THE THEME OF HOLINESS: 1 PETER
by
Jim Bomkamp
1.
VS
1:2: Saved that we may obey
2.
VS
1:14 We are to be obedient
children not conformed to our former lusts
3.
VS
1:14 We are no longer ignorant of
sin
4.
VS
1:14-15 We are to pattern ourselves to
be like our Father who is holy: natural
result of salvation
5.
VS
1:17 We are to fear the Lord because
He judges impartially
6.
VS
1:18 Thinking of how precious was
the One sacrificed for our sins ought to motivate us
7.
VS
1:22 A true Christian has purified
his soul for a pure love of the brethren
8.
VS
2:11 Abstain from fleshly lusts
which wage war against the soul
9.
VS
2:12 TESTIMONY: Keep your behavior excellent so that you
will not be slandered as an evil-doer
10. VS 2:16 Don’t use your feedom as a covering for
evil
11. VS 2:20 We must follow Christ’s example if we
are called to suffer, and commit no sin in doing so
12. VS 2:25 Christ has healed us, having bore our
sins on the cross, thus we should die to sin and live to righteousness
13. VS 3:10 If we want to love life and see good
days, refrain our tongue from speaking evil and guile
14. VS 3:11 If we want to love life and see good
days, we must turn away from evil and do good
15. VS 3:11 If we want to love life and see good
days, we must seek peace and pursue it
16. VS 3:12 God’s ‘eyes’ are on the righteous (to
watch us so as to protect, provide, and to bless us)
17. VS 3:12 God’s ‘ears’ hear the prayer of the
righteous (to hear means to hear favorably so as to answer)
18. VS 3:12 The ‘face’ of the Lord is against evil
doers (so that eventually they will endure His wrath)
19. VS 3:13 If you do good, really no one can hurt
you (God causes all things to work for good-Rom. 8:28)
20. VS 3:16 If we keep a good conscience by our
actions, then those who try to slander us will be put to shame
21. VS 3:17 If we must suffer persecution, it is
better that we have suffered because of our doing good than for doing evil
22. VS 4:1-2 God desires that we live our lives not
for the ‘lusts of men’ but for the ‘will of God’
23. VS 4:3 We Christians have all spent a
sufficient amount of time having ‘pursued a course of sensuality, lusts,
drunkenness, carousals, drinking parties and abominable idolatries’, we have
nothing to gain nor to prove by continuing to live in sin
24. VS 4:15 We should by no means end of in suffering
due to having committed murder, theft, have done some evil, or even have been a
troublesome meddler in other’s affairs
25. VS 4:17 It is time for judgment to begin with
the House of God
26. VS 5:8 We need to be sober and alert because
the devil is prowling about as a roaring lion seeking someone to devour
27. VS 5:9 We need to resist the devil during our
temptations by means of our faith in God and His promises to us
28. VS 5:10 God promises that after we have suffered
for awhile that He will perfect us