Children of Obedience

TEXT: 1 Pet. 1:13-25

INTRODUCTION:

A. CHRISTIANS DESCRIBED AS "CHILDREN OF OBEDIENCE."

B. DESCRIBES A LIFE CHARACTERIZED BY OBEDIENCE.

1. Fathers have a right to expect obedience( Eph. 6:1 ).

2. Children of God by virtue of obedience.

C. WHAT ELSE IS SAID OF CHILDREN OF OBEDIENCE?

I. PREPARED( vs. 13 ).

A. MENTAL PREPARATION FOR MENTAL WARFARE( 2 Cor. 10:3-6 ).

B. HOW TO PREPARE:

1. Be sober - have a serious disposition toward life.

a. The danger( 1 Pet. 5:8 ). Must be careful( Eph. 5:15; 1 Pet. 1:17 ).

b. Our influence( Titus 2:7-8 )

2. Set your hope on Jesus( Heb. 12:1-2; Col. 3:1-2 ).

a. Where are your eyes?( 2 Cor. 4:16-18 ).

b. Where is your treasure?( Matt. 6:19-21 ).

II. TRANSFORMED( vs. 14 ).

A. NEW CREATURES( 2 Cor. 5:17 ).

1. Transformed( Rom. 12:2 ). Not like when ignorant - renewing of the mind.

2. A new service( Rom. 6:12-13; 17-18 ).

B. NEW PURPOSE( 1 Pet. 4:1-2 ).

C. NOT THE SAME( Col. 3:9-10 ). The old things are become new.

III. HOLY( vs. 15-16 ).

A. "SANCTIFIED" - "SET APART" - "SEPARATED."

B. 1 Pet. 2:11-12. A RESULT OF EFFORTS TO BE RIGHT.

1. "Fleshly lusts" - War against the soul.

2. Striving against the spirit( Gal. 5:16-21 ).

3. 1 Pet. 4:3-4. It will make us different.

C. Eph. 5:11. HAVE NO FELLOWSHIP!

IV. PURE( vs. 22 ).

A. PURE AS A CONDITION( 2 Pet. 1:3-4; 2:20; Eph. 5:25-27 ).

B. PURE AS A BEHAVIOR( Phil. 2:14-16; 2 Cor. 7:1 ).

C. PURITY IS ACHIEVED BY OBEDIENCE( 1 Pet. 1:22; Rom. 6:17-18 ).

V. REDEEMED( vs. 18-20 ).

A. SALVATION IS NOT OF THIS WORLD(vs. 18; 1 John 2:15-17 ).

B. IT IS IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS SHED FOR US( 1 Pet. 2:24; 2 Cor. 5:14-15 ).

C. GOD'S PLAN FROM THE BEGINNING( vs. 20; Eph. 1:7-10 ).

CONCLUSION: HAVING BEEN BEGOTTEN AGAIN.

A. GOD'S CHILDREN BEGOTTEN AGAIN THROUGH THE WORD( vs. 23 ).

B. CHILDREN OF OBEDIENCE( vs. 13 ).