Confirm Your Calling and Election
The church of Christ on McDermott Road
by mmcgaha
3d ago
Being God’s chosen, elect, and called people is not a passive identity. It is an identity we must live into. Peter tells his audience to “be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election.” In other words, we need to live in such a way that proves or demonstrates we are God’s sanctified ..read more
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Submitting to Our Shepherds
The church of Christ on McDermott Road
by mmcgaha
1w ago
Most modern Westerners think very individualistically, even about our spirituality. When it comes to the church, we tend to think of the church in the same category as a business at which we are customers, an organization to which we are donors, or an establishment in which we have a membership in order to receive goods and services ..read more
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The Sort of Shepherds We Need
The church of Christ on McDermott Road
by mmcgaha
2w ago
Followers of Jesus are like a flock of sheep in need of good shepherds. Peter described how the elders were to shepherd in such a way that they would please Jesus, “the chief Shepherd.” McDermott Road members will soon begin recommending men to serve as additional elders of our congregation. These men should have the sort of character ..read more
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Saved to Suffer, Serve, and Steward God’s Grace
The church of Christ on McDermott Road
by mmcgaha
3w ago
Followers of Jesus are called to bless, do good, pursue peace, and show hospitality, using whatever gifts we’ve been given to serve one another. This is what it looks like to live a saved life; but a saved life is not always a safe life. Sometimes Christians must follow Jesus’ example by suffering while doing good. Whether we ..read more
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Chosen People, Royal Priesthood, Holy Nation
The church of Christ on McDermott Road
by mmcgaha
1M ago
When Peter refers to followers of Jesus as chosen, royal, and holy he does not do so to merely  make them feel good about themselves. He is helping them understand that salvation comes with a vocation. In fact, the two are inseparable. Being God’s people, priesthood, and nation is a lifestyle and a full-time job. What would ..read more
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Be Holy, for I Am Holy
The church of Christ on McDermott Road
by mmcgaha
1M ago
From the very first words of Peter’s letter, it is obvious that Peter wants followers of Jesus to see themselves as God’s chosen people, set apart by the “sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood.” We are saved and set apart to live a particular sort of life ..read more
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Loyalty Without Limits
The church of Christ on McDermott Road
by mmcgaha
1M ago
All year we have studied about loyalty, faithfulness, and allegiance to King Jesus. In this final lesson, we will consider some of Jesus’ strongest words on the sort of loyalty he is looking for in his followers. He wants a loyalty without limits. A loyalty that, by comparison, makes all of our other commitments look ..read more
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Hope Vindicated
The church of Christ on McDermott Road
by mmcgaha
1M ago
The birth of Jesus is the vindication of hope. The faithful children of Abraham had been waiting for centuries for God to fulfill his promises. Of course, his promises seemed too good to be true and it had been hundreds of years since the Jewish people had returned after the exile. So, those who continued ..read more
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Hope Exercised
The church of Christ on McDermott Road
by mmcgaha
2M ago
Hope cannot be exercised when we are comfortable and at ease. It is exercised when we are starving and famished, but are also joyfully confident that we be “satisfied as with fat and rich food.” In other words, we don’t hope for what we already have, but for what we know God will provide because ..read more
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Hope Defended
The church of Christ on McDermott Road
by mmcgaha
2M ago
Hopeful people are often attacked by the cynical, who see the hopeful as “a leaning wall” or a “tottering fence.” They scoff and say things like, “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!” (Psalm 22:8). If we’re not careful, we can take these cynical ..read more
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