Will be available (free of charge) following the service 1 Peter 4:1-10 “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” A CD of this message John 16:33 Will be available (free of charge) following the service

1 Peter 4:1-10 Ceased (also KJV, NASB) Perfect mood, passive voice NIV – is done with, or has been released from

1 Peter 4:1-10 2nd chance Announcement of victory (euaggelizō, not kerussō ) Soon to be martyred Christians Spiritually dead

1 Peter 4:1-10 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 2 Peter 3:9 2 Peter 3:8-9

1 Peter 4:1-10 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. Rom. 13:12 1 John 3:2-3

1 Peter 4:1-10 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins. Prov. 10:12

1 Peter 4:1-10 Gift ~ charisma oikos ~ house; nomos ~ law – i.e. house-manager Minister ~ present participle – literally serve and keep on serving Economy Careful or thrifty management or use of resources, as income, materials or labor “…Free-born or as was usually the case, a freed-man or a slave) to whom the head of the house or proprietor has entrusted the management of his affairs, the care of receipts and expenditures, and the duty of dealing out the proper portion to every servant and even to the children not yet of age” Stewards ~ oikonomos Thayer’s Lexicon Webster’s Dictionary

1 Peter 4:1-10 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful 1 Cor. 4:2

1 Peter 4:1-10 “Gentlemen, I have been pursuing an understanding of the grace of God for over 60 years…and I’ve just now begun to figure it out… and Gentlemen…it’s tremendous!” L. S. Chafer