1 Peter 5

Living Between God and the Devil

I. Submission to God

A. The significance of submission - 1 Cor. 11:3-10; Jude 5; Rev. 12:4, 9

B. Submission and authority - Matt. 28:18; 1 Pet. 3:22; Rom. 13:1-7

C. The embodiment of submission - Phil. 2:5-9

D. The secret of submission - Eph. 5:18-22

E. The supply in submission - James 4:6-7; 1 Pet. 5:5, 10

F. The purpose of submission beyond reasoning - 1 Pet. 5:10

G. The unique place of submission - 1 Pet. 5:1-5; Eph. 5:18-32; 1 Cor. 12:12-27

H. The areas of submission

1. Every ordinance of man - 1 Pet. 2:13

2. Those over us irrespective of who they are - 1 Pet. 2:18

3. Wives to husbands - 1 Pet. 3:1; Eph. 5:18-22; Col. 3:18; Titus 2:5

4. All to one another in the Body - 1 Pet. 5:5; Eph. 5:21

I. The inner posture of a submissive person - 1 Pet. 3:5

J. Submission and being under the mighty hand of God - 1 Pet. 5:6

K. The experience of submission

1. Committing - 1 Pet. 4:19

2. Casting - 1 Pet. 5:7

3. Humbling - 1 Pet. 5:5-6

II. Resisting the Devil

A. Encountering the dispositional devil - 1 Pet. 5:5

B. Pride - 1 Pet. 5:5-6; James 4:6-7

C. Wrong motives - 1 Pet. 5:2

D. Lording it over others - 1 Pet. 5:3

E. Openings and ground for the devil - 1 Pet. 5:8

F. How to resist the devil - 1 Pet. 5:8-9; James 4:7-10

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