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Holiness means love!            I Peter 3:13-22

Have you heard about ‘the poem that wouldn’t burn up?’

Today we continue our series on I Peter: the thoughts of I Peter link together like a chain does. By that I mean Peter ________________ his thoughts together.

Christ’s display of holy love for believers                          V. 18-21

Peter reminds them of three aspects of their redemption.

Their redemption was _________________________ (v. 18-19)

            John 1:29                    John 15:13                  Rev. 15:11-14

Their redemption was not an ___________________ (v. 20)

Acts 2:33                    John 10:17-18

Their redemption brought new _______________ to Heaven (v. 21)

John 17:5.                   Phil. 2:5-11.

Believers display holy love toward each other                   V. 22

Purified is in the perfect tense, pointing to a past act of obedience which has ________________ results.

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies Himself, just as He is pure.                                                                                  -I John 3:3

Let the holy go on being made holy.              -Rev. 22:11b

Since Jesus died to make us holy, we are to be holy in the way we show our love for others!

Now this is His command: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as He commanded us.                     -I John 3:23

 

 

I Gave My Life for thee

1 I gave My life for thee, My precious blood I shed,
That thou might'st ransomed be, And quickened from the dead;
I gave, I gave My life for thee, What hast thou giv'n for Me?
I gave, I gave My life for thee, What hast thou giv'n for Me?

2 My Father's house of light, My glory circled throne,
I left for earthly night, For wanderings sad and lone;
I left, I left it all for thee, Hast thou left aught for Me?
I left, I left it all for thee, Hast thou left aught for Me?

3 I suffered much for thee, More than thy tongue can tell,
Of bitt'rest agony, To rescue thee from hell;
I've borne, I've borne it all for thee, What hast thou borne for Me?
I've borne, I've borne it all for thee, What hast thou borne for Me?

4 And I have brought to thee, Down from My home above,
Salvation full and free, My pardon and My love;
I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee, What hast thou brought to Me?
I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee, What hast thou brought to Me?

-Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879)