Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

If you ever find yourself needing to speak to someone you don't know, and you want your

words to matter, speak words of encouragement and comfort. They always apply.

In today's episode, we'll continue our sermon series from the archives, elect exiles from

First Peter.

In this message, Paul unpacks the hope-filled words Peter offers to Christians facing mockery,

rejection, and persecution.

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And here's Paul, teaching from 1st Peter.

Are you a person in need of encouragement this evening?

Maybe for all of us, the answer in some way is yes.

If you don't think that you're a person in need of encouragement,

you are surely near someone who is,

and you will be that person someday soon.

I had a professor once tell me in seminary that if you ever want to speak,

need to speak to a crowd of people that you do not know,

and you want to speak a word that will apply, speak a word of encouragement or comfort. There is a way in which suffering is the

universal experience of all this side of eternity, because we do live in a broken world.

And Peter has been particularly talking about a certain

type of suffering, suffering because of your faith, suffering because of your stand for the

gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. And so this passage that we're looking at now that's there

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