1 Peter 1:3-6 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

A. The Motivations to Pursue a Holy Life: Part 1 & Part 2

B. Responsibilities/Actions/Attitudes toward Holiness

C. Model of a Holy Life: Our Heavenly Father: Part 1

1. Defining Holiness

2. What Holiness is not: Part 2

3. What Holiness Is: This Sermon

– It is necessary because God commands it: 1 Peter 1:15
– It is necessary because it is the natural fruit of our salvation: Eph. 1:4
– It is necessary to be in fellowship with God now and forever: Heb. 12:14
– It is necessary to have the power of God flow from our lives: 2 Tim. 2:21
– It is necessary to experience the joy of our salvation: Psalm 51:12

a. Holiness revealed in the reactions of human encounters with God

– Abram: Genesis 17:13
– Jacob: Genesis 28:10-17, Genesis 32:22-30
– Moses: Exodus 3:1-6
– Gideon: Judges 6:19-23
– Menoah and his wife: Judges 13:1-21
– Job: Job 42:1-6
– Isaiah: Isaiah 6:1-5
– Ezekiel: Ezekiel 1:26-29
– Peter, James, John: Matthew 17:1-8
– Paul: Acts 9:1-6
– John: Revelation 1:12-18