Tag: Miller
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2 Peter 2:17-22 What Do They Deliver? 6/9/2024
Peter has addressed the problems of false teachers and their ways, now he clarifies the specific dangers.
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June 2, 2024 Worship Service
Christ calls his people to not only know about truth, but also to example it in our lives. Our words and actions should reflect the integrity of our Savior.
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2 Peter 2:4-10a The Judge Who Rescues 5/19/2024
The God who judges and rescues. Using three examples from Genesis, Peter shows how the God of the universe is both the rightful judge of everyone and everything, and also how he rescues his people from the judgment that we deserve.
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2 Peter 2:1-3 False Teaching Will End 5/12/24
What a false teacher does. Peter points out three main indicators of a false teacher (= a false prophet): they are secretive in their mission of undermining God’s truth, they bring in division against what the scriptures teach, and they deny or minimize Jesus.
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May 5, 2024 Worship Service
Christ is not a myth. Just as in our day, there were folks in Peter’s era trying to downplay or deny who Christ is and what he has accomplished. To combat this, Peter refers to his own experience: at the transfiguration, he saw Jesus in his glory. Peter beheld his Savior and King in a way that was undeniable, and which was confirmed by the voice of the Father from heaven. So, when Peter speaks of Christ, of turning to him and awaiting his return, Peter speaks truth.
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April 28, 2024 Worship Service
God’s people are called to remember – to look back and recall truths that matter, so that we aren’t blown about by every new idea that comes along.
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April 21, 2024 Worship Service
God-given effort. Peter’s point is that the knowledge of Christ is meant to be applied. It is less like an insurance policy and more like instructions: directions to a life of faithfulness and freedom and joy. We pursue that life as we pursue Christ-like virtues: not to save us (Jesus has already done that), not to keep us in the faith (Christ’s power is enough), but to grow in and respond to Jesus with our lives.
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April 14, 2024 Worship Service
The knowledge of God. One of 2 Peter’s major themes relates to knowledge: knowing and understanding who Christ is and what he has done. That knowledge is essential to faithful life in Christ, and it is through that knowledge that grace and peace flourish within God’s people.
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April 7, 2024 Worship Service
God’s love. Our unity flows forth from the secure foundation of God’s love: because we have first been loved so perfectly and wonderfully by him, we can now love one another and love those whom the Lord sends us out to.
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March 31, 2024 Worship Service
Will you believe? Ultimately, John’s gospel is about belief: belief that Jesus is the promised Messiah and belief that, by trusting in him, a person can have eternal life.
