1 PETER SERIES 🙌🏿

The Holy Spirit sanctifies us so we can walk in holiness and in unmasked love. You can’t obey the word of God outside of the sanctifying, provoking and triggering effect of the Holy Spirit. The more we read the Word, the more like God we become which means we can demonstrate more genuine, pure love.

Remove The Mask And Live Genuinely - 1 Peter 1:18-25

An apostle is someone who says exactly what the person who sent them has said in the same manner. Peter was an apostle to the Jews. Peter was the first pastor, not because of his training, education or clothes but because of his love for God. There is no way you can live the Christian life without love, faith and hope.

From Simon To Peter The Apostle - 1 Peter 1:1

By virtue of being a Christian, you’re a pilgrim. You’re aware of the fact that this is not your home. As a believer, God chose you from the beginning, before you even heard the gospel. Your best life cannot be here.

Elected Aliens - 1 Peter 1:2

When you come to Christ, it’s not about the things you have done in the past, it’s about what He has done for you. When you become born again, you have already been chosen; now, it’s time to walk in obedience. The Holy Spirit sanctifies us unto obedience. He gives us a new inclination and desire to please God.

Sanctified For Obedience - 1 Peter 1:2

God is the instrumental cause of our salvation. He is the mastermind behind us being born-again. If you are born again, grace was allocated to you before the world began. When Jesus comes, grace comes. Anyone who has Jesus in their life receives grace. You can only do the things of God by grace.

Thank God I'm Born Again - 1 Peter 1:2

As believers, our hope is a living hope. When you become born again, there’s an automatic hope that is generated in you; it’s called the hope of glory.  There is hope for your future because we have been born again into a living hope. Don’t lose hope, don’t give up because the days ahead are glorious.

Our Hope Is A Living Hope - 1 Peter 1:3-4

The beginning of our salvation is dependent on God. As believers, we have eternal salvation and eternal life because we are the sons of God and we have the life of Christ. The source of what is keeping us is the power of God, the means is through our faith and the result is our salvation.

So Great A Salvation - 1 Peter 1:4-6

The gospel contains all the spectrum of God's salvation. Salvation is in three stages; we have the initial salvation of our spirits, progressive salvation of our souls and the final salvation of our body.  As we serve God continually, we shall receive the end of our faith which is the saving of our souls.

It Takes A Lifetime To Save A Soul - 1 Peter 1:6-9

The salvation of your soul takes an entire lifetime. Progressive salvation is the salvation of your soul; you are being made free from the power of the indwelling sin. When we take up our cross and deny our souls, it makes the indwelling sin lose strength over us.

Progressive Salvation (Salvation Is Also A Process) - 1 Peter 1:6-9

God Himself calls us onto His type of holiness. You can’t meet the standard of heavenly demands without heavenly supply. We are called to holy behaviour based on God’s nature in us. God’s nature in us gives us the empowerment and enablement to act holy. God’s disciplining of us helps us to partake in His holiness.

Called To Be Holy - 1 Peter 1:12-20

Being redeemed means to free from bondage or slavery by paying a price. We are redeemed; Christ came to pay the price to redeem us. The preciousness of the blood redeems us from sins, transgressions, lawlessness, the curse of the law and our vain ways of living

Redeemed By The Precious Blood- 1 Peter 1:14-21

After we gives our lives to Christ, our souls also need to be sanctified. It takes the blood of Christ to purify us from sin and it takes the word to purify our hearts and soul to serve the Living God. The more you are hearing, reading, studying, memorising and applying the Word of God, the more your soul is being cleansed and sanctified.

Getting Washed On The Inside- 1 Peter 1:18-25

One of the clear signs of a believer is an affinity and love for the Word of God. If we don’t deal with malice, guile, hypocrisy, envy and evil speaking, it impacts and affects our appetite for God’s Word. The attitude of all Christians towards God’s word should be like that of new-born babes; we should desire the word like babies desire milk.

Desire The Sincere Milk Of The Word-1 Peter 2:1-2

Spiritual growth is not automatic.; it doesn’t occur with time but with practice. To grow as a believer, you must have an insatiable desire for God’s word. When you become born-again, there is a craving for God’s word inside of you but you have to actively develop it.

Growing In Our Salvation- 1 Peter 2 : 1-3

God’s main aim is to build a house full of believers. The church is not a building, the church is us; God’s house built by stones. Christ is the living Stone, the chief cornerstone. The more you grow in your salvation, the more you realise and discover Christ as a living stone in you.

Is The Church Really Not A Building - 1 Peter 2 : 4-8

Anybody who is not born again is spiritually speaking damaged merchandise. Once you become born-again, you are God’s masterpiece. Only God can take you from damaged merchandise to a masterpiece. As you expose yourself to the Word daily, something is happening to you. You may not feel it, but you are being transformed into an appropriate material for the building of God’s house.

Masterpiece From Damaged Merchandise

The priesthood of all believers means once you are born again, you are a spiritual priest in the sight of God. Redemption is a recovery programme by God to bring us back on track of the original purpose of our creation; to reflect God as priests and have dominion as kings

The Priesthood Of All Believers

Sin is not innocent and fleshly lust are not innocent temptations. They are like an organised war or military campaign against your soul. Sin has the desire to master you; you must fight to overcome it. You can’t maintain your usefulness to God when sin is dominating in your life.

Sin Is Not Innocent

The Christian has a social responsibility. We have been called to deal with our private struggles and our internal disciplines. We have a social responsibility towards society at large on how we live based on the law of the land. Our public relations must be good and spoken well of as what others can see in your life can lead them to glorify God.

The Social Responsibility Of The Christians

A consciousness of God that translates into a certain type of behaviour or expression is ‘Kharis’. Kharis is the internal workings of God in a person that results in an expression in their living, to the glory of God. Kharis is the way of life, the living that accrues eternal interest and reward for you.

1 PETER SERIES 🙌🏿

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