“Success Through Suffering” 1 Peter 3:18-22

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Date: February 28, 2021 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

“He is no fool, to give up what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose!” That very convicting statement was made by Jim Elliott, a Plymouth Brethren missionary who was one of five young men who were killed, trying to get the gospel to the Auca Indians of Ecuador. The basis upon which such a statement can be made is one’s full surrender to the Lordship of Christ, and these five men had answered that call. Upon the news of their deaths, many young people surrendered to call to serve as missionaries, and many missionaries applied to finish the assignment God had given to these five men. Eventually, Jim’s wife, Elizabeth, and their daughter, Valerie, were able to share the gospel with the tribe that had speared those five men to death. Please join us for this next sermon in this series: “How Should We Then Live?” Title of this sermon is, “Success through Suffering”

“He is no fool, to give up what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose!” That very convicting statement was made by Jim Elliott, a Plymouth Brethren missionary who was one of five young men who were killed, trying to get the gospel to the Auca Indians of Ecuador. The basis upon which such a statement can be made is one’s full surrender to the Lordship of Christ, and these five men had answered that call. Upon the news of their deaths, many young people surrendered to call to serve as missionaries, and many missionaries applied to finish the assignment God had given to these five men. Eventually, Jim’s wife, Elizabeth, and their daughter, Valerie, were able to share the gospel with the tribe that had speared those five men to death.

Please join us for this next sermon in this series: “How Should We Then Live?” Title of this sermon is, “Success through Suffering”

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The purpose of Peter’s letter was to encourage those 1 st Century Christians who were suffering persecution for their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior by challenging them to consider how Jesus handled the suffering He endured to achieve their eternal salvation.

Christians of every generation should expect to suffer some level of persecution: 2 Timothy 3:12

Therefore, when faced with persecution, Christians are to stand before their persecutors as a mirror of Christ.

Jesus suffered, and Jesus died! But it was through His suffering and His death that He achieved our victory over sin, death, and the grave.

Peter gave two examples of how Christ triumphed through suffering.

If we are called to suffer at the hands of a hostile world, we can trust God to vindicate us in His way, in His time, and for His glory.

The time may come when we, the saved, may suffer at the hands of the unsaved, as a witness for Christ to the unsaved.

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