Title: God’s Power Changes Lives

Text: 1 Peter 4:2-6 NASB95

1 Peter 4:1

I. God’s Power Changes Our Purpose

a. 1 Peter 4:2-3, “so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts

of men, but for the will of God. For the time already past is sufficient for you to

have carried out the desire of the Gentiles...”

b. 2 Corinthians 5:17

c. Ephesians 2:10

d. Ephesians 4:22-24

II. God’s Power Changes Our Habits.

a. 1 Peter 4:3, “For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the

desire of the Gentiles...”

b. Romans 8:1

c. 1 Peter 4:3, For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the

desire of the Gentiles, [a]

having pursued...

d. 1 Peter 4:3“sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and

[d]abominable idolatries.”

III. God’s Power Changes Our Relationships

a. 1 Peter 4:4

IV. God’s Power Changes Our Outlook

a. 1 Peter 4:5

b. 1 Peter 4:6