In this message from 1 Peter 1, Pastor Jeff uses the life of Peter to show how the faithfulness of God triumphs over the failures of men. Peter was impulsive, self-confident, and often spoke or acted before thinking—denying Jesus, sinking on the water, cutting off Malchus’ ear—yet Jesus still chose him, called him, restored him, filled him with the Holy Spirit, and powerfully used him. That arc—from failure to bold, Spirit-empowered witness—becomes a picture of what God does in every believer’s life. We weren’t called to mere “self-improvement”; we were called to follow Jesus, surrender the driver’s seat, and let the Spirit transform us from the inside out. Being “born again” isn’t churchy language—it’s Jesus’ own demand in John 3: unless we are born of the Spirit, we may be religious and busy, but we are not sav ...