1 Peter 2f
- 1. 1 Peter 2 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 12 Having your conversation(behavior; life) honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. 11. Don’t sin because sin hurts us.2. Live righteously for the sake of testimony.
- 2. (Jesus) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven. Matthew 5:16 (KJV)2Be boldBe generousShine brightly
- 3. 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.31 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the Truth. 1 Timothy 2:1-4 (KJV)
- 4. A quiet and peaceable life, lived in godliness and honesty.4I know, it sounds too simple.God said it.Believe and practice it.
- 5. 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the Will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 5Obey all laws that allow us to obey God.Silence ignorance with well-doing;Lead a quiet and peaceable life.
- 6. The world is going to hate us and speak evil against us; that is inevitable.6Don’t give them just reason.When Christians use bombs, or guns, or sticks and stones,We do not advance the cause of our Lord.Lead quiet andPeaceable lives.
- 7. 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 7Freedom requires responsibility.Liberty == LicenseWe are free from the dominion of sin;Free from the power of Satan.Free to live for God and be blessed.
- 8. Bondage8“I’m free; I do as I please.”But, their sin controls their life.
- 9. Many are in bondage to obsessive thinking:9
- 10. Devils build strongholds in our minds, but we can be set free by the Power of God.2 Corinthians 10:4-51012 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the Kingdom of His dear Son: Colossians 1
- 11. 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant (slave) of sin. … 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 811Free from sin and its destruction.Free from obsessive and oppressive thinking.Free to live for GodAnd be blessed.