“Ministry: Character (Hopeful, Assured, Reverent)”
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE HOPEFUL
A. ATTITUDE OF ENDURANCE
I Pet 5:10a After you have suffered for a while,
1. HOPE IN SUFFERING
(Ps 33:18-19; Prov 10:28; Gal 5:5; Heb 3:6)
2. TEMPORARY
(II Cor 4:17; Ex 14:19-20)
B. ATTITUDE OF GRATEFULNESS
I Pet 5:10b the God of all grace
1. HOPE IN GOD
(II Cor 1:3)
2. GRACE
(II Pet 3:18; Jas 4:6; Eph 4:7; I Cor 3:10)
C. ATTITUDE OF ANTICIPATION
I Pet 5:10c Who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ
1. COMMAND
2. ETERNAL GLORY
(Is 52:12; I Jn 3:2-3)
II. CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE ASSURED
A. ATTITUDE OF CORRECTION
I Pet 5:10d will Himself restore,
1. ADJUSTED
(Jas 1:4; Phil 1:6)
2. RESTORED
(Lk 22:31-32)
B. ATTITUDE OF RESOLUTION
I Pet 5:10e confirm,
1. RETURN
(Ps 90:17; 119:106; I Cor 1:8)
2. ESTABLISHED
(I Thes 3:2; II Thes 2:16-17; 3:3; Jas 5:8; Heb 13:5; Acts 18: 9-10; Gen 28:15)
C. ATTITUDE OF INVIGORATION
I Pet 5:10f strengthen,
1. EMPOWER
(I Pet 2:3-8)
2. CONFIRM
(Rev 5:5; Col 1:23
D. ATTITUDE OF SUBSTANCE
I Pet 5:10g and ground you.
1. FIRM
(I Thes 3:13; Rom 16:25; Eph 3:17-19
2. SOLID
(Ps 139:5-6; 125:2)
III. CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE REVERENT
A. ATTITUDE OF WORSHIP
I Pet 5:11a To Him be dominion forever and ever.
1. MANIFESTED POWER
(I Pet 4:11; 5:11; Jude 1:25; Rev 1:6; 5:13)
2. INTO THE AGES
B. ATTITUDE OF AGREEMENT
I Pet 5:11b Amen.
1. “GOD, WE AGREE”
(Ezek 36:26-27; I Chron 16:34-36)
2. “GOD WE ACCEPT” YOUR WILL
(Deut 27:9-14)
3. “GOD, WE SEE YOUR ANSWER”
(Matt 6:9-13)