Standing Firm Against the Enemy (1 Peter 5:8-11)

1 Peter Standing Firm Against the Enemy (1 Peter 5:8-11)

IC@MK Sermon Series

1 Peter 5:8-9 8

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

1 Peter 5:10-11 10

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

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To him be the dominion forever and ever.

Amen.

1 Peter 5:12-14 12

By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.

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She who is at Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings, and so does Mark, my son.

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Greet one another with the kiss of love.

Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, as was necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith . . . may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 5:9-10 9

Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

10

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 5:8-9 8

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

9

Resist him, firm in your faith

Standing Firm Against the Enemy 1) Be Aware -- You Have an Enemy

(v. 8a)

1 Peter 1:13; 4:7 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.

1 Peter 5:8-9 8

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

9

Resist him, firm in your faith

Satan – “adversary” Devil – “accuser, slanderer”

Ephesians 2:2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience“the ruler of this world�

(John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11)

Standing Firm Against the Enemy 1) Be Aware -- You Have an Enemy

(v. 8a)

2) Stay Awake -- Your Enemy is Deadly

(v. 8b)

1 Peter 5:8-9 8

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

9

Resist him, firm in your faith

The Enemy’s Strategy • Deceives (hides God’s Truth)

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

2 Corinthians 4:4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

The Enemy’s Strategy • Deceives (hides God’s Truth) • Distorts (makes sin attractive)

2 Corinthians 11:14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

1 Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

The Enemy’s Strategy • Deceives (hides God’s Truth) • Distorts (makes sin attractive) • Divides (causes disunity in the Church)

Ephesians 4:26-27 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.

The Enemy’s Strategy • Deceives (hides God’s Truth) • Distorts (makes sin attractive) • Divides (causes disunity in the Church) • Distracts (tempts believers to be ineffective)

2 Corinthians 11:3 But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

The Enemy’s Strategy • Deceives (hides God’s Truth) • Distorts (makes sin attractive) • Divides (causes disunity in the Church) • Distracts (tempts believers to be ineffective) • Discourages (hinders Christian ministry)

1 Thessalonians 3:5 For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.

Standing Firm Against the Enemy 1) Be Aware -- You Have an Enemy

(v. 8a)

2) Stay Awake -- Your Enemy is Deadly

3) Resist Him -- You Have a Savior

(v. 8b)

(v. 9-10)

1 Peter 5:8-9 8

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

9

Resist him, firm in your faith

Ephesians 6:11-13 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.

James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 5:9-10 9

Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

10

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

1 John 3:8 The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Romans 16:20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.

Standing Firm Against the Enemy 1) Be Aware -- You Have an Enemy

(v. 8a)

2) Stay Awake -- Your Enemy is Deadly

(v. 8b)

3) Resist Him -- You Have a Savior

(v. 9-10)

4) Stand Firm -- Your Savior is King

(v. 11)

1 Peter 5:9-10 9

Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

10

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 1:3 According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.

By his wounds you have been healed.

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God

1 Peter 1:5 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 3:22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

1 Peter 5:11-12 11

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To him be the dominion forever and ever.

Amen.

By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.

1 John 5:19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

2 Corinthians 4:4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.