To Him be the power forever and ever. Amen.To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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… and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. What I wanna take a look at, this is not an exhaustive list, but the way I see this text is Peter is showing us at least five ways that men are typically taken off of that wall by the schemes of the enemy. The first one I see is this, is pride. It's pride. This is why Peter says, humble yourself therefore under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you. And pride is really hard to see in yourself because you like what's looking back in the mirror. submit. Are you prideful? Do you demand credit? Do you demand a thank you? Here's how you know if you're prideful. When you look at a group photo, do you determine it's an okay photo based solely on you in the picture? And it's so hard to see in ourselves. In fact, if right now you're thinking, I need to send this to my brother-in-law, you're the prideful one. …
… to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you to him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen. I see here Peter laying out some of the schemes of the enemy that he has historically taken men out. Here's what's so wonderful about God's word. This is not an old book. This is a timeless book. This thing is living and active. It doesn't just tell you what happened, it tells you what always happens. And so Peter is warning men about some ways that the enemy historically has taken men out. I'm gonna give you five of them. It's not an exhaustive list. This is just what Peter addresses. The first one is this. One of the ways that the enemy takes out men is this. Pride. Pride. This is why he says, humble yourself therefore under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time, he may exalt you. Let me tell you the problem with pride. You hardly ever see it in yourself. …
… will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you to him be the dominion forever and ever, amen. By Silvanus, a faithful brother, as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. stand firm in it. She who is at Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings, and so does Mark, my son. Greet one another with the kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ. As I said this morning, it's tempting when we come to the end of one of these letters to think that we just have an assortment, a hodgepodge of material and exhortations to wrap up this letter. All the big doctrinal points are out there. All of the meaty stuff has been communicated. All the soaring passages have been read. When you think of almost any of these epistles, you think about the high mountain point, It's usually not in that last paragraph where he mentions the people and gives the greetings and tells you to kiss each other. …