Those of us who follow the Lord are very different from everybody else.
(1 Peter 1:17-25) And if you address as Father the One who judges impartially based on each one’s work, you are to conduct yourselves in reverence during this time of temporary residence. For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things, like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the times for you 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. By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, 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 enduring word of God. For “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower drops off, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached as the gospel to you.
1. We Are EXECUTIVES
A. We alone have ultimate responsibility of our lives.
B. This instruction is strictly for those who trust and follow Christ.
(17) And if you address as Father the One who judges impartially based on each one’s work, you are to conduct yourselves in reverence during this time of temporary residence.
C. We should be fearful of God’s judgment of our behavior.
2. We Were EXPENSIVE
(18-19) For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things, like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ…
A. Jesus bought us back from the condemned way of life.
B. We were bought with BLOOD.
3. We Are EXTRAORDINARY
(22) By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart…
A. We’re extraordinary because we love one another.
(22c) Love one another earnestly
B. We’re extraordinary because our hearts have been purified.
(22b) Having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers.
C. We’re extraordinary because we obey God’s truth.
(22a) By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves…
When we experience persecution for following Jesus, it is the badge of belonging to Christ.
1 Peter 4:12-19
As Christians we should be ready for Christ's return in the future by being faithful to Christ today
1 Peter 4:7-11
There are drastic changes in the lives of all followers of Christ
1 Peter 4:1-6
We want to understand more about the spiritual realm.
1 Peter 2:18-22
Suffering, for a Christ follower, takes on a whole different look from everybody else.
1 Peter 3:12-17
Those of us who follow the Lord have a completely different kind of maturity.
1 Peter 3:8-12
