Sermon Notes September 27, 2015 “A Holy People … for a Holy God” (1 Peter 1:13-2:3) I. A ______________ of holiness. A. Peter describes holiness by looking at the ___________ kind of lifestyle. 1. “Do not conform to the evil ____________ you had when you lived in ignorance.” (1 Peter 1:14) 2. “___________ yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy and slander of every kind.” (1 Peter 2:1) B. Peter describes holiness by looking at the ___________ of God. “Be ____________, because I am holy.” (1 Peter 1:16) C. Peter describes holiness by reminding us of what our own ____________ says. (1 Peter 1:17) II. Our _______________ for holiness. A. Our responsibility is to ____________ for action. (1 Peter 1:13) B. Our responsibility is to be ____________ children. (1 Peter 1:14) C. There are other ____________ words in this passage that imply responsibility on our part. (1 Peter 1:15; 2:1 … see also Philippians 1:6; 2:13; Hebrews 12:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; Titus 2:12) III.One ____________ to holiness. A. The ____________ that occurred under King Josiah’s leadership illustrations one key to holiness. (2 Chronicles 34) B. The ____________ of new life is in the Word of God. (1 Peter 1:23) C. ____________ in this life we know in Christ is also through the Word of God. (1 Peter 2:2-3)
