The way the first 14 argues as obedient children don't be conformed, seems to say that being a child is a motive for not being conformed. He doesn't say get your passions fixed so that you can become a child, right?

That's not Christianity. He says as obedient children you've been born

verse three

He calls you to be born again. You're born into a family and now you have a father and you are a child, and as a new child in a new family with a new father,

let that have an effect on your behavior.

We love our father.

We don't want to dishonor our father.

We are obedient children.

We are chips off the old block.

That is what new birth says, isn't it?

When you get a new birth by the spirit, you get a new DNA, a spiritual DNA,

and all kinds of new passions are written into that DNA.

I want to jump right now to chapter 2 verse 2 where it says grow up into salvation eagerly desire the

sincere spiritual milk that you may grow into salvation because I don't want to create the impression that the moment

you're born again you have all these new passions full-blown immediately.

You don't and First Peter knows you don't.

Chapter 2 verse 2 is growth.

And chapter 2, verse 3 is be built into a house.

There's this process that comes into being.

Let's see if we can see if we can get there. Okay, let's see we

summarize. This is this little slide right here is a summary of what we've seen

so far. We have God who is at the front of everything, right?

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