1 Peter 1:13-25
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EXPECTATION FOR EACH SUNDAY THIS SEMESTER: That you consider Peter’s words and what it would mean to apply them in your own life. Ready yourself to consider the text - my work is to help you understand it - the table time is for you to begin processing. Each week moving forward I want to give you time to consider a response to God’s word, write it down on the sheets in front of you and leave it in the jar at your table. You will receive this back this week via text, mail, email or in person. We will try this for the rest of the semester for the purposes of being not merely hearers of the word but doers of the word.
EXPECTATION FOR EACH SUNDAY THIS SEMESTER: That you consider Peter’s words and what it would mean to apply them in your own life. Ready yourself to consider the text - my work is to help you understand it - the table time is for you to begin processing. Each week moving forward I want to give you time to consider a response to God’s word, write it down on the sheets in front of you and leave it in the jar at your table. You will receive this back this week via text, mail, email or in person. We will try this for the rest of the semester for the purposes of being not merely hearers of the word but doers of the word.
22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. 25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.
Prayer: God - open my heart to your truth this morning as I seek to understand it and how I should respond
(1) Fix your Hope | (2) Be Holy | (3) Conduct yourself in Fear
(1) Fix your Hope | (2) Be Holy | (3) Conduct yourself in Fear
Recap from the first two weeks
The past 2 weeks we have looked at verses 1-12 speak about our how our identity is found in the awesome salvation that has come to be ours through Jesus Christ, how our trials are proof of our faith and about we have waiting for us - the completion of our salvation.
The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Peter, Jude 2. The Future Inheritance as an Incentive to Holiness (1:13–21)
Verses 1–12 celebrate what God has done for believers in Jesus Christ, featuring the saving work of the Father, Son, and Spirit (v. 2), emphasizing the certain inheritance of believers (vv. 3–5), focusing on their love for and joy in God (vv. 6–9), and highlighting how privileged they are to live in the days when God’s promises are being fulfilled (vv. 10–12).
Peter now turns to three imperatives (or commands) we have to these truths (indicatives) we spoke about the last 2 weeks. First you must...
"Verses 1–12 celebrate what God has done for believers in Jesus Christ, featuring the saving work of the Father, Son, and Spirit (v. 2), emphasizing the certain inheritance of believers (vv. 3–5), focusing on their love for and joy in God (vv. 6–9), and highlighting how privileged they are to live in the days when God’s promises are being fulfilled (vv. 10–12). "
(1) Fix Your Hope
(1) Fix Your Hope
read verse 13 ->
13 Therefore, prepare 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.
Thomas R. Schreiner, 1, 2 Peter, Jude, vol. 37, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2003), 76.
Imperative - fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought you!
Imperative - fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought you!-> fix - attach or position securely; direct or be directed unwaveringly toward
FIX YOUR HOPE ON
Imperative - fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought you!-> fix - attach or position securely; direct or be directed unwaveringly toward
attach or position securely; direct or be directed unwaveringly toward
Secure - your trust "totally" (100%) on the grace to be brought you
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SECURE - your trust "totally" (100%) on the grace to be brought you
GRACE TO BE BROUGHT YOU
Think about this phrase this way…If grace is unmerited favor, How much grace has been given you by your parents from the day you were born until this day?
A lot right! And of a very specific variety. Throughout your life you have been given things and shown things that you didn't deserve but that has all become common place.
There was a day with my other children and is still the day with our youngest now that I can give her something of the smallest value that she treasures like she won the lottery.
For our youngest that is a piece of bread | For our middle child that is piece of clothing | For our oldest it’s a pretty expensive toy
For our middle child that is piece of clothing
For our oldest it’s a pretty expensive toy
Our favor to them has developed somewhat of their appetite for how they perceive our love.
(EX) Wedding Day
But there is one day where the grace brought to us on this earth can't be matched. And it is often the wedding day from the brides perspective because the father of the bride is often giving and paying an enormous price that for once the bride cannot overlook nor will she ever get over it. On this day the the grace to be brought is overwhelming It is a day that many a little girl has their hope set on - and your wedding day is just a day
(EX) Judgement Day/Wedding Day
Peter is here telling us to fix our "Hope" on the time when all the grace of the universe will come to fruition in the making of our person whole again at the second coming of Jesus. This settled state will not be the most wonderful day we have ever had it will be the beginning of an eternity with Him. All the grace that has been granted through the atoning work of the Cross will be manifest and received in a way we will never be able to get over.
Judgement day will be a wedding day for those who are his, because the "grace brought" will so overwhelm the scales in our favor…." oh what a sinner I am…if only I had a savior
This same scene is conceived in
"if only we had someone worthy to open the scroll and break its seal…and I began to weep loudly for no one was found worthy…but then one of the elders said to me - weep no more - behold the lion of the tribe of Judah has conquered…"
Are we there? Do we see what it is that we fix our hope on and how amazing that is? -> fix your hope on that!!!!
