1 Pet 1,22-2,3 Extemp Notes
1 Peter 1:22-2:3
Thirsting for God’s Word
Intro: Grandma’s thirst and Spiritual thirst in 1 Pet 2:2
READ 1st Peter 1:22-2:3
Proposition: Three reasons to thirst for God’s word
I. The Message of God’s Word endures forever
READ 1:23-25
a. The Word’s source is the unchanging God (1:23)
b. God’s word compared to man and man’s glory
i. READ 1:24-25
ii. Man’s glory is like the grass that is here today and gone tomorrow
iii. God’s word is last and endures forever
c. God’s message in the Word is for all men of all times
i. ILL: Steve’s realestate books
ii. Cross Ref: Jesus said “Matthew 5:18-19 “…until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 “Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
Summary: The 1st reason to thirst for God’s word is that the Message of God’s Word endures forever.
II. 2nd reason to thirst for God’s word is that you yourself have tasted its sweetness in your own salvation.
READ 1:22-23
a. (1:22) Your soul has been cleansed by your faith in the Gospel
i. OBEDIENCE to the truth
1. Means: Believing the truth or Becoming followers of the truth
2. Similar to Acts 6:7 Luke tells us “The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.”
ii. Obedience to THE TRUTH
1. The good news of 1 Peter 1
a. READ 1:10-11
i. 1:11 Christ’s sufferings
ii. 1:11 Christ’s resurrection and glorification
b. READ 1:18-19
i. Redemption by Christ’s precious death on the cross
b. You have been made spiritually alive by the living Word of God
i. READ 1:23
1. You have been “born again” by faith in Jesus
ii. READ 1:3-4
1. Result of being born again is that we are now loved children of God
Summary:
The 1st reason to thirst for God’s word is that the Message of God’s Word endures forever.
2nd , because you yourself have tasted its sweetness in your own salvation.
-Your soul has been cleansed by your faith in the Gospel.
-You have been made spiritually alive by the living Word of God.
Note: Both purified (1:22) and Born again (1:23) are perfect tenses – past action with ongoing results
III. The 3rd reason to thirst for God’s word is that God is not finished with you. God is still changing you through His word today.
a. READ 2:2-3
b. ILL: Fawcett puppies dog-pile
c. Why in order that you might “grow in regards to your salvation”
i. General sanctification: God changing you to be like Jesus through His Word.
ii. Specifically: God is working in us a Word produced Love of one another
READ 1:22-23
1. Bookends of the Word/ the Truth
2. The center is word produced love
a. “of the brethren” the family of God
b. “one another” reciprocal
c. “fervently” stretchingly (torture machine)
d. “from the heart” sincere affections
e. SUPERNATURAL Word produced love
3. Put away all love hindering sins
a. READ 2:1
Summary:
The 1st reason to thirst for God’s word is that the Message of God’s Word endures forever.
2nd , because you yourself have tasted its sweetness in your own salvation.
-Your soul has been cleansed by your faith in the Gospel.
-You have been made spiritually alive by the living Word of God.
3rd, you should thirst for God word because God is not finished with you. God is still changing you through His word today. Calling you to forsake love hindering sin and creating in you a love for one another that is supernatural and beyond your own making.
Closing
Grandma released
-Doctors orders: number one need was simple but essential: nutrition and hydration
The great physician has prescribed for us an equally simple but essential source of nourishment so that our soul will thrive.
God invites you to thirst for His Word again and taste again the kindness of the Lord.