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1 Peter 2:12 · BSB
2:12 Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
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…be holy in all your conduct. Since it is written, you shall be holy for I am holy. He quotes Leviticus. And then just look on the very next page,1 Peter 2, verses 9 to 12. He's referring to those of us who've accepted Jesus. Some of us have become Christians out of great homes. Some of us have become Christians…
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…know this, that the foundation of this series is God's design for the local church. That God established the church to impact the world. That's why1 Peter 2, verse 12commands the church to live good lives and to perform good deeds. It's why in Genesis 12 God calls his people to be a blessing to others. It's why…
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…translation puts it this way that you should uh live good lives among them. You should uh perform or complete good deeds in front of their eyes.1 Peter 2, verse 12makes clear that God's intent, his design for the church was never to ignore the world, it was never to insulate itself from the world, it was…
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…reality is we live in a world that Wars against our soul and the second reality. Is that we live in a world that wants to belittle God. We get toFirst Peter 2:12. The Bible says keep your conduct among the Gent tiles, honorable, so that So that this means there's a purpose here. So what's the purpose? So…
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…to uh show and demonstrate to the people of whom he's writing to, and uh, we're going to see how that impacts our everyday life. So let's look at1 Peter chapter 2, verses 9 through 17. It says this But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies…
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…like the Israelite exiles longing for Jerusalem, the dwelling place of God, we long for the dwelling place of God, the heavenly Jerusalem. And so1 Peter 2, verses 11 to 12says, Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct…
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…two, we want to have honorable conduct so that when people speak against us as evildoers, they still see the good that we're doing, and that's1 Peter 2, verse 12. We want them to see what we're doing, and that would lead them to know God and glorify God. And then finally, we're told in 1 Peter 2, 17, to…
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…Christ? Does the quality of your life display Christ when you walk into work, when you go to college, when you hang out with your friends? Look at1 Peter chapter 2, verse 12. Live such good lives among the pagans, among those who are not yet followers of Christ, that though they accuse you of doing wrong, though they…
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…song right before I preached. That we fix our gaze in that direction so that we will be actively looking for ways that we can better this place.1 Peter 2, verse 12. Peter says, Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, and they will, they certainly will,…
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…because we will come back to this text in a moment. In 1 Peter 2, we have a couple verses and I want to highlight actually just one right now.1 Peter 2, verse 12. The text says, keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and…
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