1 Peter 1:15–17 But because the God who called you is holy, you must be holy in every aspect of your life. Scripture says, “Be holy, because I am holy.” So if you call God your Father, live your time as temporary residents on earth in fear. He is the God who judges all people by what they have done, and he doesn’t play favorites.
• What is holiness. “Holy” (1 Peter 1:15, 16). Holiness is Divine virtue; it is the character of God; it is the opposite of sin. It involves devotion to God, loyalty to God, living like God. It is not popular, for men scorn such conduct and makes laws to tolerate unholiness.
• Why be holy. Peter gives some good reasons why we should be holy. First, because of the command. “Be ye holy” (1 Peter 1:16). This is actually reason enough. If God commands it, you need no other reason. Second, because we are children. “Hath called you … for I am holy … the Father” (1 Peter 1:15–17). The redeemed are children of God. We are to act like the family. The Father is holy; the children need to be holy. Third, because we are celebrants. “If ye call on the Father” (1 Peter 1:17). Calling on God here is to call in adoration. Veneration is involved. If we are worshipers of God, we ought to act holy. Fourth, because of the Divine court. “The Father … judgeth” (1 Peter 1:17). God judges fairly (“without respect of persons” (1 Peter 1:17) and fully (“according to every man’s work” (1 Peter 1:17). You will have to reckon with God for your unholy behavior, therefore, “pass the time of your sojourning here in fear [which will be seen in holy living]” (1 Peter 1:17).
• Where to be holy. “In all manner of conversation” (1 Peter 1:15). After giving some specifics, Peter makes a summary statement about where to be sanctified. First, the defining of conversation. “In all manner of conversation.” When the KJV was translated, the term “conversation” referred to one’s entire conduct. Today the word is limited to speech. Second, the dimensions of conversation. “All.” This says no area of our conduct is exempted from the call to holiness. Be holy at work as well as worship, be holy before the minister as well as before others, be holy in music as well as in the message, be holy in private as well as in public, be holy in thoughts as well as deeds and be holy in motivations as well as in manners.
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