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The Freedom to Forget The Freedom to Forget 1 Peter 5:5-7 Pastor John Sloan Intr troduc

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• n: Proud people don’t laugh a lot. They have far too many things

about which to concern themselves. Things the rest of us don’t take seriously

• enough. And what might people think if they fell off a chair or rolled on the ground

with a great howl. Their reputations might be stained. Their dignity might be

• impugned. Here’s the beautiful thing about humility: not only does it honor God

but it allows us to enjoy something very precious: freedom. 01. 01. 02. 02. 03. 03.

NOVEMBER 24, 2013 SERMON NOTES

[A STUDY THROUGH 1 PETER]

TESTED BY FIRE

• 1. Why does Peter specifically address those who are “younger” in v.5?
• 2. What are some misguided notions of humility, things humility is decidedly not?

Which of these false virtues are you most inclined to demonstrate?

• 3. What does it mean for you to be humble in your relationships

with others in the church?

• 4. Why does God oppose the proud?
• 5. What is the significance of God’s “mighty hand” in v. 6?
• 6. Christianity is the only so-called religion where acceptance comes before
• performance. What does that mean? And how does it motivate us to love and

submit to God?

• 7. What anxieties do you face at the moment? What does it mean to cast them on

the Lord?

NOVEMBER 24, 2013 SERMON NOTES

[A STUDY THROUGH 1 PETER]

TESTED BY FIRE

The Freedom to Forget The Freedom to Forget 1 Peter 5:5-7 Pastor John Sloan

• 1. 01. Gospel-humility is spontaneous self-forgetfulness that springs from an

identity firmly rooted in Christ.

• 2. “Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most

people call ‘humble’ nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody. Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him. If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all.” C.S. Lewis

• 3. 02. When we take our eyes off ourselves and humbly trust in God, He will honor

us in a way that He deems best.

• 4. “The hope of the Christian faith is dependent on God’s display of strength, not
• urs. God is in the business of destroying our idol of self-sufficiency in order to

reveal himself as our sole sufficiency. This is God’s way—he kills in order to make alive; he strips us in order to give us new clothes. He lays us flat on our back so that we’re forced to look up. God’s office of grace is located at the end of our rope. The thing we least want to admit is the one thing that can set us free: the fact that we’re weak.”

• 5. 03. When we grasp the depth of God’s love for us, we’re freed from the constant

worries about ourselves, and (finally) able to be genuinely concerned about the needs of others.

NOVEMBER 24, 2013 SERMON SLIDES

[A STUDY THROUGH 1 PETER]

TESTED BY FIRE