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Faith in the Crosshairs 1 Peter

Faith in the Crosshairs 1 Peter. Crave (1 Peter 2:1-12). Review. Shadow of Nero's Persecution Point: "Live out the faith in the midst of suffering". Review The evidence of holiness is not : Morality . The Pharisees had that Bible knowledge . An atheist can possess that

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Faith in the Crosshairs 1 Peter

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  1. Faith in the Crosshairs1 Peter Crave (1 Peter 2:1-12)

  2. Review • Shadow of Nero's Persecution • Point: "Live out the faith in the midst of suffering"

  3. ReviewThe evidence of holiness is not: • Morality. The Pharisees had that • Bible knowledge. An atheist can possess that • Number of people in a church. Cults have that • Really long prayers that impress. Jesus warned against that. The evidence of holiness is sincere and fervent love

  4. Review Worked backwards, how I speak of and treat people, esp. other believers, is a primary evidence of my walk with God

  5. Foundational Truths: • My relationship with God affects my relationships with people. • And my relationships with people affect my relationship with God

  6. Context: …you were redeemed…with the precious blood of Christ…love one another earnestly from a pure heart- 1:17-19, 22

  7. So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander- vs. 1 “Strip off”- Why?

  8. So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander- vs. 1 “Strip off”- Why? It's no longer who I am

  9. So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander- vs. 1 “Strip off”- Why? These things cannot co-exist with sincere brotherly love

  10. Set fire to the halo!

  11. Set fire to the halo! • Malice- evil intent • Deceit- lying • Hypocrisy- 2-faced • Envy-wanting what others have and resenting them for it • Slander-speaking poorly of, tearing others down

  12. Malice- evil intent • Deceit- lying • Hypocrisy- 2-faced • Envy-wanting what others have and resenting them for it • Slander-speaking poorly of, tearing others down • Engage- speak the truth in love

  13. Malice- evil intent • Deceit- lying • Hypocrisy- 2-faced • Envy-wanting what others have and resenting them for it • Slander-speaking poorly of, tearing others down • Examine: Not all of these are outward and seen

  14. Malice • Deceit • Hypocrisy • Envy • Slander • All of these are relational and have devastating effects on my relationship with others and God

  15. Like newborn infants, long for (crave) the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good- vs. 2-3 • Pure= adolos- unmixed • Deceit= dolos- deceit

  16. “Spiritual milk”- logikos- “Word” Where did Peter's audience go for spiritual milk?

  17. …if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good Long for= Intense desire, craving, lust Malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy and slander dull my taste for the things of God

  18. Principle- As long as sin remains tolerable, the desire for milk is choked off • Repentance always leads to a renewed desire for the things of God

  19. How do I crave? Repent/"Strip-off"

  20. How? Deepest Desire

  21. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk Who are infants?

  22. Spiritual maturity is not: • A function of the passage of time • But a measure of growth into the image of Christ

  23. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious

  24. …you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ- vs. 4-5

  25. Jesus- rejected by the builders Forms the foundation for a building that will last long after every other institution is gone

  26. Jesus is the Founder, Builder and Senior Pastor of any true church Pastor-centered is scripturally-incorrect and dangerous

  27. Why?

  28. … you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house … Living stones- connected to others in Community (as you come to him, stripping off malice, deceit, etc, and desiring pure spiritual milk)

  29. The more I connect to God, the more I'll be connected to his people

  30. It is impossible to be growing in God and not be connecting to God's people, since the point of growth is: • Greater connection in community • For the purpose of declaring God's glory

  31. We were made for community. When God’s people come together in Christ, he dwells in us collectively

  32. …being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices … Together, we form a priesthood

  33. Priests: • Connect people to God • Believers and unbelievers • Represent God to people • Believers and unbelievers • Offer sacrifices • Say what???

  34. …to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God- Romans 15:16

  35. As Priests, the sacrifice we offer to God is that of proclaiming the gospel to both unbelievers and believers

  36. Priests under the instruction of and accountable to the High Priest, Jesus Who has already made the ultimate and only effectual sacrifice

  37. …to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."

  38. So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone," and "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense."

  39. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

  40. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession…

  41. …that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

  42. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy- vs. 9-10

  43. Christians are to be marked by humility and praise

  44. What produces that humility and praise?

  45. Praises= aretai- self-declarations of the excellencies, virtues and acts of God

  46. Praises= aretai- self-declarations of the excellencies, virtues and acts of God Big Idea- The church advertises for God, not for its own glory

  47. Holy Nation- new King with new standards, values, laws

  48. Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul- vs. 11 Sojourners and Exiles- Living for and traveling toward our home, while representing it in another land

  49. …abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul • The desires are not wrong • The method and the expectationare perverted by fallenness • God alone satisfies

  50. …abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul I can wage war against my own soul • Begins by thinking this is home • And trying to find ultimate satisfaction in what it provides

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