Wheeler Road Church of Christ

Peter challenges us in I Peter 4 to prepare ourselves for times of suffering.

He asserts that we shouldn’t be surprise when we find ourselves in the fiery furnace.

He will go on to give practical counsel on just how we prepare ourselves.

This Sunday we will unfold episode number nine as we discuss Get A Weapon!

Some scholars say Paul’s stuff is hard to understand.

Well, Peter’s stuff is hard to do! In their suffering the recipients not only had endure unfair persecution, Peter urges them to bless the persecutors.

Peter charges the hurting brethren not to hide from a culture that rejects them, but to bless them all, and he tells them how.

Sunday is installment #8 in Where Do I Cast My Net, as we talk about Quit Blasting & Start Blessing.

We continue with Where Do I Cast My Net? with examining The Mission Of The Sub-Mission.

Peter reminds us of our main mission (I Peter 2:9) and how this affects one of our sub-missions.

We will unfold what it means to proclaim or “declare” the Lord, and how this plays out in marital life.

There is something that hinders our prayers, so we don’t want to cast our nets in that direction.

Let’s see where on Sunday.

Last time in Where Do I Cast My Net?, we asked “What Kind Of God Allows This?”, our trials and suffering.

This week, we ask, What Kind Of People Are We?

In answering this question we will unpack the four metaphors Peter employs in the text of I Peter 1:22 – 2:12.

These metaphors will led us to what our response must be and how we do it.

Where Do I Cast My Net is in week four.  Peter is showing us where our deepest struggle lies in our suffering.

In his book, The Healing Path, Dan Allender writes: “Suffering changes the human heart. Suffering changes the way we see ourselves and others, and how we see God. How we deal with suffering is one of the greatest learning experiences of our lives.”

In this week’s installment we will take note of the three words Peter uses to describe this God who allows our suffering.