“What Are You Living For?”
1Peter 4:1-11 Nov. 27, 2005 Play
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Choosing Priorities
• choosing fruit over jewels on sinking ship
• Christ’s attitude: live for God’s will, not evil
desires (4:1f)
Taking the Perilous Plunge
• avoid plunge into flood of pagan choices (4:3)
• accidents: dissipation, drunkenness, carousing;
wild living (Lk 15:13); wasting effect of drugs
• anxiety: lust’s lingering legacy
• abomination / idolatry: incontinent debauchery vs.
behaving decently (Rom 13:13)
• abuse: take advantage of others, heap abuse on
those who resist joining in
• account: will have to answer to Judge, not inherit
God’s Kingdom (Gal 5:19ff; Mt 12:36; Jn 5:22,29)
• terse tombstone
Rise to New Heights of Fulfilment
• be clear minded / self-controlled so can pray
(4:7; 1:13; Eph 6:18; Mt 26:40f)
• love each other deeply: make allowances, cover
sins (4:8; Prov 10:12)
• hospitality vs. entertaining
• administer God’s grace by using gifts (4:10f; Lk
16:1-9)
Hospitality Brings a Stranger Home to God
• hitch-hiker impacted by church family’s kindness
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