Sermon
1 Peter 5:8 | Sober-Minded
The Commons Church
Speaker: Austin Wadlow
January 11, 2026 · 31 min
Summary
Peter calls believers to be sober-minded and watchful because Satan prowls like a roaring lion seeking to devour. The sober-minded Christian sees straight, stands firm, speaks clearly, and stays awake—rejecting intoxication with worldly ideologies and accusations while drinking instead from the gospel of Christ.
Highlights
If the word is not your reference point for the truth, then the world will be.
The sober-minded person doesn't drink from the cup of accusations handed to us by our enemy. The sober-minded man drinks from the cup of the gospel handed to us by Jesus.
This world is desperately hungry for men and women who are sober-minded, not controlled by their emotions, not controlled by other people's emotions, not living reactively, but living with conviction and intention.