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If you have you bibles with you this morning please turn with me to 1 peter 2:1-3
Have you ever hear the words it’s time to grow up?
I am sure at some point we have all heard that phrase
Lot of times it is parents telling their kids that it is time to grow up and face the real world
If you recall the last few weeks we have been working or way through 1 Peter
In his letter Petter is addressing a group of believers inside of the surrounding churches who have been scattered because of persecution
The purpose of this letter is to give them hope in one since but in another since it is to give them some instructions on How to live their life to the fullest during this time frame.
Church God has designed us to thrive even in bad times, even in persecution
and this morning I think Pete is telling the readers of this letter that it is time to grow up.
He knows that if they are going to grow closer to God in this situation and thrive then they have to experience spiritual maturity
Please Stand with me as we read
Prayer
Church in order to grow up sometimes you have to give up certain things don’t you
I mean what would we tell a grown man if he was to walk in to a job interview wearing pajamas , carrying a spider man blanket and a pacifier in his mouth.
It would be hard to take him serious wouldn't it?
To tell the truth most of us would probably escort him right out of the door because we would seriously doubt his ability to handle the job
but lets say for a minute we took pity on the poor guy and even though we are not going to hire him our self
we sense his desire to obtain a job so we decide to give him some advice
What would we tell him
get rid of the pajamas and buy you some real clothes
ditch the blanket
loose the pacifier
and maybe buy a briefcase
Then maybe some one will take him serious
That is what Paul is trying to communicate with the believers here
Look again at verse 1
The believer is to put aside some things
We will get to those in a minute but first lets look closer at the idea of the phrase putting aside
The Greek word for laying aside here literaly means to put off one’s clothes and cleanse them self of anything that defiles themselves
Peter realizes that there are some things that defile the believer and make it hard for them to grow on their walk with the Lord
and in order to grow and thrive they must cleanse themselves of it
Peter list 5 things here
malice
guile
hypocrises
envies
evil speakings
His words echo the words of paul in
As believers we are called To repent and turn away from those evil things
Do you realize how many of our problems would be resolved if we took that counsel seriously?
If we would only flee from sin, our lives would be so much more full and blessed.
Sin deprives us of God's best, and yet often we play games with sin.
We brush as close as we can without being burned.
But sin is never without consequence.
What we sow, we reap.
Malice
Peter begins with "malice" a general word for all wickedness.
it also means to have a ill-will
a desire to hurt someone with words or deeds
wishing that something bad would happen to someone
Deceit
2. Next he lists "all deceit."
In other words do away with any form of deliberate dishonesty.
do away with the desire to gain some advantage or preserve some position by deceiving others.
It is referring to a person with a hidden agenda.
we all know the biggest and best deceiver in the world is Satan.
Hypocrisy
3. The list also includes hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy (hup¨®kriseis) depicts play acting or acting a part.
one who pretends
one who puts on a show
someone who tries to be something they are not
A desire to hide what really is.
ENVY
4. We also need to lay aside "envy."
Envy (phth¨®nos) is "jealousy, resentful discontent."
Envy is a desire for some privilege or benefit that belongs to another with resentment that another has it and you don't.
Slander
5.
The list concludes with "and all slander."
It can be translated as "a defamation of character" or "slander of every kind."
It is evil speaking (katalali¨¢), which is often disguised as a rumor or private information, though in reality it is backbiting lies.
Slander is the desire for revenge and self-enhancement, [often driven by the deeper desire to deflect attention from our own failings.
The worse light we can put another in by slander, the less our own darkness shows.]
None of these works of the flesh have any place in those who are born again.
Rather, in obedience to the Word, believers are to make decisive breaks with the past.
Yet the break to rid ourselves [to which Peter is calling us] is not a one time event, but it is to be a life long process.
[We need to "put aside" ANY behavior that hinders us from growing as a Christian.]
[The way that God liberates us from evil desires is to give us a vivid image of what Christ can do in our lives.
The closer we come to Christ, the more He replaces our desires with His.]
How is that going to happen?
Is there a way or instrument that God uses to enable us to move on from our past attitudes, habits and sins?
Long for the Word
II.
LONG FOR THE WORD, 2.
In place of these destructive attitudes we are charged in verse 2 to have a craving for the Word of Life.
"like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,"
The strong word translated "long for" [means to have an "intense desire for, to crave."
As we turn away from evil, we must take the second step of repentance; we must turn to God.
In fact, we must not only turn to God, but we must do so with resolution and aggressiveness
Paul uses the same word on in Romans 1:11 when he writes, "I long to see you" and when he writes to young Timothy, I am "greatly desiring to see you" (2 Tim.
1:4).]
If you're a parent, you know how NEWBORN BABES crave milk.
Through the years God gave me four babies.
and each of them came with a built-in craving for milk.
In the middle of the night, they want milk.
When you're trying to study, they want milk.
Every few hours they want milk.
We didn't teach them to like it.
We didn't have to beg them to take it.
They just came with an inborn craving for milk.
Their desire is basic instinct and their behavior is instinctive.
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