The Word This Week(1 Peter 1:13-21)

Beloved, we learned from 1 Peter about God's saving mercy that can cause us to rejoice even in trials of many kinds.  Now we will learn how that plays out in our lives. God's purpose for us is not be make us happy but to make us holy.  That changes the way we look at suffering.  Let's learn about God's sacred plans for us. 

1 Peter 1:13-21

13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

17 Since you call on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 20 He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21 Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

Memory Verse: 1 Peter 15-16 

 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”