Live Like Jesus
LIVE LIKE JESUS
Join your Calvary Chapel family today (Sunday, May 31, 2026) at 10:00 a.m. in the main sanctuary or online via our website (www.calvaryinv.com), Facebook, or YouTube (Calvary Inverness).
We will come together to exalt Jesus, build one another up in love, and be equipped to share the gospel as we continue our in-depth study of 1 Peter (1:13-21).
Peter understood persecution. He had spent three and a half years with Jesus. Throughout that time, he and all of Jesus’ followers watched as He was pursued, attacked, conspired against, and finally arrested, tried, and crucified.
Every day brought another attempt by Jesus’ enemies to trap Him. They hung on every word He spoke, searching and probing for an opportunity to catch Him in something against their law. For anyone else, it would be enough to make them lose their appetite, sleep, and desire to live.
As each day passed, the pressure continued to mount. To make matters worse, Jesus had begun warning him and the others about what was coming. It was a dark shadow hanging over them. Yet it didn’t change Jesus one iota. He continued His mission, teaching, healing, and delivering the lost sheep of Israel.
Jesus never lost His focus. He had come to fulfill His Father’s perfect will. He was sent from Heaven to reveal God’s love to His people. He was the perfect Lamb of God who would take away the sins of the world.
Peter learned much by watching his teacher, mentor, and Savior. He observed how He responded to stress, trials, tribulations, persecution, and death. He never lost His cool or temper. He was never flustered or frustrated. He never blamed His enemies or played the victim.
Jesus’ entire life was focused on one thing. Obeying His Father. Nothing else mattered. None of what happened caught Him off guard. Long before the world’s foundation or Satan’s rebellion, the decision to send Jesus had been made.
Now, thirty years after Jesus’ death and resurrection, with Nero hunting Christians, Peter reminded those who had been scattered throughout the Empire that, in light of what God had done for them, they shouldn’t live in fear. Instead, they should make it their ambition to live as Christ lived. All for God’s glory.
In His strong love,
Pastor
Join your Calvary Chapel family today (Sunday, May 31, 2026) at 10:00 a.m. in the main sanctuary or online via our website (www.calvaryinv.com), Facebook, or YouTube (Calvary Inverness).
We will come together to exalt Jesus, build one another up in love, and be equipped to share the gospel as we continue our in-depth study of 1 Peter (1:13-21).
Peter understood persecution. He had spent three and a half years with Jesus. Throughout that time, he and all of Jesus’ followers watched as He was pursued, attacked, conspired against, and finally arrested, tried, and crucified.
Every day brought another attempt by Jesus’ enemies to trap Him. They hung on every word He spoke, searching and probing for an opportunity to catch Him in something against their law. For anyone else, it would be enough to make them lose their appetite, sleep, and desire to live.
As each day passed, the pressure continued to mount. To make matters worse, Jesus had begun warning him and the others about what was coming. It was a dark shadow hanging over them. Yet it didn’t change Jesus one iota. He continued His mission, teaching, healing, and delivering the lost sheep of Israel.
Jesus never lost His focus. He had come to fulfill His Father’s perfect will. He was sent from Heaven to reveal God’s love to His people. He was the perfect Lamb of God who would take away the sins of the world.
Peter learned much by watching his teacher, mentor, and Savior. He observed how He responded to stress, trials, tribulations, persecution, and death. He never lost His cool or temper. He was never flustered or frustrated. He never blamed His enemies or played the victim.
Jesus’ entire life was focused on one thing. Obeying His Father. Nothing else mattered. None of what happened caught Him off guard. Long before the world’s foundation or Satan’s rebellion, the decision to send Jesus had been made.
Now, thirty years after Jesus’ death and resurrection, with Nero hunting Christians, Peter reminded those who had been scattered throughout the Empire that, in light of what God had done for them, they shouldn’t live in fear. Instead, they should make it their ambition to live as Christ lived. All for God’s glory.
In His strong love,
Pastor
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