Last Sunday's lesson, 1 Peter 1"b" with a bit of review on "a". By way of opening illustration, I was friends with a Golden Gloves state champion, amazingly talented at age 16, who I sparred with just one time. One punch, even just a slight jab on his part, was enough to retire me from any fantasies of being a boxer! I'm sure Peter felt infinitely more so about Jesus Christ, just as did the other apostles who knew His Life Death and Resurrection. God Bless!

3. Living in Holiness
• Lesson Passages:
• 1 Peter 1: 13 – 25
• Background:
• 1 Peter 1: 13 - 25

4. Peter the The influence
and person of
apostle’s life
Jesus shines
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close to the
Peter’s letters,
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which were
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with Jesus,
Peter saw,
than any other
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believer in the
life and
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especially his
Testament,
resurrection
except Paul.
life… (next
slide)

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apostles,
Peter
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on Jesus’
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6. Churches where
Peter’s letter was to
be circulated

7. Review of 1 Peter 1: 1-6
1 Peter
Peter the apostle writes to the elect exiles scattered of Israel, ~A.D. 63-64
:2 They (we) are saved by God’s Spirit. “May peace increase to you!”
:3 Without deserving it, by boundless mercy believers are born again into
Everlasting LIFE, thru Christ’s resurrection.
God could have KO ’ed us !!
:4 We are instead given great privileges,
and an inheritance that’s like “the Gold” ___
:5.. AND are guarded by God’s Spirit!
:6 We should be VERY glad – even though
we’re now in this very troubled world

8. Review of 1 Peter 1: 7-12
.
:7 Trials / tests are smelting fire refines our gold “ore” to be
pure, to last. Trials: 1. Prove our faith (James 1: 2-4,
Heb. 11; 2 Cor. 4:17,13:5) 2. Make our crowns as we
grow in Christ (Rev. 4:10, 2 Tim. 4:8, Eph. 4:15)
:8-9 Like a fiance’ with engagement ring, waiting for the
Blessed Day to be totally His (He whom you love)
Prophets & angels were “jealous” (not really!), but told by
God’s Spirit that Christ would suffer, & glories would follow.
“You” have seen these things!

9. Let us explore…
What is Holiness?
Who needs it (Why is it important) ?
How can we ‘get it’ ?

10. 1. Because God Is Holy (1 Pet. 1:13-16)
13
So brace up your minds; be sober; set your hope wholly and
unchangeably on the grace that is coming to you when Jesus Christ
(the Messiah) is revealed. 14 [Live] as children of obedience [to God]; do
not conform yourselves to the evil desires from your former ignorance,
15
but as the One Who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in
all your conduct and manner of living. 16 For it is written, “You shall be
holy, for I am holy”.
:13 Self-control…. How can a person’s mind be ‘drunk’?
How crucial is it for Christians to think soberly? (Luke 21:34)
How does thinking about Jesus’ return help us (1 John 3:3)?
The whole purpose of creation AND redemption is to ‘have it ALL’ in
FINAL worship of God’s Son!
:14 Why is it important for us to obey God? Why is this a part of
God’s will (Why doesn’t He just allow us to sin?)
The proof of Jesus’ triumph is our behavior that’s victorious (Php. 4:1, 1
Thess. 2:19-20)
Jesus longs to share His glory and joy with us – but only truthfully, as
we imitate Him. We are remade conquerors in Him, submitted –HOLY!

11. More VERSES for 1. Because God Is Holy (1 Pet. 1:13-16)
1 John 3:3
•3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself just as
He is pure.
Philippians 4:1
•4 So then, my brothers, you are dearly loved and longed for—my
joy and crown. In this manner stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.
1 Thessalonians 2:19-20
•19 For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting in the presence
of our Lord Jesus at His coming? Is it not you? 20 For you are our
glory and joy!

12. 2. Because God Is Judge (1 Pet. 1:17) [HCSB]
17
And if you address as Father the One who judges impartially based on
each one’s work, you are to conduct yourselves in fear during the time
of your temporary residence.
•Our earthly fathers disciplined us, & we respected them (Heb. 12:9)
•God wants us as His heavenly (New) children to have a pleasing
sacrificial life like Christ, respect-FULL
•God will examine our works, and ‘shake’ them for final, eternal quality
(Heb. 12:25-29)
•If God is your FATHER, then you’ll love Jesus’ commands (Jn. 8:42)
•“Reverence” is phobos: fear, dread (see Heb. 12:25-29; Luke 12:5)
•God will not hear excuses for not being devoted to Him. If we are
skirting Him, salvation may be missing! (Lk. 12:5, Matt.7:22, Heb. 6a)
•Reverence starts at salvation – continues with repentances throughout
life (Rev. 3:19; Heb. 12:6)
•If not repenting, we will be judged out of His church, or perhaps even
this world (Matt. 18:17; Rev. 2:22; 1 Cor. 5:5, 11;30)
•We are to receive Jesus’ love & respond as His bride (Rev.19:7-9,

13. . Because of Our Redemption (1 Pet. 1:18-21) [The Message]
•Jesus did not just give us His opinion, or commands – He is our
Leader, Example, Purchaser out of sin, at the price of His own blood
(death) – and that for the whole world’s sins (1 John 2:2).
•He made the New Order (Creation) that the entire world is now required
to CHANGE (Acts 17:31, Jn. 5:22), or be judged forever guilty
•The ransom paid was eternal, DIVINE blood – perfectly infinite, beyond
any ransom for earthly slaves – beyond any value we could put on it.
•:21 We (believers) are NOW IN HIM, having submitted (salvation) and
inducted into His body, identified with His victory (Rom. 6:3, Gal. 3:27)

14. 4. Because of Our Purification (1 Pet. 1:22-25) [The Message]
•:22 Having obeyed in repentance, now: MOVE IN LOVE like Christ!
•Love obeys God, cooperates with Him to dig a pure ‘channel heart’, for
His love to flow through! (1 Tim. 1:5, Jn. 14:23).
•Love is absolutely essential to working in God’s Way (Jn. 13:34; Gal.
5:6; 1 Cor. 13; 1 Thess. 1:3).
•:23-24 (Isaiah 40:6-9) "old order" plants (this life) are passing away
•Jam. 1:9-11, Luke 12:27-31 – We are to show the “New Order” Seed of
Christ, God’s “Unbelievable” New Life–beautiful!
•His life, if His Words (Life) are in us, WILL last forever! (John 10:28-30,
14:3, 15:7)

15. I am full of earth
You are heaven’s worth
I am stained with dirt, prone to depravity
You are everything that is bright and clean
The antonym of me
You are divinity
But a certain sign of grace is this:
From a broken earth flowers come up, Pushing through the dirt
…
You are everything that is bright and clean
And You’re covering me with Your majesty
And the truest sign of grace was this:
From wounded hands redemption fell down
Liberating man
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loved me! (1 John 4:19, James 1:22)

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