ONE THING: Submission to authority honors Jesus. 

1 Peter 2:13-15

CONTEXT: To equip you to work, worship, and live in a society friendly or hostile to the Christian faith.

SALVATION: Being saved by grace through faith for the forgiveness of your sins is the first step to living for God.

No power but God, resist what God ordained, you resist God. NOT GOOD. 

Romans 13:1-14

Seek to do biblical good instead of evil that gets punished.

    A driving guideline to how you approach life and reflects your relationship with God. 

How can we know when we do something it is good?  

   Good is when God gets the glory (praise & credit) and disciples are made.

ONE THING: Christians point the way to God's salvation day.

1 Peter 2:13-15

CONTEXT:  A Christian's biblical actions will help push back the darkness of evil.

   You are being attacked from the outside so that you will hide the goodness of God on the inside.

SALVATION: To be set free from Sin by grace through faith. That is the purpose of God's visit.

What is some good advice to help us abstain from the passions of the flesh?

   Feed the soul more than you indulge the flesh.

Why do we want people to see our good deeds we do for God?  

   Because Good deeds show God to be good.

ONE THING:  God chooses to send you so that He can set people free

1 Peter 2:9-10

CONTEXT:  To be welcomed home through salvation into God the Father's compassion.

   Out of darkness, orphaness and mercy into God's light, family and mercy.

SALVATION: There is a darkness, sin that plagues all of humanity. It's final cost will be separation from God and all good things forever. Its current cost is a lengthy list of suffering, unfullfillment and darkness. Only by being forgiven of your sins by grace through faith because of Jesus' death and resurrection can you be spared from this judgment.

CHOSEN & COMMISSIONED

What does God call us to do with all the good He has done? 

PROCLAIM HIS EXCELLENCIES

   Proclaim (Show forth, tell out, celebrate ) the excellencies (virtue, moral goodness) of Him who called you.

COMPASSION

What does God want someone who is not a Christian to do with His mercy? 

BE SAVED

Once not a people, now God's people

As a Christian, what does God want us to do with the mercy He has given us?  

HELP THE AFFLICTED

Once not received mercy, now received mercy 

(Compassion to help the afflicted)

ONE THING: Life's journey with Jesus is for our own good and God's glory.

1 Peter 2:4-8

CONTEXT:   The method and means of your life are not meant to be of greater importance than God's will for you.

SALVATION: Disgrace can leave no hope. Jesus died so you might truly, fully live in difficult and not so difficult times.

JOURNEY WITH JESUS - RESPOND

   God says Jesus is appointed and anointed.

BE BUILT UP - RESPOND

   A house of holiness that provides biblical self-denial for the good of those along for your Jesus journey.

BELIEVE IN JESUS - RESPOND

   Salvation

OBEY THE WORD - RESPOND

   Disobedience leads to stumbling and stumbling is the result of all who disobey. Flat on your face as you seek joy and deliverance of life.

ONE THING: Taste and see that the Lord is good! - Psalm 34:8

1 Peter 2:1-3

CONTEXT:  So much life happens and God desires for us to become more and more like Jesus.

   In these passages, nourishment for the soul and action for life. 

SALVATION: Then a relationship with Jesus, there is so much good to experience from God, forgiveness, strength, purpose and on and on and on.

What does God tell us to do with all malice, deceit, hypocrisy and slander?

  Put it away 

What does God want us to have a Christians?  

  Maturity - by longing for Christ, Word of God more than sin

ONE THING: What matters most is what matters to the Most High God.

1 Peter 1:22-25

CONTEXT:  Holiness means being totally devoted and dedicated to God, set aside for his special use and set apart from sin and its influence.

SALVATION: Be born again through Jesus the imperishable, living and abiding / dwelling Word of God.

All flesh (man-made accomplishments and outcomes apart from God) withers and falls.

Word of Lord remains forever

1 Corinthians 15:3-4: A major focus for all Christians.

ONE THING: God is still on the throne. 

1 Peter 1:20-21

CONTEXT:  Holiness means being totally devoted and dedicated to God, set aside for his special use and set apart from sin and its influence.

SALVATION: It is only through belief that Jesus is the Son of God and Lord that we can be saved from our sin penalty. Confess, Believe, be saved by God's grace through faith.

Jesus Christ and His purpose has always existed, before there was existence.

This is it, your last times, your last days. You are so close to eternity, don't forget that, let it compel you to live biblically.

God strengthens our faith and fuels our hope. 

Set aside for his special use.

Faith (Inner) and hope (things to come) are in God = 

   He is on the heart throne of why you do what you do when you do it.                       SERVE OTHERS

   He is on the heart throne of why you feel what you feel when you feel it.             SACRIFICE FOR OTHERS

   He is on the heart throne of why you say what you say when you say it.                   ENCOURAGE OTHERS

   He is on the heart throne of why you think what you think when you think it.          GRACE GAP OTHERS

   He is on the heart throne of why you are becoming more and more like Jesus Christ.      GLORY TO GOD

ONE THING: The price Jesus paid on the Cross is worth our full devotion to God.

1 Peter 1:17-19

Christians know what we were / are ransomed from something terrible to something tremendous. 

CONTEXT: Sanctification is all that God does in you and through you to create you into the image of Jesus Christ.

SALVATION: Jesus gave His life for the forgiveness of your sins. He made this way through God's judgment so you won't not have to pay the price of sin that He has already paid for through the Crucifixion. Be saved by grace through faith. 

Everyone's deeds will be judged by God the Father, comforting thought of urgency.

Something is futile when it is outside of God's will, the example of Jesus Christ and the leading of the Holy Spirit. (Bible a tremendous way forward)

Perfect, sacrificial, Messiah = He paid the price for our redemption by His precious blood.

To which we all should respond... by conducting ourselves in a way that brings God joy, glory and help other people want a relationship with Jesus.

ONE THING: Be holy as God is holy.

1 Peter 1:13-16

Every choice has a consequence that transforms something because of its influence.

Holiness means being totally devoted or dedicated to God, set aside for his special use and set apart from sin and its influence.

We cannot become holy on our own, Holy Spirit given help us obey and the power to overcome sin.

ONE THING: Jesus has been, is now and always will be Savior of all.   

1 Peter 1:10-12

The sum whereof is this, that Christ Jesus was delivered for our offences and raised again for our justification. -M. Henry

Prophets serve not themselves but others / you so that when the grace is shared it will be received in order to fulfill God's will and bring Him glory.