Exiles and Holiness

Intro

Read 1 Peter 1:13-21

1 Peter 1:13–21 ESV

13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

How do we conduct ourselves in light of our great salvation

Peter implores us because of this great salvation

Because of this great hope we have in this salvation that was secured for us by Jesus

We should live accordingly

and how do we live????

It starts with how we think

In our minds

The Mind of an exile

1 Peter 1:13–16 ESV

13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

Preparing our minds

Notice this isnt a physical battle

Peter doesnt say prepare your body, but prepare you mind for action

Prepare you mind to live in light of this salvation

Prepare yourself that you will now need to live differently

Your thoughts will be different

Your actions will also change

Your hope will change

Your mind is to be sober

Thinking clearly

Using biblical judgement

Growing in discernment

And this may seem futile

It may seem that we are never going to get there

You may have committed your life to Jesus

You may have prayed over and over for God to change something in your life

You may see the same sin in yourself that you have tried to conquer time and time again

You may think I have done all of this but still fall short WHY????????

A sober mind that is prepared for action has set their hope fully on what Christ has accomplished

Our great salvation

We are comforted to know that at the end of all things we will be perfect and complete lacking in nothing because of what Christ has done for us

Knowing that we have persevered through all the discouragement

This mind prepared for action reminds us that we are called to something greater

and that produces action in our lives

1 Peter 1:14–16 “14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.””

Obedient children

We dont need to know much just what are parents teach us about how we act

recognize there is an old and a new way to act

our dead hearts acted in a certain way

Our new mind should recognize this and be transformed

Understand who has called you

The bar is set high for the exile

They are to live a life that is set apart

They are to live a life seperate from this world just as our God is seperate from this world

If the exile looks like everyone in the country they are no longer exiles

The exiles in babylon

The Exile lives differently because we are called by someone greater

Be Holy because God is holy

The Exiles conduct

1 Peter 1:17–21 ESV

17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

Following on in this we are to conduct our selves with fear

Why????

Because we dont want to bring reproach on our king

As Exiles we want to be good representations of our king

We are exile who were bought with a price so we should act accordingly

we can worship and Glorify GOd for what he has done and we will do this through out lives and conduct

We are called to be representations of our King here in exiles