Above all, love - Serve Him

by Pastor Calvin Lee

ABBA Father loves you!

1 Peter 4:7-11
This verse focus on 7 critical words : "The end of all things is near"

The End
All Things (music stops, curtains will fall, show will end)
Near (impending, approaching, the coming of our lord Jesus Christ)

(1) Be aware of eschatological (End times) realities
- When you see "therefore" in the bible, you gotta see what is is "there for"

(2) Be absolutely purposeful in our living
- since the end of all things is near, live with a sense of urgency, live your life purposefully

3 important areas :
A. Pray Soberly, take care of your soul. Keep your walk closely with God
1 Peter 4:7

B. Love Fervently
1 Peter 4:8-9
- love someone until that someone comes to know the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. The important is the salvation of God

C. Serve Faithfully
1 Peter 4:10-11

4 Observations :
1. Principle
Each one has received a spiritual gift
eg. hospitality, giving, singing, writing, administration etc...

2. Practice
Each one should use it!
- gifts are truths not trophy
- there are gifts still remain wrapped up in church today
- use it for His glory
- when you serve God, you don't look at men
- don't allow past setbacks or disappointment to stop you from serving God

3. Power
Each one relies on God's strength
- it's not about your competent, capabilities or whether you are good enough
- look at the people in the bible (Noah, Joshua, Nehemiah etc)
- unless you spread out your wings, you will not know how far you could fly

4. Purpose
Use it for His glory!
1 Corinthians 10:31
- for whom am I doing it for?
- remember the story of Jesus asking his disciples to pick up stones along the way and then turned it into bread? after that Peter pick up a big stone into which Jesus asked to throw it away? Think, when Peter pick up the stone for first time, it was obey. When he did it second time, he did it for himself thinking he's going to have "bigger" bread.

YOLO =
You
Only
Live
Once!