Politics, Prophets, and God’s Kingdom pt2

1 Peter 4.7-19

1. Accept Politics

2. Stay Prophetic (1.1) “The Word of the Lord . . .”

3. Proclaim God’s Kingdom (1.2-13)

   1. Remember the Great Divorce Is Coming (1.2-3)

      1. See Acts 24.24-25 and Proverbs 25.28

   2. Start with the People of God (1.4-1.9) (1 Peter 4.7-19)

      1. Baal Worship (Syncretism) (1.4-7)

      2. Worldly Leaders (1.8)

      3. Superstitious/Occultic/Magical Practices (1.9)

      4. Violence and Fraud (1.9b)

   3. Understand Why We Set Ourselves up for Judgement (1.10-13)