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1 Peter 3:9 sure is a wake up call after reading 1 Peter 3:8. We can all imagine ourselves being compassionate, loving, humble and sympathetic (v.8) . But can you imagine yourself repaying evil with good? Like really, really horrendous evil? I personally can't. But in Peters letter to the Church, he is calling new Christians to live completely counter culturally. Even though these Christians were exiled from their homes and suffered under a government who openly and actively made their lives as difficult as possible.

Obedience to the kinds of things Peter is writing about is what Christians regard as following the Lord and not themselves. We are to act as Jesus acted. We are called to put aside our desire for vengeance and seek justice and forgiveness instead. We are not called to be yet another instrument of evil in this world. So we cling to the God of justice and compassion, through the small injustices of every day life and great tragedies that can befall us in this sinful and broken world. This week Pastor Mark walks us through verse 1 Peter 3: 8-12, please join us!
~KT
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We are made to be in community. As humans, we thrive when we have a sense of belonging and camaradarie because we are created to be in relationship with one another. This week, Pastor Paul walks us through 1 Peter 3:8-12, focusing on verse 8. We learn what true Christian community looks like and how it is an honour to both celebrate and weep with one another.
~KT

Pastor Paul Vanden Brink walks us through one of the tougher passages in the bible, 1 Peter 3:1-7. After a few weeks of talking about biblical submission in different contexts , we land on the topic of biblical submission in marriage. But there are a few things to remember when we are reading a passage like this and any passage in the bible for that matter, the main one being context. And one of the biggest takeaways for us this week is this: God will never ask you to do something that will spiritually harm you. To find out more, tune in!
~KT

Here it is again, that word: submission. A few weeks ago, Pastor Mark preached on submitting ourselves to the government (and when that's appropriate or inappropriate) But in this passage, the apostle Peter is upping the ante by teaching us that we should submit to our bosses, even unjust ones. Yikes. What do we gain by doing this? Do we grow in our dependence on the Holy Spirit? Do we lean harder on the God who judges all things and will not let one soul pass through this life without giving a full account of their thoughts and actions? The answer is of course, yes. Tune in this week as Pastor Paul unpacks 1 Peter 2:18-25.

Listen in this week as Pastor Paul led us through Acts 2:1-41. The Holy Spirit is often referred to as a mystery and with good reason. There is so much we don't know about the Holy Spirit, and yet we learn so much about Him in the book of Acts. Tune in and discover more about the Holy Spirit as we observe Pentecost Sunday.

May 12th, 2024 | Freedom by Submission | Grace Valley Church, Dundas, Ontario by Grace Valley Church