As followers of Jesus Christ:
- We Should Walk in with God and One Another.
1 Peter 5:1-3 I exhort the elders among you as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory about to be revealed: 2 Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed for money but eagerly; 3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
1 Peter 5:4 4 And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
John 10:11-14 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. 13 This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care about the sheep.14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me,
1 Peter 5:5 In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because “God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:6-7 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.
As followers of Jesus Christ:
- We Should Be Mindful of the and be in Our Resistance.
1 Peter 5:8-9 8 Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour. 9 Resist him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same kind of sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.
Colossians 2:15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; he triumphed over them in him.
James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
As followers of Jesus Christ:
- Pray For God to Us .
1 Peter 5:10 10 The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little while.
1 Peter 1:11 11 To him be dominion forever. Amen.