The Drive for Holiness

  Sept. 26, 2021                  

 I Peter 1:14-21 

 Rev. Bruce Brown

I.        The Motivation of Present Identity (verses 14-16)

II.              The Motivation of Future Judgement (verses 17-18)

III.            The Motivation of Past Redemption  (verses 18-21)

“This gospel, this good news, is the primary motivation for our holiness as we sojourn in a hostile world during the time of our exile. Because God is holy, he will judge sin. We deserve such judgment. But instead of judgment, we receive mercy because God has purchased us with the blood of Jesus. Because we have been delivered from the bondage of our former ways, we are now to display our Father’s holiness during our time on the earth. When we meditate on this gospel and continue believing this gospel, we will be warned by God’s judgment and motivated by God’s grace to walk in holiness—to become more like him as we journey toward the day when we meet him—not only as our King, but as our Father."              ~ Juan Sanchez