Suffering for Doing Good (1 Peter 2:19-25)

Good Shepherd Sunday, Fourth Sunday of Easter Service, April 30, 2023

Jesus Lives Series: He Lives to Be My Good Shepherd

First Reading: Acts 2:42-47. The early church was marked by devotion to apostolic teaching and genuine love for one another.

Second Reading: 1 Peter 2:19-25. St. Peter calls on us to foow our Shepherd and Overseer, even if it means that we suffer for doing good.

Gospel: John 10:1-10. Jesus is not only our Good Shepherd, he is the gate through which we enter into the green pastures of savation.

Sermon Text: 1 Peter 2:19-25. Suffering for Doing Good.

Jesus is the Good Shepherd who went after you when you were sufering, lost in in sin. He suffered for you and brought you forgiveness and eternal life. He is continually caring for you and guiding you as a shepherd does for his sheep.

We look forward to the time when our Good Shepherd leads us from this world to the pastures of heaven where there is no suffering of any kind.

Pastor Ron Koehler