Love Covers a Multitude of Sins Sermon 31 in I Peter Series
1 Peter 4:7-8
I. The Exhortation to Prayer
1. Serious The Greek Word translated serious literally means “having a sound mind”.
2. Watchful This word is used 6 times in the NT and Peter uses it 3 times just in this little book of I Peter. 1:13, 4:7, 5:8 Literally sober -- It is the opposite of drunkenness. Your mind is alert and clear.
II. The Exhortation to Love v. 8
III. Love Covers a Multitude of Sins
1. It's a proverb, not a command. Prov. 10:12 Hatred – the opposite of love stirs up strife Love – on the other hand – leads to peace – love covers over those irritating matters that cause friction among us.
2. There are two keys to understanding this passage.
1) The idea extends to covering the sins of another, not our own. 2) The key word is “covered” and what it means. covers = “to obliterate” or “make it disappear”.
3. We all want our own personal sins to be covered.
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Great Sermon! To those of us who have received so much mercy and then not to extend it to others is a shame to the name of our Great God and Savior. I need to remember to extend this kind of love. I'm grateful for this sermon, it's a blessing.
Pastor Steve came to Christ at the age of 11. He graduated from Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in 1979 with a B.A. in theology as the Valedictorian of his class. He joined our church in 1978, came on staff, full-time in 1980, was ordained as an Elder in 1982, and became...