Surrender Or Else!

Transcripts for Dr. Wiersbe's sermons are forthcoming. Below is an outline of his message.

The overall theme of 1 Peter is the grace of God.

God shows grace in salvation, submission, and suffering. 

Submission always follows salvation.

Submission results in a beautiful and godly life.

Why should we bother to live a godly life?

Three reasons why we should live a godly life:

-       We should live a beautiful life for our own sake (1 Peter 2:11).

• When we live a godly life, we are responding to the love of God.
• Our response to God’s gift of salvation should be submission and obedience.
• As believers, our treasure is not in this world because we are sojourners in this world.
• 100 years from now the approval of this world won’t mean anything.
• We are fighting a war against the desires of the flesh.
• We should live a godly life so that we may be victorious soldiers.

-       We should live a beautiful life for the sake of the unsaved (1 Peter 2:12).

• People look at believers to see how they live their lives.
• Winning a lost soul to Christ means much more than the pleasure of our own life.

-       We should live a beautiful life for God’s sake (1 Peter 2:13-25).

• It is the will of God that believers live a godly life.
• God calls us to submit to those in authority over us, just as we are subject to His grace.
• God gives us grace to live a life pleasing to Him, even in the face of suffering.
• Jesus suffered for us that we might live for Him and with Him forever.

Why are you living the way you are living?