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

2. 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

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. 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

7. 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

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