known for his unique ability to simplify profound truth so that it can be applied to Everyday Life Adrien Rogers was one of the most effective preachers respected Bible teachers and Christian leaders of our time thanks for joining us for this message here’s Adrian Rogers and I want you to take your Bibles now today and turn with me to First Peter chapter 5 this is the last message today in a series of messages entitled Timeless truths for tough times and these are tough times in which we’re living Peter knew that those Christians
in that church to which he was speaking were about to go undergo severe persecution so he wrote the book of First Peter to give them some Timeless truths for these tough times and he’s trying to forewarn and forearm his people as your pastor I’m trying to do the same thing because I believe that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is headed for tribulation not the Great Tribulation but tribulation I believe we’re going to no troubles and trials and sorrows and heartaches in these last days now that doesn’t mean that’s
necessarily bad because Jesus will never be sweeter nor nearer nor dearer nor more powerful than when we’re going through those times times but we need to learn some Timeless truths for tough times because first Peter isn’t just what God has said it is what God is saying and remember I’ve told you if you want to understand a passage of scripture you asked three questions what did it mean then what does it mean now and then what does it mean to me personally now we’re going to be giving you today a survival kit for tough times or we might just say
how to hang tough when the going gets rough because it going is going to get rough today and you need to hang in there spiritually by the grace of God now what should you have in your survival kit well let’s read the scripture first of all 1 Peter 5:5 likewise ye younger submit yourselves unto the Elder y all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility for God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you in due time casting all your care upon
him for he carth for you be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour whom resist steadfast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world but the God of all Grace who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus after that ye have suffered a while make you perfect establish strengthen settle you to him be glory and Dominion forever and ever amen a survival kit for tough times what
