Sermons on 1 Peter 2:18:

Submitting To Those In Authority Over Us Series

Contributed by Matthew Stoll on May 31, 2008

How Christians are supposed to live in submission under the God given governing and workplace authorities.

Since Easter we have been looking at Jesus’ disciple Peter and his first letter. This is a man who walked with Jesus when he was on the earth. He was one of the twelve disciples. His life was transformed by the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ and he became one of the leaders of the early ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:13-24

Denomination: Methodist

This Could Be The Start Of Something Big: Look Within Series

Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Feb 9, 2010

What the Church needs today...

Look Within I Peter 2:11-25 1 Peter 2:11-25 11 Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-25

Denomination: Church Of God

Making The Most Of A Bad Situation

Contributed by Larry Wise on Mar 21, 2010

How to handle trials, unfairness and inustice

Making the Most of a Bad Situation I Peter 2:18-25 ILL.- On Veterans Day a Boulder, Colorado, man parked his car in a metered area. Noting a sign saying “Sundays and Holidays Excepted,” he didn’t put in a coin. But his car was ticketed, and he went to city hall to ask why. It ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:18-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Life Isn't Fair Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 28, 2016

Life Isn’t Fair. What are we as believers supposed to do about it?

LIFE ISN’T FAIR 1 PETER 2:11-25 INTRODUCTION Life Isn’t Fair. * In the very first family, Adam and Eve had one son kill another over worshipping God (of all things) and that son was banished out of the family. That isn’t fair. (Genesis 4) * Abraham had a son born to him by ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Centrality Of The Cross

Contributed by Rajendra Kadia on Mar 3, 2016

The cross of Christ is in the centre of God's Word and His world.

THE CENTRALITY OF THE CROSS Scripture: 1 Peter 2:13-25 Introduction: The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is central in God's Word and God's World. It is outworking of the God's redemptive purpose in time and eternity. The message of the cross is central in the Old Testaments, Psalm, the Prophets, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:13-25

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Grace At Home Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on May 5, 2021

Submit to your mate, and so win him and woo him with an irresistible inner beauty.

If you have ever assembled a piece of IKEA furniture with a spouse, you will appreciate this short video, called “Things never said by couples assembling IKEA items.” Now, there is a couple of places where some foul language is used, so please be forewarned. Take a look. (Show video: “Things never ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:1-6, 1 Peter 2:12, 1 Peter 2:13-17, 1 Peter 3:7, Ephesians 5:21-33, 1 Peter 2:13, 1 Peter 2:18, 1 Peter 2:23, Philippians 2:3-4  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical Free

1 Peter, Ch.2 Series

Contributed by John Lowe on May 18, 2021

Christians cannot stay the way they are, and Peter urges his people to do away with evil things and set their hearts on that which can nourish life.

Tom Lowe 4/3/2021 Text: 1 Peter, Chapter 2 (KJV) 1Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby: 3If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious4To ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-25

Denomination: Baptist

Making Sense Of Suffering Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021

God is the unseen factor for the world. They will never understand our behavior when we live to God.

William Jackson was a slave in the home of Confederate president Jefferson Davis during the Civil War. It turns out he was also a spy for the Union Army, providing key secrets to the North about the Confederacy. Jackson was Davis' house servant and personal coachman. He learned high-level ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:18-23

Denomination: Baptist

Steps To Christian Maturity Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 29, 2021

The Bible is not just a reference book. It is to be our daily menu if we want to be mature. It will put muscles on our faith, marrow in our hope and blood in our heart of love.

There is one calling that every Christian has without exception, and that is the calling to maturity. We are born into the household of God as babes in Christ, but we are not to remain infants. We are to grow up into the fullness of the stature of Christ. The speed with which we achieve this goal ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-19

The Christian Response To Injustice Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 29, 2021

Christians are not unique in their opposition to injustice, but we find their uniqueness as we examine the response they are to make to unjust acts against them, and the reasons for making this response

Injustice is an evil that has been so universally despised that one need not depend on Christian authors alone to attack it. Cambyses, the king of ancient Persia, had a keen sense of justice. When he discovered that a close friend was taking advantage of his secure relationship to him by selling ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:18

When You Are Mistreated

Contributed by Grant Adams on Apr 4, 2021

Have you been mistreated in any way in the last few weeks? I want to help us focus on the bad deals we have received and see how we can turn those into times we can praise God.

1. I wonder if you have been treated unfairly in any way this week. a. To a child, did your parents blame you for something your brother or sister did? b. At school, did your teacher get you for something the fellow behind you did? And you tried to explain and made matters worse. c. I am talking ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:18-25, 1 Peter 3:8-18, 1 Peter 4:12-19

Denomination: Baptist

Grace At Work Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 28, 2021

Submit even to a ruthless and unjust boss and so experience grace and fulfill your calling.

After a year’s worth of good, hard work, some employers like to provide a year-end bonus for their employees. Now, most employees appreciate those bonuses, but there are some who inwardly groan at what their employer gives them. Just a few years ago (December 6, 2014), a reporter for the BBC, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:13-25, Luke 23:34, Luke 23:46

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Attitude Of A Servant Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 30, 2021

1) Mandate (1 Peter 2:18) and the 2) Motive for Submission (1 Peter 2:19-21).

Although the literal reading of this text is for servants and masters, we will discuss the concept in a relational sense this morning to the workplace with employers and employees. Therefore, even though there is no exact parallel to such ‘servant’ status in modern society, the fact that this was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:18-20

Denomination: Other

An Exposition Of 1 Peter, Part 14: Christianity And Slavery

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jan 29, 2022

How does a church consisting of people who have been freed in Christ deal with slavery?

Christianity and Slavery 1 Peter 2:18-20 Introduction In the last study, we discussed the obligation to submit to lawful secular authority at all levels from the king on down. The Church was not to rebel against this authority as all authority comes from God. We are to model good conduct in a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:18-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Endurance Under Stress Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Feb 9, 2022

Does coming to Christ mean the end of suffering? Sorry, no it does not. To this, suffering, you were called. Christ suffered and left an example of suffering. We have great verses in 21-25 about what Christ’s death on the cross means. Christ suffered for you.

It was one of those dramatic stories. The town ruffian named Big Joe became a Christian. After all the noses he had broken, black eyes he had given the meanest toughest man in town accepts Christ and becomes a changed man. Now instead of a violent temper he endured patiently, even under stress. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:13-25

Denomination: Baptist