1 Peter 3:8-17

Coram Deo Church — Bremerton, WA · Oct 20, 2019 · 33m

Understanding the text

Unfortunately, many Christians approach the Church with a consumer mentality. Once a local church fails to provide the desired goods, they move on to another church, which only perpetuates Christian immaturity. Peter sees the Church very differently. Because of our objective unity in Christ, we can not give up on each other. Rather we are to imitate Christ with “sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind” (1 Peter 3:8). Through this, the Church is built up and sanctified.

But our love is also the supreme apologetic to the onlooking and skeptical world…