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

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

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)

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”

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

Behavior: Holy like your Father God’s Holiness “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 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.” God’s Holiness

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

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