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The Good Life: Controlled by Hope, Marked by Holiness

1 Peter 1:13-21. The Good Life: Controlled by Hope, Marked by Holiness. What is “the good life”?. The imitation of Jesus Christ. anastrepho : 1 Peter 1:15, 17, 18: 2:12, 18; 3:1, 2, 16; 2 Peter 2:7; 3:11. Ingredients of the Good Life. Hope (1:13) Holiness (1:14-21) Love (1:22-2:3)

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The Good Life: Controlled by Hope, Marked by Holiness

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  1. 1 Peter 1:13-21 The Good Life: Controlled by Hope, Marked by Holiness

  2. What is “the good life”? The imitation of Jesus Christ anastrepho: 1 Peter 1:15, 17, 18: 2:12, 18; 3:1, 2, 16; 2 Peter 2:7; 3:11

  3. Ingredients of the Good Life • Hope (1:13) • Holiness (1:14-21) • Love (1:22-2:3) • Worship (2:4-10) • Witness (2:9-12) • Submission (2:11-3:12)

  4. Mindset: Hope Fixed on Christ • Hope = “a confident expectation that God will fulfill His promises” • Object of hope = “grace being carried to you” • How? • “gird the loins of your mind” • “remain sober”

  5. Behavior: Holy like your Father • hagios (holy) = “set apart, distinct; not ordinary or common”

  6. “Who is like You among the gods, O Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?” Exodus 15:11 Behavior: Holy like your Father • God’s Holiness

  7. Revelation 15:3–4 And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations! Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy; For all the nations will come and worship before You, For Your righteous acts have been revealed.” Behavior: Holy like your Father • God’s Holiness

  8. Behavior: Holy like your Father • God’s Holiness • Our Holiness • Positional • Experiential the world’s “schematic” ALL “conduct”

  9. Motivation for Holiness • Because God cares how we live • Because all else is futile • Because our freedom was costly

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