First Peter: Humility | Part 2: Foreigner — Sojourners and Pilgrims

Foreigner

1 Peter 2:11, “Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims…”

1. Be a resident stranger.

Sojourners and pilgrims – strangers from a strange place.

1 Peter 2:11-12, “…abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.”

2. Be offensively attractive.

To be offensive, it takes courage.

To be attractive, it takes compassion.

1 Peter 2:13-16, “Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men – as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.

3. Be submissively free.

Romans 13:1-2, “Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.”

Acts 5:29, But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.”

To be submissive, it takes humility.

To be free, it takes responsibility.

1 Peter 2:17, Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.