Live the New Life in Christ (1 Peter 1:18-21)
Gary McManus, 09/21/2014Part of the Life With Jesus is Better series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
Worship is relationship. Meeting together for
worship is for YOUR benefit, not God’s benefit.
The Lord wants that FOR you!
Happiness? Not really a Bible word.
The Bible uses FOUR OTHER words:
Blessed (Matthew 5)
Contentment (Philippians 4:11)
Peace (John 14:27)
Joy (Galatians 5:22).
These qualities belong to the NEW LIFE
given through Jesus.
The letter of 1 Peter. . .
[Mentions or suggestions of baptism in 1 Peter:
3:18-21, 1:3, 1:22-23, 2:2.]
1 Peter “one of the finest and CLEAREST example
of New Testament teaching.”
1 Peter 1:3:” HE has given us new birth. . .”
We can’t do it. We can’t create a new life for ourselves.
We CAN’T give ourselves a new way of life.
God HAS given us a new birth. . .a new life.
Happiness isn’t what we are after; but peace, contentment,
joy, and blessedness.
Our hope is IN God. . .not in THINGS. . .
Chirstians are interested in what is IMPERISHABLE.
[Perishable/imperishable: 1:23, 1:25, 2:4-7, 3:3-4, 5:4]
We live in the world, but THIS world is not our GOAL
and this world is not our HOPE.
The FAITH of a CHILD!
This is the new life made possible by Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 3:9, 14
This is what new life brings. . .
Instead of disrespecting anyone,
you will do the things that make for peace
(2:1, 2:9-10)
You are God’s people now. . .Jesus made that happen.
The word LIVE shows up ten times in this letter:
1 Peter 2:12: “live good lives.”
“live as God’s slaves”: 1 Peter 2:16
1 Peter 4:2: “live for the will of God”
“live according to God” :1 Peter 4:6
How can you live like that? Because you CAN
because of Jesus Christ. Amen
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