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CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY. REALIZING OUR HELPLESS STATE. The Father gave them hope through the resurrection of JesusProtected by the power of GodSalvation revealedRedeemed by the blood of Christ. OBEDIENCE AND LOVE.
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REALIZING OUR HELPLESS STATE The Father gave them hope through the resurrection of JesusProtected by the power of GodSalvation revealedRedeemed by the blood of Christ
OBEDIENCE AND LOVE • The man blessed to enjoy this salvation, hope, inheritance etc. responds by obeying and demonstrating a sincere love“sincere” - without pretense or showThe point being this saved man lives for God and his brother rather than self
OBEDIENCE AND LOVE • This man rids himself of those attitudes which prevent obedience and brotherly love (2:1-3)We take this same mindset into every relationship (2:13-20) “To sum up all of you be harmonious…” (3:8-12 )
FOLLOW IN HIS STEPS • Why Me??Submission is not punishment for sin it is what we must do to partake in the Divine Nature (2:22-23)Do you have the faith to submit?
SURVIVING THE FIRE • In such conditions how does a local church maintain its integrity? Sacrificial Humble Leadership Submission and humility on the part of all
SURVIVING THE FIRE • “clothe yourselves with humility” “clothe” literally means in the Greek to “put or tie something on oneself” (BDAG)
SURVIVING THE FIRE • “clothe yourselves with humility” to fasten or gird on one’s self; the ἐγκόμβωμα was the white scarf or apron of slaves, which was fastened to the girdle of the vest ἐξωμίς, and distinguished slaves from freemen; hence 1 Pet. 5:5 τὴν ταπεινοφρ. ἐγκομβώσασθε, gird yourselves with humility as your servile garb (ἐγκόμβωμα) i. e. by putting on humility show your subjection one to another. (Thayer p.166)
SEEKING TO SERVE • JESUS DEMONSTRATES THE CONCEPT OF BEING CLOTHED WITH HUMILITYPETER’S OUTBURST DEMONSTRATES A NEEDED PRINCIPLE