1. 1 Peter 4:5 but they shall give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. … 7 The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. 8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. 9 Be hospitable to one another without complaint. 10 As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 Whoever speaks, let him speak, as it were, the utterances of God; whoever serves, let him do so as by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

2. SPLaSh:
be SOBER, PRAY, LOVE, and
SERVE happily (“without complaint”)

3. U.S. life expectancy (born 2018):
The End Is Near!
1 Peter 4:5 but they shall give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. … 7 The end of all things is at hand…
U.S. life expectancy (born 2018):
male—76 female—81

4. SPLASH: Be Sober, Pray
NAS 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.

5. Prayer: Epaphras’ “agonitsomai”
NIV Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.

6. SPLASH: Be Sober, Pray
NAS 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.

7. NIV Ecclesiastes 7:2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart. … 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

8. SPLASH: Be fervent in your LOVE
1Peter 4:8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.

9. Matthew 18:15 "And if your brother sins, go and reprove him in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. 16 "But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed. 17 "And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-gatherer.

10. NIV 1 Timothy 5:19 Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses. 20 Those who sin are to be rebuked publicly, so that the others may take warning.

11. Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all transgressions.

12. 1 Corinthians 13:5 … [Love] does not take into account a wrong suffered, …7 [Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails; …

13. SPLaSh: SERVE others happily with whatever you have
1Peter 4:9 Be hospitable to one another without complaint. 10 As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 Whoever speaks, let him speak, as it were, the utterances of God; whoever serves, let him do so as by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

14. SPLaSh: SERVE others happily with whatever you have
1Peter 4:11 … so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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