In our passage, we see a picture of the start of permanent eternity. God will make all things new, eradicating all things old and evil. He will make us His…
The New Testament refers to the church as the bride of Jesus. We are married to Him. He loves us in our brokenness and shame, and He will sanctify us,…
As we’ve looked at Church as Building, City, and Body, we are looking at Church as Family this week. In our salvation, God is our Father, and we are His…
As we go back to “The Church of God” sermon series, we see the church as city today. The biblical story starts in a Garden and ends with a city,…
The church is living stones built up as a spiritual house. We are alive in Christ and joined together, built on the foundation of the Scriptures and indwelt by the…
Peter in our passage blends Exodus 19 (deliverance from Egypt) and Isaiah 43 (deliverance from Babylon) to show us that we are the new Israel, God’s chosen people, delivered by…
Peter calls the church to live as strangers and aliens in this world. This does not mean we are to be separate from the world. Instead, we are to be…
A theme of this letter is how the Christian journey is marked by weakness and humility. Paul talks about that in our passage today. We are captives in the procession…
Humility is not thinking less of oneself, but it is thinking of oneself less. We see this humility in the life of Esther who was willing to perish for the…