This Is War | 1 Peter 4:1–3 | 11.12.2017

Scripture

• 1 Peter 4:1–3

About this sermon

Stephen Davey is teaching through the Bible with a new lesson each weekday. Watch episode 1 here: https://youtu.be/v1yx-2eg5NQ?sub_confirmation=1 ... As Christians, sometimes we need to be reminded to always be on our guard. All the days of our life, we are engaged in battle against the devil, his army, this world, and even our own flesh. This battle rages on always, but sometimes we can get complacent and we can be wounded by subtle attacks that we don’t even recognize. Peter reminds his audience and us that we need to always have this battlefield perspective. Jesus died and defeated the power of sin, but sometimes we let it hang around us and trip us up. Peter reminds his readers that they must always be conscious about who they are living for moment by moment. He encourages them that they have started to see the fruit of defeating sin in their lives and urges them to not be satisfied. He wants them to be resolved to always fight the fight so as to live for Christ the rest of their time on earth.