We’re going to go through the book of 1 Peter together.
Please join in and comment with any thoughts or questions you have on the passage.
1 Peter 1:13-21
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.
14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;
16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 Since you call on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.
18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers,
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
20 He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
21 Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
(from The Holy Bible: New International Version. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, by International Bible Society)
What do you think is the “grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed” ?
Are we capable of being holy as God is holy? And if not, as is obviously the case, why the exhortation?
How does it feel to know you have been redeemed? That is too religious a phrase now I think to really inspire people. Maybe rescued is better – how does it feel to know you have been rescued? Do you feel rescued? Do you know what you are rescued from?