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)