Peter wrote this letter to believers in Asia Minor who were experiencing trials. He encourages them to have hope through God's grace and to pursue holiness. To do so, they must prepare their minds (gird up their loins of mind), be self-controlled, and set their hope fully on the grace that will be given through Jesus Christ. They are called to be holy as God is holy, which means being set apart and different. The pursuit of holiness begins in the mind and is motivated by and empowered by God's grace, not legalism or the idea that grace removes the need for holiness.

2. SSMC

4. OVERVIEW
WHO
WHOM
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
Peter, the Rock
Believers in Asia Minor
Rome
AD 64
Hope in the midst of trials

5. Battle for Holiness1 Peter 1:13-16
Battle for

6. 13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be
sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace
that is to be brought to you at the revelation
of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not
conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in
your ignorance; 15 but as He who called
you is holy, you also be holy in all your
conduct, 16 because it is written,
“Be holy, for I am holy.”
Battle for Holiness
1 Peter 1:13-16 (NKJV)

7. 1 Peter 1:13-16

8. What do these words have in common?
? Migrant
? Smell
? Sex
? Attitude
? Black
Negative
Connotative
Words
HOLY

9. Battle for Holiness1 Peter 1:13-16
Grow
Gird
GraceBattle for

10. Grow
1 Peter 1:16 “Be holy, for I am holy”
Some say there is NO need to GROW in
holiness as we are already holy
Battle for

11. 1 Peter 1:16 “Be holy, for I am holy”
Hebrew: Kodesh Greek: Hagios
Separated Set apart
Different
Battle for
Grow

12. Positionally Holy Justification
Progressively Holy Sanctification
Perfectly Holy Glorification
Past
Present
Future

13. 1 Peter 1:16 “Be holy, for I am holy”
Lev 11:44 “I am the LORD your God;
consecrate yourselves and be holy, because
I am holy.”
Lev 19:2 “Speak to the entire assembly of
Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I,
the LORD your God, am holy.”
Battle for
Grow

15. The holy man is not one who cannot sin.
A holy man is one who will not sin.

16. 1 Peter 1:13a “Therefore, gird up the
loins of your mind, be sober…”
The Battle for Holiness begins in the mind
Battle for
Gird

18. NIV
Therefore, prepare your minds
for action; be self-controlled; set
your hope fully on the grace to be
given you when Jesus Christ is
revealed.

19. NKJV
Therefore gird up the loins of
your mind, be sober, and
rest your hope fully upon the grace
that is to be brought to you at the
revelation of Jesus Christ.

20. 1 Peter 1:13b “... and rest your hope fully
upon the grace that is to be brought to
you at the revelation of Jesus Christ”
The Battle for Holiness is motivated by Grace
Battle for
Grace

21. Pursuing Holiness through legalistic self-effort
Error 1
Galatians 3:3
“How foolish can you be? After starting your
Christian lives in the Spirit, why are you now
trying to become perfect by your own human
effort?”
Battle for
Grace

22. Grace removes the requirement for Holiness
Error 2
2 Corinthians 7:1
“Therefore, since we have these promises,
dear friends, let us purify ourselves from
everything that contaminates body and spirit,
perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.”
Battle for
Grace

23. Grace-Empowered Holiness
Titus 2:11-13
“For the grace of God has appeared that
offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to
say “No” to ungodliness and worldly
passions, and to live self-controlled, upright
and godly lives in this present age”
Grace
Battle for
Truth

25. “The pursuit of holiness must be
anchored in the grace of God;
otherwise it is doomed to
failure…. The pursuit of holiness
requires sustained and vigorous
effort…. Grace and the personal
discipline required to pursue
holiness, however, are not
opposed to one another. In fact,
they go hand in hand.”

26. GROW in Holiness
GIRD your mind
GRACE–empowered Holiness
Battle for 1 Peter 1:13-16

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30. "True holiness is no
vague sentiment - it is
intensely practical. It
is nothing less than
the bringing of every
thought and feeling
and act - into
obedience to Christ!"
JR Miller