PREPARE (ready) YOUR MINDS FOR ACTION
-> fix your hope on that!!!!
NOW THE REST OF THE VERSE…
NOW THE REST OF THE VERSE…by preparing your minds for action (Gird up the loins of your mind) - put on the workout clothes of your mind (?)Here is what we need to get about the idea of prepping or being ready
Preparing your minds for action (Lit. “Gird up the loins of your mind”) - put on the workout clothes of your mind (?)
Here is what we need to get about the idea of prepping or being ready
35 “Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit.
Luke 12:35 (NASB95)
Our issue is not how to do it - because we know how to prep for some stuff - its this particular object "the mind" that we don't "prep" much and not for the reason of action
Be in Readiness
35 “Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit.
Its not how to do it - because we know how to prep for some stuff - its this particular object "the mind" that we don't "prep" much and not for this reason action
You prepare for all kinds of things = Tests, Presentations, Performances, Going Out, Hurricanes
What about Holiness!
Prepare you minds for action! What is the action? Holiness!
being self-controlled. For What? - Holiness!
BE SOBER IN SPIRIT
being self-controlled or serious. For What? - Holiness!
I often think of the times when I indicate to my children that if they didn’t understand I was serious in what I was saying before - I mean it now!
“HEY, I AM SERIOUS KNOCK IF OFF”, or “DO WHAT I AM ASKING YOU”
Have you ever imagined God saying, “knock it off, lets get down to business?”
(2) Be Holy
(2) Be Holy
14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, 15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; 16 because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
Holy is a descriptive adjective with the force of exerting effort on our part - this is said in a way that leads us to believe that we have at least some say in our holiness.
14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
this is not like someone telling you to be Red, Tall or Invisible - this is something God expects
commands are not wants - they are expectations with consequences
15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘I am the Lord your God. 3 ‘You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. 4 ‘You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the Lord your God.
Holy is a descriptive adjective with the force of exerting effort on our part - this is said in a way that leads us to believe that we have at least some say in our holiness. (NASB95)
(NASB95)
16 because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
17 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;
1 Peter 1:17
Be HolyHoly is a descriptive adjective with the force of exerting effort on our part - this is said in a way that leads us to believe that we have at least some say in our holiness. (NASB95)
Be Like ME!
Be Like ME!
to be pure and holy is to be obedient children and to not is to be disobedient children. Disobedient children are not like God and would be out are out of correct relationship with the parent and should be fearful of this circumstance, because it
(3) Conduct Yourself in Fear During Your Time on Earth
(3) Conduct Yourself in Fear During Your Time on Earth
17 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;
Conditional Statement aimed at those who consider God their father
3 ‘You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes.
Conditional Statement aimed at those who consider God their father
4 ‘You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the Lord your God.
This person who you claim as your father is also the impartial judge of humanity.
17 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;
Each person is scheduled to be judged according to their work(therefore) live in a healthy fear of these two things while you live
(Ex) Confident Driver as example of living in the tension of fear and confidence
The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Peter, Jude (2) A Call to Fear (1:17–21)
A confident driver also possesses a healthy fear of an accident that prevents him from doing anything foolish. A genuine fear of judgment hinders believers from giving in to libertinism
Conditional Statement aimed at those who consider God their fatherThis person who you claim as your father is also the impartial judge of humanity. Each person is scheduled to be judged according to their work(therefore) live in a healthy fear of these two things while you live"A confident driver also possesses a healthy fear of an accident that prevents him from doing anything foolish. A genuine fear of judgment hinders believers from giving in to libertinism."
"A confident driver also possesses a healthy fear of an accident that prevents him from doing anything foolish. A genuine fear of judgment hinders believers from giving in to libertinism."
The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Peter, Jude (2) A Call to Fear (1:17–21)
Third, no dichotomy exists between judgment according to works and God’s grace. Good works are evidence that God has truly begotten (1 Pet 1:3) a person. Perhaps Peter used the singular “work” to summarize the lives of believers as a whole. Peter reminded his readers that God is an “impartial” judge who does not reward people as one who plays favorites (cf. Acts 10:34; Rom 2:11; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25). Fourth, the fear of judgment still plays a role in the Christian life. Paul himself realized that he would be damned if he did not live the message proclaimed to others (1 Cor 9:24–27). Such a recognition inspires him to live faithfully; it does not paralyze him with fear. Paul himself taught that genuine faith always manifests itself in works (cf. Gal 5:21; 1 Cor 6:9–11).
"A confident driver also possesses a healthy fear of an accident that prevents him from doing anything foolish. A genuine fear of judgment hinders believers from giving in to libertinism."
Thomas R. Schreiner, 1, 2 Peter, Jude, vol. 37, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2003), 81.
