North Side Sermons [greenwood, Sc]

For our Christmas Eve 2013 service, we continued in our 1 Peter series, “Stand Firm.” Christmas is the perfect opportunity to show those around us the love of Christ and hospitality sets the stage for it all to happen.

Our suffering is best dealt with when we prepare ourselves for it.

The gospel not only is the means to salvation, but it is also the encouragement we need to stand firm during times of suffering.

Our lives should be characterized by hope instead of fear. We should always be ready to give a reason for such hope to those who ask us about it.

To enjoy more good days than bad ones, we must take care in what we say, we sow, and we seek.

Husbands are better leaders when they know and understand the one they are leading.

Although a wife cannot change her husband, she can impact him through faithful and fearless submission.

God has called us to suffer for doing right so that we might make Him known through our suffering.

When we submit ourselves to human institutions, we align ourselves with God and show Him honor. When we do not submit ourselves to human institutions, we align ourselves with the devil.

Before we can stand firm in our battle with the world, we must first stand firm with our battle with our flesh. If the desires of our own flesh defeat us, then the world will have no trouble defeating us as well.

We once lived in darkness but through God’s mercy He has called us into His light. God has chosen us as His people to live lives that declare His praise.

As Christians, we have been united with Christ. God sees this union one way and the world sees it another.

The Word of God causes us to be born again and can also cause us to grow again. Therefore, we should both desire it and consume it, especially since we know how good it is.

Our souls are made holy as we obey the truth of the Word of God through the power of the Spirit of God. Such holiness of soul results in an extraordinary love for our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Our pursuit of holiness is aided by a proper understanding of our relationship with God, the price He paid for us to have this relationship, and the shortness of our time here on earth.

Those who are children of a Holy God should live as God’s Holy children. The more we see as He sees, the more we will live as He wants us to live.

As believers, we can be encouraged by realizing we know things that neither the prophets knew or the angels know! With this knowledge, we can patiently persevere and follow the example of Christ who experienced glory after his time of suffering.

When faith tested through trials proves to be genuine it is valued and results in the glory of Jesus Christ.

As believers, we can be encouraged by realizing we know things that neither the prophets knew or the angels know! With this knowledge, we can patiently persevere and follow the example of Christ who experienced glory after his time of suffering.

As Christians, we will never be comfortable and at home in a world that God has elected us out of.