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[Announce text]
If you a have Bible, please turn with me to 1 Peter 1:13-2:1-3
[Scripture Introduction]
If you do not remember from last month or you were not here let me remind you.
In this letter, Peter is writing to those who are elect exiles, both Jews and Gentiles.
They have been scattered from their homeland because of their faith.
As we explore this letter, we will notice that Peter expects a response in the believers' way of life due to the hope of their salvation.
We know what it feels like to have people expect things from you.
We all expect Mahomes to play a good game when we watch football.
For Christians, there is an expectation because of the hope of our salvation.
We are not to stay in the same place from which God saved us.
Those who do not believe will see the greatness of the gospel and how it changes folks from the inside out.
[Re-announce and read text]
read with me from 1 Peter 1:13-2:1-3
[Prayer for illumination]
Pray with me...
[Introduction]
Last month I told you all, if you were here, that my sister has been battling brain cancer.
Last Wednesday, I found out that she is in hospice because there is nothing further they can do.
I booked a flight that night and drove 2.5 hours up to Iowa to fly out and see her.
You may not know; she is a firm believer in Christ and has been for quite some time.
Where the tumor is located has caused her not to be able to talk fluently.
She only has a few words that she can use.
As I walked into the hospital room, she immediately burst into tears with joy.
It is hard to see your sister suffering.
Instead of dwelling and what could be, I decided to do what she would love: read the bible.
I read three books of the bible, and she sat there with joy and peace as she listened.
Suffering can cause so much pain in our lives.
As Christians, we can suffer too, but that does not mean we should revert to our old life.
Our lives must be dedicated to God.
For he has done so much for us.
And Many of us know that God desires us to live for Him because of the hope we have through Jesus, but we fail over and over again when temptation or suffering comes.
If you are a Christian, God wants you to live for Him.
We are to present Christ to the world.
Today we will see the truth of God’s enduring word on how we conduct our lives for him.
Let us hear Peter’s encourage for us today:
[Proposition] Because of the hope of salvation, we must honor God with our lives
[TS]
Peter tells the exiles to “but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your conduct; because it is written, “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.”
The call to holiness is a command and a joy.
Let us consider how Peter instructs us to live a holy life by preparing our minds for action, self-discipline, conforming to the Father, and reverent fear.
[Main Point 1] Because of the hope of salvation, we must honor God with our HOLINESS
[TS]
God is holy and requires his children to be holy.
Even amidst their suffering, Peter instructs them to live holy, which is the same command for Christians today.
[Subpoint 1] By preparing your mind for action
Remember, these Christians are currently suffering persecution, which will soon intensify.
Instead of telling them to run and hide, Peter tells the believers to grid their minds for action.
You may be wondering, “What does that even mean?”
I am glad you asked.
They must prepare their minds for action.
In ancient times, men who wore flowing robes must tuck them in for manual labor.
This will allow them to move more freely and efficiently by not being tripped up by excess garments.
Peter is telling them to tuck in the unnecessary garments of their minds and prepare for battle or hard labor.
They are to pull in all the unnecessary thinking that will cause them to trip or stumble and lose focus of their only hope.
While doing this, they are fortifying their position in Christ.
Peter continues by telling them to be sober in spirit.
[Subpoint 2] By self-discipline
Peter says to be sober in spirit, which can also be translated as self-controlled.
The idea hs that believers would curb the controlling influence of unwarranted emotions or desires.
During the persecution, Peter wants the believers to make careful and informed decisions in response to their eternal hope.
Their minds must not be filled with reckless thinking, which can cause them harm during their time on earth.
Then Peter instructs the Christians to become obedient children to their heavenly Father.
[Illustration]
In the army, before a mission or deployment, we would train.
We would rehearse, practice, and even go through a series of live drills during our training.
We would train and practice so much that it was tiresome and annoying.
However, once we understood the purpose of all the training it changed how we thought each day.
We practice over and over again so that when we entered into combat, we would fall back on our training.
During the stressful times of combat, it was necessary to have our minds ready for each day.
On the flip side, if we did not prepare or rehearse or practice, we risk the chance of dying or failing the mission at hand.
Not only that, but it also becomes hard to operate under pressure if we never were exposed to that type of pressure.
Our minds had to be prepared for the battle.
We had to tuck in all other excessive thinking that could get in the way of our mission at hand.
Our minds were focused on the task and our training.
Just as soldiers prepare their minds, we also must prepare our minds but holiness.
[Subpoint 3] By conformity to the Father
Read with me verse 14.
Peter sees these new believers as children of God and no long children to the devil.
Therefore, he tells them no to conform to their former lusts but conform to the Father who is the Holy One.
Their ignorance was about God.
They did not know God until they were given new life.
Their old life can be characterized with passion for the lust of the world.
They had burning passion that overwhelmed them before Christ.
They were slaves to sin and doing their father's will, the devil.
However, they were born again to a living hope.
Therefore, Peter says, 1 Peter 1:15.
Peter emphasizes this here for the believers.
He does want them to miss it.
They are to be holy in all their conduct.
The Greek word is meant to “turn upside down.”
They are to flip their old life to the new life.
They were to go from evil living to holy living.
Peter commands them to pursue holiness.
That is not their only motivation.
Verse 16 says it is written, “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.”
God has declared to them.
The nation of Israel was meant to be a beacon of light for the nations around them.
The nations would worship the one true God because they sought holiness.
But they fail over and over again.
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