Suffering as a Christian (1 Peter 4.12–19)

October 12 2025

Topic: Audio

Book: 1 Peter

10/12/2025 – Sunday Sermon – Shane Koehler –

  1. Suffering Is Not Strange (4.12)
  2. Suffering Identifies us with Christ (4.13–14)
  3. Suffering Must Be Righteous (4.15–16)
  4. Suffering Prepares God’s Judgment (4.17–18)
  5. Suffering Requires Trust (4.19)

Summary: Believers can respond to suffering with joy, when they realize that suffering for Christ is the divinely appointed means by which God refines His people’s faith and proves their fellowship with Christ.