Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Peter 4:7-11
by: Lisa Moore.
Peter’s instructions—be of sound judgment, be watchful in prayer, fervently love one another, be hospitable without complaining, serve one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God because of grace received—are not just good reading. They are foundational for godly fellowship. Service can only be accomplished by the strength which God supplies. How often do we act upon our feelings, complain, and love and serve only our friends? Godly fellowship suffers when we treat these admonitions as optional. We cannot assent to God’s Word only mentally. We must live it “so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ” (v.11).