Cedar Hills Community Church - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

High Expectations in Exile.Pastor Kent Landhuis THEME - Where is the hope?TEXT - 1 Peter 1:1-12OUTLINEWhere does your hope come from?1. We live in exile.a. God’s elect, scattered in exile. 1 Peter 1:1ab. Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 1 Peter 2:112. We live with hope.a. We live with the hope of God’s great mercy.b. We live with the hope of inexpressible joy.c. We live with the hope of going home.d. Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. 1 Peter 1:13NEXT STEPS1. Read 1 & 2 Peter.2. Claim your exile status.3. Be hopeful.GO DEEPERThe Politics of Church: Food for Thought…The church used to be politically subversive. Jesus and the apostles proclaimed a message that disrupted everyone regardless of political persuasion. Think about that…Seeing our true condition as exiles in a strange land will help us get our politics stra