Corrective and safeguarding measures inflicted on the body usually feel unpleasant at the moment but endurable when one considers what he/she is being saved from; take chemotherapy for example. In the same breadth, Peter, in this passage, exhorts us to endure suffering knowing God has a perfect goal in the end. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to urge us to rejoice in our suffering because God is saving us through our suffering!
The reality of the end of a life brings in new perspectives and new approaches to life; approaching things with earnestness and clarity. In the same breadth, Peter brings the end of all things to a greater light in this text, showing what our posture should be in light of the upcoming judgment and Christ's return. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, urges us to practice Christian community like there is no tomorrow!
How we suffer is inextricably tied to our godliness. In reminding us that the path of godliness is paved with commitment to suffer like Jesus, John Musyimi draws our attention to how our relationship with sin is affected by the mindset we bring to our suffering.
The notion of hopelessness in the face of dire challenges and suffering is widely popularized in this world, abandoning all hope due to the nature of our circumstances. However, this notion's contrariety to Christian beliefs is what Peter challenges in this text in 1 Peter. He commands us that even though hell itself be against us, we ought to face it with an audacious confidence; a confidence not rooted in us but in the resurrection of Jesus. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us how Christ is our confidence in our suffering!
Exodus 1 presents us with a compelling case of the indestructible and undefeated nature of who God is and what He does. Unlike some manmade and man-driven agendas which start out well but end up futile, like the Titanic, what God purposes, He fulfills. In this sermon, as seen in the example of the growth of the Israelites, Isaac helps us see that God's purpose unstoppable by earthly opposition is advanced by those who fear Him!
Do you feel as though God is silent when you pray, and has abandoned you in your suffering? The writer of Psalms 74 also felt that God had forsaken their nation in the face of national catastrophe. In this sermon, Mark Ben Thuku encourages us to use this psalm as a template to express our lament, and to remember the God who never forgets his people.
Many entertain the notion that Christianity is everything other than the work that entails being a Christian. Many come to Christ seeking His life but not prepared to put in the work. This is what meets us in this passage in Peter, where he urges the readers that for those who desire to inherit God's blessing, for those who name the name of Christ, they must actively turn away from sin. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, exhorts us to be righteous and from that, you will be blessed!
There is a skewed mentality prevailing in the world about marriage, and more specifically, about wives as being a burden to their husbands. A log they would want to be free from. Our passage in Peter, however, presents us with a different view. Peter exhorts us that husbands should carry the posture of care and honor to their wives as they share in the same grace of life and due to their delicate nature. Pastor John Musyimi seeks to show us in this sermon that godly husbands care for their wives because godly husbands care about God!
The counter-cultural aspect of Christian living is portrayed yet again in this passage in 1 Peter. Where the world esteems beauty through outward expressions of garments and facial adornments, God's Word expresses it quite differently. Peter, in this passage, portrays that a wife's beauty is submission to their husband; a concept not grasped by many in the world. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that compelling submission is the incorruptible beauty of a Christian wife!
Daniel 2 brings out an immense picture of a people taken into exile and in constant worry of the adversities they are under. And in this same picture, we see Daniel and a group of three friends whose hope is in something greater, a God who controls the outcome of all things. This story highly relates to our daily living where we face different trials, and it is in this same breadth that Pastor Majola seeks to exhort us, that in the midst that all that shakes us, we would be firm people who are unshaken because our faith is in a God whose Kingdom is unshaken!
This life is full of turmoil. And this is no new feat in the area of authority. Some often find themselves under harsh bosses, and as Christians, Peter has urged us in his book what we ought to do when we find ourselves in such tough providences. In this passage, we see Christ as the better example who endured such conflict without sinning. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, exhorts us to endure unjust masters by entrusting ourselves to our just God!
Proverbs 3 is a collection of Solomon's proverbs which at the core of it focuses on the heart of man. Humans generally agree that there is a deep problem with man, and have devised so many ways to address this problem. Diverse rituals and philosophies have been devised to get to the root of this. However, at the heart of Christianity, we see a greater hope and solution that traverses man's chiefest devisings. Pastor Richard Chege, in this sermon, seeks to show us that our deepest problems are heart problems, and God's deepest work is heart transformation.
1 Kings 13, a commonly bewildering Biblical text, sets out to show us that God's commands ought to be fully followed and any diversion from this leads to certain destruction. Just like certain outlined instructions not followed in any constructive project here on earth leads to flawed outcomes, the same applies to the instructions God gives to be followed by His people. Luke Sloterdyk, in this sermon, seeks to show us that an incomplete obedience is complete disobedience!
Unlike what is commonly mistaken in this world that freedom frees us from submission to the law, this passage in Peter echoes a different emphasis. Peter argues in this passage that due to the sole reason that we belong to God and His rule, we ought to be obedient to the governing bodies He has placed over us, even in this world that is passing away. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, shows us explicitly that living as a good citizen is the Christian thing to do!
Certain environments and certain identities influence how we conduct ourselves in this world. As a practitioner, it would influence how you conduct your life on a day to day basis. The same is true for a Christian. Peter, in this passage, portrays the way Christians ought to conduct themselves as they encounter the wars they face in this world, flowing from who they are, as witnesses of God to a watching world. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that the Christian's fight is a Christian fight!
This passage in 1 Peter portrays the sure foundation Christians are built upon, Christ Himself. Just like the famous analogy of houses built on sand vis-à-vis houses built on stone, the contrast is clear in the book of Peter of the work God is doing in building His house! Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to emphasize that God is building His people on Christ!
The call to love is a call to function from the heart, not just perform superficial actions. This is what meets us in this passage in Peter. Just like every other action which we can analyze its sincerity by the person doing it, so is the call to love and the actions that ensue from this. Peter, in this passage, shows us that God's love is rooted in the unchangeable Word of God. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, thereby seeks to show us that the love the gospel requires is love that the gospel inspires!
Despite how esteemed it is in this world, Maslow's hierarchy of needs fails to capture the direst need any person has, which is their need of forgiveness. Sin has plagued the human, separating him from his ultimate good and subjecting him to utter futility. However, God has not left us to our own demise. Mark Ben Thuku, in this sermon, seeks to show us that anyone who thirsts for mercy is invited to God's feast of forgiveness!
In this world full of strivings without and within, the Christian is often compared to a soldier who ought to be always on guard as they navigate this world. This is what meets us in this passage in Peter, where after a series of description of who they are and what they have in Christ, instructs them on how they ought to live as redeemed children of God. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that sober Christian minds are needful for sober Christian lives!
We at times desire and seek to know hidden things and have the privilege of knowing information not publicly available to many for one reason or the other. In the same breadth, as seen in this passage, the prophets of old, and even heavenly beings, sought to know the hidden riches of the gospel which Christ only made available to us, making us to have such a great privilege. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that what Christ veiled from others, He has unveiled to us!
