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OVERVIEW

WHO

WHOM

WHERE

WHEN

WHY

Peter, the Rock

Believers in Asia Minor

Rome

AD 64

Hope in the midst of trials

Battle for Holiness1 Peter 1:13-16

Battle for

13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

Battle for Holiness1 Peter 1:13-16 (NKJV)

1 Peter 1:13-16

What do these words have in common?

? Migrant

? Smell

? Sex

? Attitude

? Black

Negative Connotative Words

HOLY

Battle for Holiness1 Peter 1:13-16

GrowGird

GraceBattle for

Grow1 Peter 1:16 “Be holy, for I am holy”

Some say there is NO need to GROW in holiness as we are already holy

Battle for

1 Peter 1:16 “Be holy, for I am holy”

Hebrew: Kodesh Greek: Hagios

Separated Set apart

Different

Battle for

Grow

Positionally Holy Justification

Progressively Holy Sanctification

Perfectly Holy Glorification

Past

Present

Future

1 Peter 1:16 “Be holy, for I am holy”

Lev 11:44 “I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy.”

Lev 19:2 “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.”

Battle for

Grow

The holy man is not one who cannot sin.A holy man is one who will not sin.

1 Peter 1:13a “Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober…”

The Battle for Holiness begins in the mind

Battle for

Gird

NIV

Therefore, prepare your minds

for action; be self-controlled; set

your hope fully on the grace to be

given you when Jesus Christ is

revealed.

NKJV

Therefore gird up the loins of

your mind, be sober, and

rest your hope fully upon the grace

that is to be brought to you at the

revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:13b “... and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ”

The Battle for Holiness is motivated by Grace

Battle for

Grace

Pursuing Holiness through legalistic self-effort

Error 1

Galatians 3:3 “How foolish can you be? After starting your Christian lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?”

Battle for

Grace

Grace removes the requirement for Holiness

Error 2

2 Corinthians 7:1 “Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.”

Battle for

Grace

Grace-Empowered Holiness

Titus 2:11-13“For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age”

GraceBattle for

Truth

“The pursuit of holiness must be

anchored in the grace of God;

otherwise it is doomed to

failure…. The pursuit of holiness

requires sustained and vigorous

effort…. Grace and the personal

discipline required to pursue

holiness, however, are not

opposed to one another. In fact,

they go hand in hand.”

GROW in Holiness

GIRD your mind

GRACE–empowered Holiness

Battle for 1 Peter 1:13-16

Benjamin Isaiah

BrianJoyce JoyMercyEsther Rachel

"True holiness is no

vague sentiment - it is

intensely practical. It

is nothing less than

the bringing of every

thought and feeling

and act - into

obedience to Christ!"

JR Miller