1 Peter 1:13-20 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
13Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. 15But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, 16for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners. 18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, 19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. 20He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
Be Sober-Minded
As those of us who profess faith in Jesus Christ, this is
how we are to live, not as a mere suggestion, and not just as a recommendation
on how we “ought to live,” but as a command of God as to how we must live, in
practice (not necessarily in absolute perfection), if we are to be called
children of God, and if we are to have the hope of salvation from sin and
eternal life with God. For faith in Jesus Christ, if it comes from God, will
result in us denying self, dying to sin, and obeying our Lord’s commands, in
practice.
So, we are to be serious-minded Christians who take God and
his word seriously, to heart, to obey it. And we should no longer be those who
are living in sin, addicted to sin, living in immorality, lying, cheating,
stealing, and committing adultery against God and against our spouses. And
adultery is not limited to just having sexual relations with someone to whom
you are not married, but it has to do with lusting after another to whom you
are not married, in your mind and heart only, no physical contact required at
all.
Sins of all kinds should no longer be what we practice, by
habit, but we should now be followers of Christ whose desire it is to obey our
Lord in everything. This does not mean we will be perfect in everything all the
time, but it does mean that sin must no longer be our practice, our habit. For,
as Christ’s followers, we are called to be holy, to be separate, different from
the world because we are being conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ by God,
who is molding us like clay into his image, if we cooperate with him.
In Reverent Fear
And we are to conduct ourselves in reverent fear during our
stay on this earth, living as foreigners in the sense that we do not take pleasure
in the sins of the world, and we do not take part in the practices of the ungodly
of this world. And “in reverent fear,” is in fear of (honor, respect,
reverence, and regard for) God, for who he is, and for what he stands for, and
for his commands, and for his warnings against all who refuse him and who
continue living in sin and in disobedience to God and to his Word.
For Jesus Christ, in his death and resurrection, did for us
what no other human being could do. He shed his own blood for us on that cross
and he rose victorious over sin, death, Satan, and hell, on our behalf, so that
by faith in him we will deny self, die to sin, and walk (in conduct, in
practice) in obedience to his commands. In his death he bought us back for God
(he redeemed us) out of our slavery to sin so we will now serve him with our
lives, and so we will walk in righteousness and in obedience to our Lord.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts
26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans
8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1
Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians
5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14;
Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24;
1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation
3:1-22]
The Spirit Calling
An Original Work / November 12, 2019
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Hear the Spirit
calling. He’ll keep you from falling.
Tenderly He’s
calling, “Come and follow Him.”
Walk with Jesus
daily. Don’t give in to lazy.
Folks may call you
crazy. Fellowship with Him.
Follow where He
leads you. Eat what Jesus feeds you.
His love will renew
you, if you follow Him.
Do what Jesus tells
you. Don’t let your faith fail you.
His love will avail
you, if you walk with Him.
Jesus, Lord and
Savior, reigneth now forever.
He gave us His
favor, so we’d live with Him.
Turning now from our
sin, Holy Spirit live-in.
Holiness we walk in,
purified by Him.
Because He is Holy
An Original Work / July 14, 2026
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