Four Steps to Full Life
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1 Peter 1:13-25
3 Therefore, preparing your minds for action,[b] and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the 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 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding 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, 25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
Life is futile apart from knowing and enjoying God as Father.
1 Christian, you have been ransomed—saved—from futility, from futile ways.
2 A Christian is a child of God, someone who knows God as Father.
3 Your life is and will be ultimately futile, meaningless, pointless if you live it apart from knowing and enjoying God as Father.
1 Hope in God
1 Prepare your Minds for Action
2 Be Sober minded
S—Seek God in prayer about everything.
T—Trust God through prayers of Thanksgiving
O—Open your mind to that which comes from God.
P—Practice the Word of God.
2. Be holy like God
‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’”
1 God—the perfect Father
2 For God to be holy means God is perfect in all His ways.
3 Reflect the character of God
3. Be fearful of God
17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
4. Love like God
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God. (v 22-23)
Holiness is defined in what you do in this world to show love for one another.
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