Message Notes

EVENING MESSAGE Thursday, 5 December 2019

THEME: “CONSECRATION”

GOD’S PLAN WONDERFULLY REVEALED

1. We are “a chosen generation” (1 Peter 2:9a)

2. We are also “a royal priesthood” (1 Peter 2:9b)

3. Furthermore, we are “His own special people” (1 Peter 2:9c)

AN APPRECIATION OF THIS DIVINE PLAN

1. We were once not a people of God (1 Peter 2:10a) But we are now a people of God

2.We had not obtained mercy But now we have become a people of God (1 Peter 2:10b)

CHALLENGE TO FULFIL WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED

1. A chosen generation

a) To be a part of that chosen generation

b) To be consecrated to fulfilling this plan

2. A royal priesthood

a) Priests have a special standing before God

b) They have access to God in prayer

c) They are called to serve God

3. His own special people

a) Protected

b) Provided for

c) Promise of God’s presence with them

4. To live according to God in the spirit

a) To live as God so wills it

b) To live for God from within the spirit

CONSECRATING OUR ALL TO GOD

1. God’s Gift found To use that gift as good stewards (1 Peter 4:10)

2. Suffering for Christ To rejoice when we are partakers of the sufferings of Christ (1 Peter 4:13)

a) Identification with Christ

b) Inspiration to bravely suffer for the Lord

3. The Spirit of glory He will rest upon all who are willing to suffer for the Lord (1 Peter 4:14)

a) He indwells every believer

b) He will especially rest upon the faithful

4. Glorifying God Amidst suffering for the Lord (1 Peter 4:16)

a) We can still praise Him

b) We can glorify Him

5. Steadfastness in faith (1 Peter 5:9)

a) Unafraid of suffering

b) Resisting the Evil One