JESUS CARES!
1 Peter 5:7
Comparing Translations:
Casting all your care on Him, because He cares about you. Holman Christian Standard Bible. HCSB
casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you. World English Bible. WEB
Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you. Bible in Basic English. BBE
casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you. ASV
INTRODUCTION
I come this day to tell someone that The Lord is about to visit your case.
Whatever is your problem, we have a God that is touched by our infirmities.
God will do something about that situation if you will permit Him today.
Jesus truly cares!
Peter wrote this epistle to believers who were experiencing hard times and were scattered abroad because of persecution. He assured them that no matter their condition, Jesus still cares for them.
Peter wrote to them out of experience. It was not just a head knowledge but out of what he learnt from a close relationship with Christ.
DEFINITION
What is care? The Merriam Webster dictionary defines care as
: things that are done to keep someone healthy, safe, etc.
: things that are done to keep something in good condition.
: to feel interest in something : to be interested in or concerned about something.
: to feel affection for someone.
: to want to dosomething or to besomething.
I. JESUS CARES FOR THE SICK. Matthew 8:14-15.
Jesus raised up Peter's mother-in-law from her sick bed.
Peter had a wife and the mother-in-law was sick but after Jesus ministered to her, the women rose up and the sickness came to an end.
Are you sick this hour, Jesus cares!
Trust him for your healing. He went about doing good healing those who were sick.
II. JESUS CARES FOR THE FRUSTRATED. Luke 5:2-7
Peter tried and caught nothing all through the night and out of frustration he was washing his net to go home when Jesus met him. Jesus asked to let down his net and he caught so many fishes that his net began to break.
Are you frustrated? Are you tormented by situations of life? Jesus cares!
III. JESUS CARES FOR THOSE WHO ARE SINKING. Matthew 14:28-31
Peter saw Jesus walking on the sea and ask Jesus to permit him to join him. After a while, he began to sink. He called on Jesus and Jesus raised him up.
Is your marriage sinking?
Is your business sinking?
Is your academic life sinking?
Is your relationship sinking?
Is your finances sinking?
Whatever is sinking in your life, Jesus cares!
IV. JESUS CARES FOR THE HOPELESS. Mark 5:37-42.
Peter was among the 3 disciples that went into the house of Jairus with Jesus to raise his daughter back to life. He was an eye witness of how Jesus restored hope to the hopeless.
IV. JESUS CARES FOR THE BACKSLIDERS John 21.
Peter denied Christ and went back to his fishing business. Jesus met him and restored him back.
Have you fallen from grace, Jesus will restore you today.
CONCLUSION
Peter was telling believers that from experience, I know that Jesus cares. I am a witness. That same Jesus will meet you today at the point of your needs, he did it for Peter, he did it for those close to Peter, he will do it for you. Jesus still cares!
