. A royal (kingly) priesthood - 1 Pet. 2:9
- 6. The people of God - 1 Pet. 2:10
- 7. The brotherhood - 1 Pet. 2:17
- C. A practical expression of grace in good works
- 1. Good works - 1 Pet. 2:12
- 2. Doing good - 1 Pet. 2:14-15, 20
- 3. Doing things for the Lord's sake - 1 Pet. 2:13-17
- 4. Live on the level of life, not on what is fair - 1 Pet. 2:18-23
- 5. The cross is the standard for our treatment of others - 1 Pet.
2:23-24;
2 Cor. 5:14-17
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