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Articles, Bible studies, and sermons that contain The First Epistle of Peter 1:17:

I Peter 1:17-19
Excerpted from: Truth (Part 2)

Let us connect I Peter 1:18 to that principle and to a couple of other principles that we have talked about now in this sermon. What have we been redeemed from? We have been redeemed from aimless conduct or the traditions of men. We have been redeemed from the philosophies that were produced by men of corrupt minds, or maybe even demons. We have been redeemed from those traditions, those cultures, those ways of life that have instilled within us the traditions, the prejudices, the ways of thinking, and the ways of conduct that are at odds with the truth of God.

I think that is very meaningful and what Peter is saying here in I Peter 1 is that the very thing that we are called upon by God to do as a result of the revelation of His truth to us is to come out of what we have been learning from the time that we were babies. What that means is a processing of virtually everything that undergirds the thinking that we have learned early in this life.

Peter also tells us why. He said that it is aimless. I would like you to kill a deer without aiming the gun. If you do not aim the gun and you pull the trigger, the bullet is liable to go anywhere. It is aimless and that is what he is talking about here. Men's lives apart from the truth of God are aimless. They are going nowhere—nowhere near the target.

I Peter 1:17-21
Excerpted from: Reconciliation and the Day of Atonement

The emphasis here in I Peter 1:17-21 is on the cost of reconciliation. Now, that is very important to God's purpose because a major portion of our desire to obey God comes from a sense of obligation to God and Christ with regard to our appreciation for how much was paid for us to be free.

Articles
The Elements of Motivation (Part Four): Obligation
The Offerings of Leviticus (Part Eight): Conclusion (Part One)
The Offerings of Leviticus (Part Six): The Sin Offering

Bible Studies
What Is Propitiation? (Part One)

Essays
Forgiveness and Forgiving

Sermons
Our Creator and Savior
Entrusted with Godly Holiness
Among the Few
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 6)
Does Doctrine Really Matter? (Part 13)
Who Do You Trust? (Part Three)
Themes of Ruth (Part Three): Redemption
To Do Your Will, O God!
What We Can Learn From This Day of Atonement
Debt and Obligation
Christ Our Passover
Never Forget
Christ Coming in the Flesh
God's Law in Our Mouths
Seeking God's Will (Part Four): Sacrifice
The Faithfulness of God (Part 2)
Psalms 90-100
Preternatural, Natural, Unnatural, Supernatural (Part Two)
The Hallel: Psalms of Praise
Works of God
Judgment According to Works
Childrearing (Part Four)
Childrearing (Part Three)
Love and Works

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