Finding Home in an Unsettled World | Wk 5 The Holy Witness of Mercy Based Justice

Preacher: Kathy Maskell

1 Peter 2:10-12,16-17

10  Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
11  Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12  Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
16  Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God's slaves.  17  Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.

1 Peter 4:8-11

8  Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.  9  Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 
10  Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as
faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.  11  If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.