Delight in Grace

This world is passing and we are free to live for the greater reality that full righteousness and satisfaction are coming when we are eternally with Christ. There is only one before whom we will stand in the end.

Edwin Clowney wrote, "It is the privilege of those who are sons and daughters of the most high, to imitate the magnificence of their Father's mercy. They rise above simple justice to reflect God's goodness and love. We are called to overcome evil with good. As people who are free, it is our privilege to champion what is true, right and good.

1 Peter 2:16 teaches us to be free though surrender to God.

Is freedom the complete absence of boundaries? 1 Peter 2:16 challenges this notion by asserting that people without boundaries are not free, in reality they are slaves to their own short-sighted view of what is good. Freedom doesn't mean we have no boundaries. We are free within God's loving boundaries. They are for our good, because God is good. The Christian's element is in Christ, i...

Freedom doesn't mean we have no boundaries. We are free within God's loving boundaries. They are for our good, because God is good.

Is freedom the complete absence of boundaries? 1 Peter 2:16 challenges this notion by asserting that people without boundaries are not free, in reality they are slaves to their own short-sighted view of what is good.

When we abide in Christ and let His word inform and transform our desires and affections, the fruit in our lives will be a product of our genuine satisfaction in Christ.

We know that the Christian life calls us to live differently than we lived before coming to Christ. But we're not called to keep up appearances or simply manage our sin. That would be like tying apples on a hemlock tree and calling it an apple tree. Instead, we have a radical call to abide in Christ., to let his word inform and transform our desires and affections. The fruit in our lives will...

We know that the Christian life calls us to live differently than we lived before coming to Christ. But we're not called to keep up appearances or simply manage our sin. That would be like tying apples on a hemlock tree and calling it an apple tree. Instead, we have a radical call to abide in Christ., to let his word inform and transform our desires and affections. The fruit in our lives will...

Have you tasted that "the Lord is good"? He knows me absolutely, totally, intimately yet He still loves me.

Your interactions, your relationships are an outflow of your theology. What you think of God will be reflected in how you treat each other.

What we do with Jesus will mean everything to our standing and identity before God. Christ is the cornerstone, you cannot be indifferent about Jesus Christ. If you ignore him you will fail at life.

What we do with Jesus will mean everything to our standing and identity before God. Christ is the cornerstone, you cannot be indifferent about Jesus Christ. If you ignore him you will fail at life.

1 Peter 2:1 calls us to rid ourselves of five sins from our former lives. These are destructive to others and dead weight in our own lives. How do we cast off sinful patterns that come so easy to us? Todays sermon is an encouraging word to help us in our battle against sin and the flesh.

1 Peter 2:1 calls us to rid ourselves of five sins from our former lives. These are destructive to others and dead weight in our own lives. How do we cast off sinful patterns that come so easy to us? Todays sermon is an encouraging word to help us in our battle against sin and the flesh.

1 Peter 2:1 calls us to rid ourselves of five sins from our former lives. These are destructive to others and dead weight in our own lives. But how do we cast off sinful patterns that come so easily to us. Peter answers that question in the next two verses: by feasting on the goodness of the Lord.

God calls us to live for a higher purpose than we would on our own. As we abide in Christ and the truths in His word, He begins to change our desires. "When Christ changes our desires our conduct is an outflow of the changes of our heart- fruit growing from a healthy vine." Today, Rich continues our series from 1 Peter "Live As People Who are Free."

God calls us to live for a higher purpose than we would on our own. As we abide in Christ and the truths in His word, He begins to change our desires. When Christ changes our desires our conduct is an outflow of the changes of our heart- fruit growing from a healthy vine.

God calls us to live for a higher purpose than we would on our own. As we abide in Christ, he begins to change our desires.

The reason why Jesus Christ is uniquely qualified to be your object faith is because He alone can bring you from meaningless to ultimate good.

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

An attitude is simply a habit of thought. Our attitudes can sabotage or aid us in our love for God.

Faith in the wrong object will always lead to disappointment, no matter how strong that faith may be. Today Rich shares three reasons why Christ is uniquely qualified to be the object of our faith. Living by faith is only liberating if that faith is in Christ. Our text for today is 1 Peter 1:18-21

Today, Rich shares why Christ is uniquely qualified to be the object of our faith.

Faith in the wrong object will always lead to disappointment, no matter how strong that faith is.