Abundant Life Sermons

We live in a day where biblical Christianity is no longer mainstream. It's the suppression of truth, God's demotion, man's promotion, and moral destruction that will eventually lead to the moral ruin and destruction of a Christian nation. While sin brings death and destruction, our hope is found in the gospel that brings life and liberty. Listen to The Well Podcast ⤵ Spotify: https://open.spotify....

Finish Strong – 1 Peter 5:8-11 1 Peter 5:8, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”  1)  Be Alert. 1 Peter 5:9, “Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.” 2)  Resist Satan with Faith and Community. 1 Peter 5:10-11, “But may the God of all grac...

Next Generation Leaders - 1 Peter 5:5-6 1 Peter 5:1-5, The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you...

A Shepherd’s Calling - 1 Peter 5:1-4 1 Peter 5:1-2, The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; Regardless of whether you ever have the title “...

Suffering for Righteousness – 1 Peter 4:12-19 The Church has always been refined in the fires of persecution. 2 Timothy 3:12, Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. How to suffer for righteousness… 1)Be ready. 1 Peter 4:12, Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you. We should...

How Now Shall We Live? 1 Peter 4:7-11 Suffering is a catalyst God uses to grow us into Christlikeness so we can bring Him greater glory! The Apostle Peter is writing to a suffering Church in the first century. His words are more relevant than ever to the Church of the 21st century. How Now Shall We Live? 1)Live with urgency. 1 Peter 4:7, “But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious...

Right Thinking, Right Living - 1 Peter 4:1-6 1 Peter 3:18-19, “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison.” 1 Peter 4:1-2, Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he...

What To Do When You Suffer 1 Peter 3:18-22 1 Peter 3:18,” For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit.” 1.Remember the Gospel. “Death used to be an executioner, but the gospel has made him just a gardener.” George Herbert 1 Peter 3:19, “by whom also He went and preached to the spirits i...

The Crucified Life, Part 4 The cross is not only the power of God to save us but God’s power to us who are saved! (See 1 Corinthians 1:18) The Three Crosses of Christianity… 1)The cross on which Christ was crucified for you. Galatians 3:1, “O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?” 2)...

The Crucified Life, Part 3 - Romans 6 The cross is not just God’s power to save us but the power of God to us who are saved. 1 Corinthians 1:18, For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. To follow Jesus demands we take up our cross. Luke 9:23, Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him d...

The Crucified Life, Part 2 - Romans 6 The cross is not just God’s power to save us but the power of God to us who are saved.  Key concept of the Cross… The blood is for our forgiveness. The cross is for our deliverance. The blood forgives us of sin’s penalty (Ephesians 1:7). The cross delivers us from sin’s power. (Galatians 2:20, Luke 9:23) Ephesians 1:7, “In Him we have redemption through His bl...

The Crucified Life, Part 1 - Romans 7 Jesus said He came to give us life abundantly, yet most Christians live consistently in inconsistency if not complete captivity. This is the problem the Apostle Paul articulated in Romans 7:7-24. Romans 7 is the Apostle Paul’s personal story of futility in fighting his flesh—his sinnature. Paul’s story is the story of all of us. We all go through the same “stu...

No Fear, Know Freedom - 1 Peter 3:13-17 No fear is to know freedom. 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” How do you live in a world that is increasingly hostile toward the Gospel? 1) Be Fearless. 1 Peter 3:13-14, And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousnes...

Having Healthy Relationships – 1 Peter 3:8-12 Humility is essential to have true, biblical community . Humility eliminates rivalry, and mutual submission eliminates competition and fighting for position. 1 Peter 3:8-9, Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; 9 not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but...

His Lead, Her Need, Part 2 – 1 Peter 3:7 1 Peter 3:7, Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. Just as the wife is to submit to the husband’s lead, the husband is to submit to his wife’s need.  1 Peter 3:7, Husbands, likewise, dwell with them wi...

His Lead, Her Need, Part 1- 1 Peter 3:1-6 1 Peter 3:1-2, Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. 1) In relationships, humility eliminates rivalry. Mutual submission eliminates competition and fighting for position. The key i...

Being a Contagious Christian - 1 Peter 2:18-25 1 Peter 2:9, “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” 1 Peter 2:11, “Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul.” What makes the Church relevant...

Foreigner 1 Peter 2:11, “Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims…” 1. Be a resident stranger. Sojourners and pilgrims – strangers from a strange place. 1 Peter 2:11-12, “…abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day...

Transformation Nation – 1 Peter 2:4-10 Like the Old Testament Temple, the New Testament Church is to be God’s light to the world. Our bodies individually (1 Corinthians 6:19) and the Church collectively (1 Corinthians 3:16) are now the Temple of God to shine forth the Light of God!  1 Corinthians 3:16, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”  1 Co...

A Legacy That Impacts Eternity (Exodus 20:4-6) Exodus 20:4-6, “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and f...

1 Peter 1:23, “having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.” Lasting change is not self-reformation but spirit transformation. Only once you’ve been “born again” inwardly does God begin to change you outwardly. Romans 8:29, “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son…” 1 Peter 2:1-3...

Born Again to Be Like Him - 1 Peter 1:17-25 2 Corinthians 13:5, “Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.”  Have you been born again? The only kind of Christian is a “bornagain” Christian. 1 Peter 1:23, “having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, throu...

Make It or Break It: Three Ways to Make It Through Suffering 1 Peter – 1:10-16 “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.” ― A.W. Tozer Humility is a posture of the heart that submits to God. 1 Peter 1:10-12, Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, searching what, or what manner...

Tribulation Sanctification - 1 Peter 1:1-9 1 Peter 1:1-2, “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.” The book of First Peter is writte...

Romans 1:18-21 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead,...