TAKE NOTES - July 12, 2020

July 12, 2020

SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2020

"A Call to Holy Living" sermon by Pastor Daniel Mills


OUR CALL TO HOLY LIVING IS ROOTED IN THE CHARACTER OF GOD

1 Peter 1:15-16 - But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”

OUR CALL TO HOLY LIVING IS ROOTED IN THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS

1 Peter 1:18-19 - For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. 

1 Peter 1:22 - You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth.

OUR CALL TO HOLY LIVING IS ROOTED IN OUR HOPE OF JESUS’ RETURN

1 Peter 1:13-15 - Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do.

1 John 3:2-3 - Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.

1 Peter 1:23 - For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

THE RESULT/FRUIT OF HOLY LIVING IS LOVE

1 Peter 1:22 - You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.

1 Peter 4:8 - Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.

THE RESULT/FRUIT OF HOLY LIVING IS A TRANSFORMED LIFE

1 Peter 2:1-2 - So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation.