Outline CAPSTONE 5:8-5:14 I. Groundwork for Holiness (1:1-1:12) A. The premise (1:1-1:2) B. The prerequisite (1:3-1:12) C. The promise (1:10-1:12) II. Foundation of Holiness (1:13-1:25) A. The call (1:13-1:16) B. The cost (1:17-1:21) C. The culmination (1:22-1:25)
The Call to Holiness (1:13-1:16) 13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, 15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; 16 because it is written, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."
The Cost of Holiness (1:17-1:21) If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
Section Outline The Perspective of Holiness v. 17 The Price of Holiness vs. 18-19 The Plan of Holiness vs. 20-21
The Perspective of Holiness v. 17 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth
Importance of PERSPECTIVE HELP!!!
The Proper Perspective for Fear God is the impartial JUDGE But He is also our FATHER
If we have a proper perspective, healthy fear will motivate us toward holiness. He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Hebrews 12:10b- 11
Section Outline The Perspective of Holiness v. 17 The Price of Holiness vs. 18-19 The Plan of Holiness vs. 20-21
The Price of Holiness v. 18-19 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
The Price of Holiness v. 18-19 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
The Perspective of Holiness v. 17 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth. KNOWING [how much it cost God to redeem you!]
Cost Demonstrates Value Cost is a relative term We might say that the price of an item is how much it costs But total cost involves more than just price (i.e., a dollar amount)
The Threshing Floor - 2 Samuel 24:22-24 Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take and offer up what is good in his sight. Look, the oxen for the burnt offering, the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. "Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king." And Araunah said to the king, "May the LORD your God accept you." However, the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
The Widow s Two Mites - Mark 12:41-44 [Jesus] sat down opposite the treasury, and began observing how the people were putting money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a cent. Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, "Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury; for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on."
Water from the well - 1 Chronicles 11:17-19 David had a craving and said, "Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!" So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David; nevertheless David would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD; and he said, "Be it far from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it." Therefore he would not drink it.
Perceived Value Affects How We Treat Things ipad Air Price: $499 Value? That depends
The Price of Holiness v. 18-19 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
Redeemed from futility! You were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers! IN OTHER WORDS: You ve been saved from a pointless life! HE HAS GIVEN YOUR LIFE MEANING!
The Price of Holiness v. 18-19 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
The Cost of Our Redemption You were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers! Not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
Not with perishable things Any cost (or value) associated with perishable things is merely temporary. No matter how precious silver and gold are, they are utterly worthless in relation to eternity.
But with precious blood, the blood of Christ Blood represents life Life is one s vital essence Christ s blood is precious : Unique Pure Imperishable (eternal) Of infinite value His blood was the cost of our redemption
Although Christ s sacrifice was once and forever, the cost was: So, how much do we value it?
If I value His sacrifice, I will treat my life as
The Price Cost of Holiness v. 18-19 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
Section Outline The Perspective of Holiness v. 17 The Price of Holiness vs. 18-19 The Plan of Holiness vs. 20-21