Lesson 2

Jeff coming @ 7:20pm - discuss capital campaign

Pat to pray for time tonight

Accountability

Joe to pray (open)

This two weeks have been difficult with time challenges.

Not enought hours

Loosing time with the Lord

I need to focus my time on Him and will give me enough time to get everything else done.

What verse stood out to you during the reading this week?

What are you doing to put reading into action last week?

What are you doing to do this week to help you with your struggles?

Read:

Questions:

Questions:

1. Choose one verse or phrase from the reading that stands out to you this week. Why does this verse stand out to you?

1 Peter 1:13 ESV

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.

English Standard Version Chapter 1

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.

2. What is holiness and how do hope and holiness go together?

1 Peter

2. What is holiness and how do hope and holiness go together?

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible Holiness

Holiness. Chief attribute of God and a quality to be developed in his people. “Holiness” and the adjective “holy” occur more than 900 times in the Bible. The primary OT word for holiness means “to cut” or “to separate.” Fundamentally, holiness is a cutting off or separation from what is unclean, and consecration to what is pure.

Greek: Anazonnymi (gird up) - to provide

The English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament English Standard Version

Διὸ ἀναζωσάμενοι τὰς ὀσφύας τῆς διανοίας ὑμῶν, νήφοντες τελείως, ἐλπίσατε ἐπὶ τὴν φερομένην ὑμῖν χάριν ἐν ἀποκαλύψει Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. | ESV NT RI

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 | ESV

ἀναζωσάμενοι anazōsamenoi 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.

ἀναζώννυμι anazōnnymi gird up

verb, aorist, middle, participle, plural, nominative, masculine

Sense: to gird (dress) – to provide with clothes or put clothes on; as around the loins, though not always.

LSJ gird up again, recall to service; gird; to be held in check

DBL Greek

EDNT gird up

LXGRCANLEX gird up; to gird up

CDWGTHB

ὀσφύας osphyas 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.

ὀσφῦς osphys loins; waist

noun, accusative, plural, feminine

Sense: loins – the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen; especially the top of the hips where a belt was worn.

LSJ loin; loins, lower part of the back

DBL Greek waist; genitals; be ready to learn

EDNT waist, loin

διανοίας dianoias 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.

διάνοια dianoia mind; disposition

noun, genitive, singular, feminine

Sense: mind – that which is responsible for one’s thoughts and feelings; especially the seat of the faculty of reason.

LSJ thought; intention, purpose; spirit; heart

LTW mind, understanding, intelligence.

DBL Greek mind; way of thinking; thought; be ready to learn

νήφοντες nēphontes 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.

νήφω nēphō be sober; be self-controlled

verb, present, active, participle, plural, nominative, masculine

Sense: to get self-control ⇔ sober up – to curb the controlling influence of inordinate emotions or desires (and therefore become reasonable); conceived of as sobering up from the influence of alcohol.

LSJ to be sober, drink no wine

DBL Greek be sober-minded; be restrained

EDNT be sober

τελείως teleiōs 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.

τελείως teleiōs completely

adverb

Sense: wholly – to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent.

LSJ finally, absolutely, with full authority

DBL Greek completely

EDNT fully, perfectly, completely

ἐλπίσατε elpisate 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.

ἐλπίζω elpizō hope; put one’s hope

verb, aorist, active, imperative, second person, plural

Sense: to hope (expectant) – to be confidently and reasonably expectant of a future event.

LSJ hope for; look for, expect; hope to; hope; expect that

LTW to hope, to expect.

DBL Greek hope for; expect

φερομένην pheromenēn 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.

φέρω pherō bring; bear; carry

verb, present, passive, participle, singular, accusative, feminine

Sense: to be brought (state) – to be or become conveyed somewhere.

LSJ

DBL Greek move; progress; carry; bring; drive along; guide; lead into; bring about; put; experience; sustain; demonstrate reality of; accept; endure

EDNT carry, bring, bear; lead; endure; uphold

χάριν charin 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.

χάρις charis grace

noun, accusative, singular, feminine

Sense: grace (outworking) – the resulting activity that is a necessary consequence of genuine, beneficent goodwill; especially used of the outworking of God’s goodwill.

LSJ grace

LTW grace, good will, favor.

DBL Greek kindness; gift; thanks; good will

ἀποκαλύψει apokalypsei 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.

ἀποκάλυψις apokalypsis revelation

noun, dative, singular, feminine

Sense: revelation – communication of knowledge (previously hidden) to man by a divine or supernatural agency; especially communications that proceed from God or Christ.

LSJ uncovering; disclosing; revelation; manifestation; the Apocalypse

LTW revelation.

DBL Greek revelation

Ἰησοῦ Iēsou 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.

Ἰησοῦς Iēsous Jesus

noun, genitive, singular, masculine

LSJ Joshua

DBL Greek Jesus

EDNT Jesus

Χριστοῦ Christou 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.

Χριστός Christos Christ

noun, genitive, singular, masculine

LSJ to be rubbed on, used as ointment; salve; anointing

LTW

DBL Greek Messiah; Christ

American Standard Version Chapter 3

2Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is. 3And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

English Standard Version Chapter 3

2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

1 John 3:2–3 ESV

Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

1 John

What does it mean to walk in holiness?

I want to remind you of one incentive that Peter offers you in the first chapter of his first Epistle for remaining pure in a polluted world. For the sake of understanding the context, the first 12 verses focus on living in hope – (v.3) ”Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” Then from verses 13-19 he focuses on living in holiness – (v.13) ”fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” Then in verses 15-16 we read…”but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” Hope and holiness go together. In , we read: “Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.” When Christ appears we will see Him, and as a result of seeing Him, we shall be made like Him. In His presence sin will be eradicated from us and we will reflect His glory and through the majesty of that moment we will be made like Him. Sin doesn’t stand a chance in the presence of the risen and glorified Christ. When Jesus appears the Father will unleash a power in His people that will forever expel every sinful impulse from their souls and replace them with a mind, will, disposition, and character of Christ Himself – what a day that will be! But here is the really important practical point of it all. Our present possession of such a hope is a strong incentive for our purity of life. The hope that we possess is incompatible with indifference to the pollution around us. It’s not easy to live in this world and maintain a pure lifestyle. So let’s take a brief look at the first of several incentives Peter lays before us for remaining pure.

We have a future hope – (v.13) “Therefore, gird your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” The revelation of Jesus Christ is another expression for the ‘living hope’and ‘appearing of Jesus Christ.’ You and I live in the future tense. Our present actions are governed and guided by a future hope. Our outlook often determines the outcome, just as our attitude has a way of shaping our actions. So how does this future hope preserve our purity amidst the pollution? Gird your minds for action…reminds us of the importance of a disciplined mind. It suggests pulling all your thoughts together – no room for sloppy thinking – tuck in your robe to run! Discipline your mind to centre your thoughts on the return of Christ. Perhaps this is an illusion to the Passover (v.19) in which Israel was to eat in haste and ready to run…”eat it: with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD’S Passover” (). Bottom line: a Christian who is looking for the return of Christ has a greater motivation for present obedience than one who lives ignoring the reality altogether. Keep sober in spirit…reveals to us of the value of a sober mind. This is a calm, steady, and controlled mind that weighs matters carefully. Some people get carried away with prophetic studies and lose their spiritual balance. Christ’s coming should encourage us to be calm and collected: “The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer”  ().

Fix your hope completely…instructs us of the importance of having an optimistic mind.Hope to the end, set your hope fully – have a hopeful outlook! When we think hard about the glorious hope that awaits us, our whole life becomes saturated with an unquenchable optimism. So, when your outlook is gloomy – try the up look!