2. What Is Excellent Behavior? 1 Peter 2:13-25 What Is Excellent Behavior? 1 Peter 2:13-25

3. Keep Your Behavior Excellent Submit…to every human institution v.15- Right living MAY stop false accusations Speaks to civil disobedience, disrespect, and resistance

4. Keep Your Behavior Excellent Submit…to every human institution Honor ALL men Submit…to every human institution Honor ALL men Speaks to seeing VALUE in others Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;4. do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.5. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, Phil. 2:3-5

5. Keep Your Behavior Excellent Submit…to every human institution Honor ALL men Love the brotherhood Submit…to every human institution Honor ALL men Love the brotherhood “agapao”, active goodwill, choosing to love Lit. “keep loving everyone in relation to Christ

6. 1 John 3:16; 4:20 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also. We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

7. Keep Your Behavior Excellent Submit…to every human institution Honor ALL men Love the brotherhood Fear God Submit…to every human institution Honor ALL men Love the brotherhood Fear God Greek- phobeo - to show reverence and respect

8. How do we “show” respect? Obedience Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.2. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise),3. SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH. Ephesians 6:1-2 Attitude Presentation Attitude Presentation

9. Leviticus 10:1-3 Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.2. And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.3. Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is what the LORD spoke, saying, `By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people I will be honored.' " So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

10. Exodus 19:10, 14-15 The LORD also said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments; So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people, and they washed their garments.15. He said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman." The LORD also said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments; So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people, and they washed their garments.15. He said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman."

11. Keep Your Behavior Excellent Submit…to every human institution Honor ALL men Love the brotherhood Fear God Honor the King Submit…to every human institution Honor ALL men Love the brotherhood Fear God Honor the King “king” would refer here to Ceaser Leaders and their important decisions draw our ire. “Excellent behavior gives honor to the office.

12. Keep Your Behavior Excellent Submit…to every human institution Honor ALL men Love the brotherhood Fear God Honor the King Be submissive to your masters Submit…to every human institution Honor ALL men Love the brotherhood Fear God Honor the King Be submissive to your masters

13. All kind of “masters” included Some would be fair in attitude and action The key here? When Peter is speaking of fear and reverence he is speaking of God Others would be unfair, surly, and inconsiderate Good service is NOT determined by one’s master, but by THE Master. A parallel situation can be found in an employer with “power over one” today. God’s favor is on the patient one.

14. Keep Your Behavior Excellent Submit…to every human institution Honor ALL men Love the brotherhood Fear God Honor the King Be submissive to your masters Follow in His footsteps Submit…to every human institution Honor ALL men Love the brotherhood Fear God Honor the King Be submissive to your masters Follow in His footsteps

15. How shall we follow? Greek- kaleo- “invited” for this purpose i.e., He suffered unjustly, but trusted God and was patient. Our Example: w/government all men the brotherhood political leaders employers We now have A shepherd and Guardian of our souls