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“be Holy Because I Am Holy”

Date: Jun. 18, 2024

Passage

1 Peter 1:13-21

Called to Be Holy

13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

Daily Bread

Key Verse: 1 Peter 1:16

since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

In light of this living hope we have, Paul warned us: Prepare for action, and be self-controlled. We are to set our hearts fully on the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ until he is revealed. So, until that time arrives, how should we live? We live in a culture where people do as they please and with no regard for God’s words. But we ought to be different. As we wait for the Lord’s return, we should no longer conform to the evil desires we had when we lived in ignorance. It is because we have been called by God. His word says, “Be holy, because I am holy.”

To be holy means to be set apart. We have been set apart by God and bought not with the things of this world but with the precious blood of Christ, which has given us new life in God. Therefore, we should not grow comfortable while living in this world but as strangers on the earth with reverent fear before Him. May we never take for granted what Christ has done for us, but live, set apart for God, with our faith and hope fully anchored in Him alone.

Prayer: Father, thank you for the blood of Christ that removed my sin and gave me new life. While we live in this world, may we not conform to it, but live set apart for You alone.

One Word: Bought with the blood of Christ to be holy and set apart for God

Daily Bread

The Priests’ Share

Leviticus 7:22-38

Key Verse: 7:36

The LORD commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations.”

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