1 Peter: Week 2
Being Holy in an Unholy World
Pastor Chris Pratt
Part of 1 Peter
April 15, 2024



1 Peter: Week 2 • Being Holy in an Unholy World • April 14, 2024

1 Peter 1:13
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

NLT Version -
14 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. 15 But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. 16 For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.

God’s

for you is a higher priority than your .

God wants you to be , but true happiness is found in .

(hagios): cut away; different; set apart; pure

We naturally drift toward , not toward .

are not our standard. is our standard.

17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

1 John 1:5-6
God is light. In Him is no darkness. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie…

You cannot be holy and be about .

1 John 2:4
Whoever says I know him but does not keep his commandments is a liar.

You cannot know Christ as Savior and Lord and not have what He has .

Holiness is not . Holiness is an .

2 Corinthians 3:18
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.

You are only able to what you .

Living is not the path to Jesus, but Jesus is the path to living .







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