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Now here's Dr. Keller with today's teaching.

Thank you. life.com slash lent. Now here's Dr. Keller with today's teaching. We're going through the book of First Peter in the evening sermons and the evening teaching

this year. And the section we're going to be looking at for several weeks is this section here,

verses 13 to 21 of the first chapter. Tonight, however, we're only going to do an overview. It's a,

it's a major section, and it has a great deal to do with holiness, the holiness of God and our own

holiness, our own personal holiness. And tonight, because we're

going to be celebrating the Lord's Supper, what I'm going to do is say some things in a preliminary

way, lay out some real basics, just very, very broad basics, and do so in such a way

that prepares us to come to the Lord's table tonight.

Now, the section that's printed is from verse 13 to 21, and it is a whole section, and it is

of a piece. But tonight, especially because we're really going to just talk about preliminaries,

I'm only going to read from verse 13 through 16. Let's read. Therefore, prepare your minds for action. Be self-controlled.

Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance,

but just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do.

For it is written, be holy because I am holy. This is God's word. Let's not forget that 1st Peter is about how we can

live in such a way that troubles and pain and suffering that inevitably come into our lives

would not crush us or make us weaker things,

but make us stronger, refine our character, turn us into great people.

How can you live in such a way?

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