A Call To Holiness

1 Peter 1:13–19 NIV

13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” 17 Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear. 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

1 Peter 1:13 NIV

13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.

V13) Get Your Mind Set

Who, What, When, Where

Be alert to where you are, who you are with, what you are doing, and when you fall into traps.

1 Peter 1:14 NIV

14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

V14) Obedience Leads to Holiness

If we have been saved we are a new person, why do we still try to become enslaved to sin again?

Leviticus 20:26 NIV

26 You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.

God Calls us to holy obedience. Just as He set the Hebrews aside to be a people He sets us aside as well so that we can be a people united in Him.

I’ve said it before and I will say it again, do not follow your heart, the heart will always lead you to and fro, but obedience to the Lord and His Word always leads to security and fulfillment.

1 Peter 1:15–16 NIV

15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

V15-16) How do we be holy?

Jesus told us the greatest commandments

Love God and Love Others

Others will know us by our love for God and our love for others

Love is an action and it is a choice.

1 Peter 1:17 NIV

17 Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.

V17) Reverent Fear Produces Holiness

Have you ever been in the presence of a mighty man who is Holy?

You act differently, you don’t want to seem dirty and you don’t want to seem offensive or let him down.

People and COPS

1 Peter 1:18–19 MEV

18 For you know that you were not redeemed from your vain way of life inherited from your fathers with perishable things, like silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

V18-19) You where bought at high price

You are more valuable than fine jewels and metal's

We are to be Holy because we are covered in the Blood of the Holy One

Take Home Question:

Are you covered in the Blood and can others see it?