Our family was on vacation, and my nine-year-old stepdaughter was up to her usual antics. It started with teasing her brother. As he screamed, I called her out of the room and made her sit at the kitchen table next to me. She began to get very mouthy and rude. I then had her sit on a chair, away from the activity of the family, for twenty minutes. That's when she began a tirade of dramatic remarks, namely that I hated her, the whole family hated her, and that she was "always punished for no reason." She screamed, stomped her feet, and shouted. When her father intervened, she yelled that she hated him, that he was "the worst thing in her life" and that her entire life was useless.
“…not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance.” 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
1 Peter 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation.
1 Cor 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.
1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. maintaining holiness by living holy lives 2 Cor. 7:1 Rom. 6:20-22
“James Butler Bonham, no picture of him exists. This portrait is of his nephew, Major James Bonham, deceased, who greatly resembled his uncle. It is placed here by the family that people may know the appearance of the man who died for freedom." - Bill Morgan 1 Peter 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Peladophobia – fear of baldness. Chaetophobia – fear of hairy people. Dextrophobia – fear of objects on the right side of the body. Levophobia – fear of objects on the left side of the body. Thalassophobia – fear of sitting down. Porphyrophobia – fear of the color purple. Phobophobia – fear of being afraid.
1 Peter 1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear.
Col 1:16-17 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
1.The Judgment of God. 2 Peter 3:11-14 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat…
1.The Judgment of God. Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
1.The Judgment of God. 1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
1.The Judgment of God. 2.God’s Plan of Salvation. a.Our redemption cost a severe price (the blood of Christ) b.Our justification took a great act (the resur- rection of Christ).
1.The Holy Are in the Habit of Obeying God. a.Not living as they did in the past. b.Living lives of holiness. 2.The Holy Are in the Habit of Fearing God. a.Because of the judgment of God. b.Because of our redemption from sin by the blood of Christ and His resurrection from the dead.