If you attend Lakemont Presbyterian Church, then you are aware that we just finished a sermon series that started over a year ago, and took us all the way through the book of 1 Corinthians. If you do not attend Lakemont, now you are up to speed. Just as a heads-up, this Sunday we begin a new series… this time we are working through the book of 1 Peter. I am assuming some may think: “ok good, that answers my question.” Others may think: “ummmm… seriously? We just finished one book and now its time to tackle another??” So a good question to ponder is: why? Why immediately move from one book to another?
1 Peter Collage
As one that prepares sermons, and preaches with some regularity, let me be honest… “deciding what I want to say and then going to God’s Word to back it up” is a constant temptation. The intention behind preaching through a book of the Bible consecutively is not to keep the preacher from having to figure out what he is going to “preach on” each Sunday, but is instead (in part) TO KEEP the preacher from figuring out what he is going to “preach on” each Sunday.
We talk a lot about desiring the Holy Spirit to guide and lead, but then we hang on tightly to the reigns. If you attend Lakemont Presbyterian Church, I would encourage you to come to worship on Sunday morning with no hands on the reigns, and lets set out together to see what the Lord would have us learn from the letter he had Peter write (under inspiration) to the early church. God’s Word is for His people… His whole Word, in it’s entirety… I look forward to studying through 1 Peter as we seek to be students of His whole Word.
