WINSOMESOJOURNERS1 Peter 3:8-12

Winsome Sojourners 1 Peter 2:9-10 (The Message) 9-

10 But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted.

Winsome Sojourners 1 Peter 2:9-11-12 (The Message)

11-12 Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. Don’t indulge your ego at the expense of your soul. Live an exemplary life among the natives so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Then they’ll be won over to God’s side and be there to join in the celebration when he arrives.

Winsome Sojourners 1 Peter 3:15-16 (NIV) 15 But in

your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

Winsome Sojourners 1 Peter 3:8-12 (ESV) 8 Finally,

all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. 9 Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. 

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Finally, all of you, have… Unity of Mind

1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Unity around THIS hope!!!

Philippians 2:2 …complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

Finally, all of you, have… Unity of Mind A Humble Mind

1 Peter 5:5b-7 5b Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Finally, all of you, have… Unity of Mind A Humble Mind

1 Peter 5:5b-7 5b Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

“Our world has seen the outworking of Nietzsche’s ‘master race’ in Nazi Germany. Does it yet recognize the power of what Nietzsche scorned?”

– The Message of 1 Peter, Edmund Clowney

Finally, all of you, have… Unity of Mind A Humble Mind

1 Peter 5:5b-7 5b Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

“The seemingly backward wisdom of God has already been proven effective at overcoming the world system.”

– Todd Stewart, New Hope Church Pastor

Finally, all of you, have… Unity of Mind A Humble Mind Sympathy

Rom. 12:15; Phil. 2:1; Heb. 4:14-16; Ps. 103:14; Ps. 56:8

Finally, all of you, have… Unity of Mind A Humble Mind Sympathy A Tender Heart

Finally, all of you, have… Unity of Mind A Humble Mind Sympathy A Tender Heart

Bowels of Mercy

Finally, all of you, have… Unity of Mind A Humble Mind Sympathy A Tender Heart Brotherly Love

Finally, all of you, have… Unity of Mind A Humble Mind Sympathy A Tender Heart Brotherly Love

1 Peter 1:22-23 22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God… 1 Peter 2:17b 17b Love the brotherhood.

Finally, all of you, have… Unity of Mind A Humble Mind Sympathy A Tender Heart Brotherly Love

Philadelphia vs.

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Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless…

The Iron Man Repulsor

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King David, a Winsome Sojourner 1 Peter 3:10-12 (ESV) 10 For “Whoever desires to love life

    and see good days,let him keep his tongue from evil    and his lips from speaking deceit;11 let him turn away from evil and do good;    let him seek peace and pursue it.12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,    and his ears are open to their prayer.But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

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Reflection Questions:1. Which is most winsome to you?2. Which is your strength? Your weakness?3. Which is our strength? Our weakness?