Sermons on 1 Pedro 2:11:

If That's The Way Christians Act, I Want Nothing To Do With Their God!

Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 6, 2022

Lost people often use our failure to live as we ought to justify their rejection of Christ. While we cannot excuse them, we must know that we do offend. Therefore, we require grace to honour God and to avoid giving offence to the lost.

“Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.” ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-12

Denomination: Baptist

Walking The Walk

Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Jan 30, 2022

One of the hardest things to do as a committed follower of Jesus is to live in this world and not living like the world. Depending on the age in which you became a Christian a large part of our lives was living and doing what the world had to offer.

Intro: One of the hardest things to do as a committed follower of Jesus is to live in this world but not living like the world. Depending on the age in which you became a Christian a large part of our lives was living and doing what the world had to offer. 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-12

Denomination: Baptist

Your Position In Christ Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Feb 7, 2022

The priesthood of the believer. We all have positions of priests. We all have direct access to God. And it goes on. Christians are God’s own people. You are a special possession of God.

Do you remember the television show called Fantasy Island? For a fee of ten thousand dollars they would arrange a weekend of your fantasy to come true. That sounds pretty good. But God can do better than that. He will give you beyond what you ask or think. Not for a weekend but for a life and even ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-12

Denomination: Baptist

Protecting God's Good Name Series

Contributed by David Owens on Feb 14, 2022

This sermon brings this sermon series to an end. Since it should be our goal to make our lives all about God, then we should do our best to protect God's good name by our life of integrity and character. We are God's ambassadors and let's be the best ambassadors we can be.

A. Today’s sermon brings to a conclusion our sermon series “It’s All About God – Living A God-Centered Life.” 1. It has been a real joy and a real blessing for me to develop this sermon series using Max Lucado’s book “It’s Not About You” as a resource. 2. We have spent three months of Sundays ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-15, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Proverbs 22:1, Exodus 20:7, 1 Thessalonians 4:10-12, Titus 2:1-10, Romans 2:17-24, Psalm 69:5-6  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Sermon On Addiction

Contributed by William Meakin on Mar 11, 2022

Addiction is defined as the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity.

Wayne Gerard Trotman, a Trinidadian-British author once remarked: “Happiness is not to be found at the bottom of a bottle or from the tip of a needle; it is not to be found amidst a cloud of smoke or within a sugar-coated pill. If you look for it in these places, you will find naught but despair.” ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12, 1 Corinthians 15:33, 1 Peter 2:11, Matthew 6:13

Why Being Good Matters Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021

We must be vigilant and fight against gratifying ourselves in opposition to the will of God.

Today, I want to talk about “Why Being Good Matters.” And I want to express it in such a way that rebels who repent of their sins have hope. We want to examine our purpose in living against the backdrop of life itself. Not a sanitized view of life that we find in an ivory tower, stained glass ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-12, James 1:27

Denomination: Baptist

War Of Your Worlds Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021

When you see yourself as an alien and an exile with your citizenship in heaven, and God as your only Sovereign, you stop drifting with the current of the day. You ponder what is good for the soul and what honors God in everything.

When is something worth nothing? Zimbabwe’s central bank will introduce a $50 billion note -- enough to buy just two loaves of bread – as a way of fighting cash shortages amid spiraling inflation. Zimbabwe is grappling with hyperinflation now officially estimated at 231 million percent, and its ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-12

Denomination: Baptist

Peculiar People

Contributed by Mike Bryant on Jun 8, 2021

Israel's desire for a king is used to illustrate the temptation we face to be more like the rest of the world. But even though the world's view of us often chafes, it is God's plan that we be conspicuously different.

I) After Moses brought the nation of Israel out of Egypt, they did not have a king for many years. A) Unlike the nations around them, they were led by men and women, judges, who were direct intermediaries between God and man. B) Early on, the people tried to make one of those judges, Gideon, into ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 4:5-8, 1 Samuel 8:5, 1 John 2:15-17, John 15:19, 1 Peter 2:9-12, Romans 6:16-22  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Our Witness Among The World

Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Dec 18, 2019

Following a reminder of who believers are in Christ, Peter presented a challenge regarding their walk and witness among the world. We are expected to maintain purity personally, socially, and professionally.

Our Witness among the World 1 Peter 2: 11-20 After revealing the need for believers to abide in the Word, growing thereby, and building their lives upon Christ, the Corner-stone of our faith, Peter reminded us of our standing with the Lord, being positioned in Christ. Those who abide faithfully in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-20

Denomination: Baptist

Dead Faith Series

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Dec 30, 2019

Greetings in the Holy Name of Jesus Yahshuah, My sisters and brothers, you laid the guilt at the table of brotherhood ...

DEAD FAITH by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid “What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto ...read more

Scripture: James 2:18-26, 1 Peter 2:1-12, Colossians 3:9-10, Colossians 3:8, James 3:13, James 1:21, Genesis 2:22-24, Hebrews 11:1-8, Joshua 2:1-7, Philippians 3:14, Genesis 3:4-20, Joshua 2:1-24, Revelation 17:1-18, Joshua 6:12-25  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Friends

Why The Ten Commandments? Series

Contributed by Vic Folkert on Jan 8, 2019

Optional but important intro to a series on The Ten Commandments. Christians should live according to the commandments because, a) God gave them, b) They help us fulfill our role in his plan for salvation, and c) They are a guide to freedom.

WHY THE TEN COMANDMENTS? Exodus 20:1-2 A TV personality had as a guest on his show a congressman, who was advocating for displaying the Ten Commandments in public buildings. When asked why the commandments should be put on display in a courthouse, he answered, “Well, the Ten Commandments is not a ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 19:1-6, Exodus 20:1-2, John 8:31-36, Exodus 19:16-25, 1 Peter 2:9-12  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

This World Is Not Our Home Series

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Aug 23, 2015

examining the fact that we are pilgrims and strangers in this world.

This World Is Not Our Home I Peter 2:10-12 Listen online at - https://www.facebook.com/Stockdalebaptist or http://www.stockdalebaptist.com/ C. S Lewis once said - "If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:10-12

Denomination: Baptist

A Christian Is... An Alien And A Stranger Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 5, 2015

A Christian Is... An Alien and a Stranger Thesis: As Christians We are to be Different (Material adapted from Bob Tinsky's book, A Christian Is, Chapter 7, Pgs. 105-118)

HoHum: In the Ice Age movies a squirrel is on a never ending quest for the acorn. He tries and he tries to get that acorn, and meets with a variety of misadventures along the way. He never succeeds in getting the acorn. In one of these movies, the squirrel has a "near death" experience, and finds ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Being Salt Series

Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 31, 2023

Immediately following the Beatitudes, Jesus turned the instruction from character qualities of his followers to their function in the world as salt and light. Matthew 5:13 warns about failing to function as salt.

Intro We have found in our study of the Beatitudes that a certain kind of person is blessed (approved and favored by God). This follower of Christ has the same characteristics developed in him that we see in Christ. He is poor in spirit, mournful of anything that does not glorify God, meek, etc. It ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3-16, 1 Peter 2:9-12, Ephesians 4:1-3, John 3:1-19, Luke 14:35, 2 Corinthians 11:4-15, John 17:1-18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

Live In The World Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Aug 6, 2023

This is the 5th sermon in the series "Live Well".

Series: Live Well [#5] LIVE IN THE WORLD 1 Peter 2:11-25 Introduction: 1 Peter 2:11-12 It should be no surprise to Christians that we are 1 of the main reasons lost people have no interest in Jesus Christ and the fact that He can save them. Why is this true? It is because of the way we live ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-25

Denomination: Baptist