3. 1 PETER 1:15-16
"But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy
in all manner of conversation;"
"Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy."
To be holy is to have a holy conversation
All manner of conversation
1 CORINTHIANS 15: 33 “Be not deceived: evil
communications corrupt good manners."
Words, actions, expression
4. I. Words
MATTHEW 12:34 "O generation of vipers, how can
ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the
abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."
PSALMS 50: 23 “Whoso offereth praise glorifieth
me: and to him that ordereth his conversation
aright will I shew the salvation of God."
EPHESIANS 4: 29 "Let no corrupt communication
proceed out of your mouth, but that which is
good to the use of edifying, that it may minister
grace unto the hearers."
5. II.Actions
GALATIANS 1:13 “For ye have heard of my
conversation in time past in the Jews' religion,
how that beyond measure I persecuted the
church of God, and wasted it:"
JAMES 3: 13 “Who is a wise man and endued
with knowledge among you? let him shew out
of a good conversation his works with
meekness of wisdom."
6. 1 PETER 2:12 “Having your conversation honest among
the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as
evildoers, they may by your good works, which they
shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation." Your
conversation(s) will be replayed at the judgment.
1 PETER 3:1 “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your
own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they
also may without the word be won by the conversation
of the wives;"
JAMES 2: 24 “Ye see then how that by works a man is
justified, and not by faith only.“
HEBREWS 13: 5 “Let your conversation be without
covetousness; and be content with such things as ye
have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee."
7. What’s the difference in thinking
wrong and saying or acting wrong?
PHILIPPIANS 3: 20 (18-19who mind earthly things)
"For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look
for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:"
• ECCLESIASTES 10: 20 "Curse not the king, no not in thy
thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a
bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath
wings shall tell the matter."
o (‘birds of the air”=unclean spirits, or devils: Mat.
13:32,4,19, Mrk. 4:4, Jer. 5:27, Ezek. 31:13, Lk. 13:19, Rev.
18:2,Dan. 4)
o 2 CORINTHIANS 2:11 "Lest Satan should get an advantage
of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices." Nor he of
ours.
8. • 1 CORINTHIANS 11: 30 "For this cause many are weak
and sickly among you, and many sleep."
(10:16-17, 11:24) This is a public vow before God and
man … God takes it very serious.
• ACTS 5: 4 "Whiles it remained, was it not thine own?
and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power?
why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou
hast not lied unto men, but unto God."
• NUMBERS 14: 2 "And all the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the
whole congregation said unto them, Would God that
we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had
died in this wilderness!"
9. NUMBERS 14: 28-29 "Say unto them, As truly as I live,
saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I
do to you:"
"Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were
numbered of you, according to your whole number, from
twenty years old and upward which have murmured
against me."
NUMBERS 26: 65 "For the LORD had said of them, They
shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left
a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and
Joshua the son of Nun."
How do you do this? 3ways:
What you put in your heart:
MATTHEW 12:34 …out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh.
10. What to put in your head:
PHILIPPIANS 4: 8 "Finally, brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things
are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report; if there
be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think
on these things."
PROVERBS 23: 7 "For as he thinketh in his heart,
so is he…
11. Spiritual action to take
2 TIMOTHY 1: 3 "I thank God, whom I serve from my
forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing
I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and
day;"
REVELATION 12: 10 "And I heard a loud voice saying in
heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the
kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for
the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which
accused them before our God day and night."
REVELATION 20, 10 "And the devil that deceived them
was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the
beast and the false prophet are, and shall be
tormented day and night for ever and ever."
12. God will impress on you to pray for a person...
do it like Paul. Your prayer will effect an action
before the fact.
• The devil has to accuse, after the fact.
(day/night vs night/day)
• Evolution is only available to a Christian.
All others get entropy.
