Adjustments (Part 8) A Journey through 1 Peter 2:1-2

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1 Peter 1

23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Peter 1

24 For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

Imperative - Temporal

Indicative - Eternal

1 Peter 1

25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”
And this is the word that was preached to you.

1 Peter 2

1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.

Indicative

Imperative

1 Peter 1

2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

1 Peter 2

1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.

Imperative

stewardship

1 Peter 2

2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Indicative - Holy Spirit

Imperative - Holy Spirit

1 Peter 2

2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

growth & maturity

not automatic

instant vs. process

1 Peter 2

2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

authentic

counterfeit

by the Word & for the Word

1 Peter 2

2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Christ

Preaching of the Apostles

1 Peter 2

2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

perseverance

consummation

1 Peter 2

3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

truth

growth

consummation