How am I to understand the relationship between God’s calling me to himself and His call for me to be Holy?
The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Peter, Jude (2) A Call to Fear (1:17–21)
Third, no dichotomy exists between judgment according to works and God’s grace. Good works are evidence that God has truly begotten (1 Pet 1:3) a person. Perhaps Peter used the singular “work” to summarize the lives of believers as a whole. Peter reminded his readers that God is an “impartial” judge who does not reward people as one who plays favorites (cf. Acts 10:34; Rom 2:11; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25). Fourth, the fear of judgment still plays a role in the Christian life. Paul himself realized that he would be damned if he did not live the message proclaimed to others (1 Cor 9:24–27). Such a recognition inspires him to live faithfully; it does not paralyze him with fear. Paul himself taught that genuine faith always manifests itself in works (cf. Gal 5:21; 1 Cor 6:9–11).
Look at the following verse - the metaphor of the the athlete could easily be applied to being a child of God
"Third, no dichotomy exists between judgment according to works and God’s grace. Good works are evidence that God has truly begotten () a person. Perhaps Peter used the singular “work” to summarize the lives of believers as a whole. Peter reminded his readers that God is an “impartial” judge who does not reward people as one who plays favorites (cf. ; ; ; ). Fourth, the fear of judgment still plays a role in the Christian life. Paul himself realized that he would be damned if he did not live the message proclaimed to others (). Such a recognition inspires him to live faithfully; it does not paralyze him with fear. Paul himself taught that genuine faith always manifests itself in works (cf. ; )."
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. 25 Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27 but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
Do you not know that those who live are children of someone, but only some get the right to become Children of God? Live in such a way that you may prove yourselves children of God. Everyone who calls themselves a child of someone, behaves according to the one they follow. They do that hoping that it will lead to some good, but we do it knowing that it will lead to our ultimate salvation. Therefore live in such a way, as not without understanding. I do things with purpose. I seek to behave like it matters to God, so that after they find out I am a child of God, they understand just how good my father is.
Let’s close with
Thomas R. Schreiner, 1, 2 Peter, Jude, vol. 37, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2003), 83.
18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
Your redemption is with precious blood
18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,
20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these 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. 22 Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,
19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
Walking in disobedience to God's truth contaminates our souls with a mistrust of everyone around us
Your redemption is with precious blood
20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you
have any of you ever washed a sweater with a towel
Walking in obedience to God's truth does the opposite, it frees us to love
Living according to God’s reality consistently gives us clarity, purpose and value that needs less of less of the things we needed before to make life worth living and to see people as God sees them.
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.
23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.
22 Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,
Walking in disobedience to God's truth contaminates our souls with a mistrust of everyone around usILLUSTRATION - have ball of tape with sticky side out and put it into a bowl of stuff that will stick to usWalking in obedience to God's truth does the oppositeILLUSTRATION - have some solution that putting it back into makes it clear or clean again
Your rebirth is from an imperishable seed
23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.
24 For, “All flesh is like grass, And all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, And the flower falls off, 25 But the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word which was preached to you.
24 For, “All flesh is like grass, And all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, And the flower falls off,
Your rebirth is from an imperishable seed
Close: Here is your first opportunity to respond. I am going to play some music and during that time consider your response to God’s word, write it down on one the sheets in front of you and leave it in the jar at your table.
Close: Here is your first opportunity to respond. I am going to play some music and during that time consider your response to God’s word, write it down on one the sheets in front of you and leave it in the jar at your table.
24 For,
Close: That you consider Peter’s words and what it would mean to apply them in your own life. Ready yourself to consider the text - my work is to help you understand it - the table time is for you to begin processing. Each week moving forward I want to give you time to consider a response to God’s word, write it down on the sheets in front of you and leave it in the jar at your table. You will receive this back this week via text, mail, email or in person. We will try this for the rest of the semester for the purposes of being not merely hearers of the word but doers of the word.
Close: That you consider Peter’s words and what it would mean to apply them in your own life. Ready yourself to consider the text - my work is to help you understand it - the table time is for you to begin processing. Each week moving forward I want to give you time to consider a response to God’s word, write it down on the sheets in front of you and leave it in the jar at your table. You will receive this back this week via text, mail, email or in person. We will try this for the rest of the semester for the purposes of being not merely hearers of the word but doers of the word.
Example
“All flesh is like grass,
a prayer you want to pray this week
And all its glory like the flower of grass. ut the word of the Lord endures forever.”
something you are going to start doing to make yourself ready for action
The grass withers,
something you need to stop doing
And the flower falls off,
You will receive this back this week via text, mail, email or in person.
25 But the word of the Lord endures forever.”
We will try this for the rest of the semester for the purposes of being not merely hearers of the word but doers of the word.
And this is the word which was preached to you.