1 Peter 4:7-11

End-Time Ethics

⁷ Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer. ⁸ Above all, maintain an intense love for each other, since love covers a multitude of sins.^[a] 9 Be hospitable to one another without complaining. ¹⁰ Based on the gift each one has received, use it to serve others,as good managers of the varied grace of God. ¹¹ If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

This week we will be praying for each other.  It will be good!!!

1 Peter 4:1-6

TJ and Andrea re up this week

Following Christ

4 Therefore, since Christ suffered^[a] in the flesh,^[b] equip^[c] yourselves also with the same resolve^[d]—because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin^[e]— ² in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires,^[f] but for God’s will. ³ For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do:^[g] carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry. ⁴ So they are surprised that you don’t plunge with them into the same flood^[h] of wild living—and they slander you. ⁵ They will give an account to the One who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. ⁶ For this reason the gospel was also preached to those who are now dead, so that, although they might be judged by men in the fleshly realm,^[i] they might live by God in the spiritual realm.^[j]

Questions:

1.     What is meaning of being equipped with the same resolve? A

2.    They are surprised you don’t jump into the same sins. Why? A

3.    What does it mean to plunge into the flood? T

4.    Who can save you from the flood of sins? T

5.    What are the flood sins at Riverview? A

6.    How can we stay away from the flood? T

Food Bank

Riverview FCA helped out at the Food Bank this past weekend.  It was a great opportunity to help local people in our community.  A large food company made one of the largest donations in Food Bank history by providing hundreds of thousands of cans of tomato sauce.  Our job was to place a label on every food can with ingredients and place them in a smaller container to be shipped throughout the community.