Be Holy (7 of 30)
Series: Navigating Home
Scott Maze
1 Peter 1:13-16
Workers outside of Milwaukee are building a new vehicle, called a submersible that will allow oceanographers to plum the ocean's depths.
The submersible is to replace Alvin. Alvin, you may remember, was the Treasure Hunting vehicle that illuminated the rusting hulk of the Titanic. Alvin is able to descend to 2.8 miles under the water and allows two scientists and a pilot to look below the ocean's surface. This new vehicle is scheduled to hit the water sometime after 2011. It is schedule to cost more than $50 million as it can move faster and stay down longer than Alvin. This new mini-sub will be able to descend up to four miles below the ocean where it will allow scientists to see At four miles below the sea, this mini-sub will be able to withstand intense pressure - files miles per square inch. There is an equally intense pressure for each one of us this morning. You may very well be unaware of this pressure upon you, but it is upon you nonetheless. It's the pressure to conform to this outside world.
Today's Scripture
''As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, 'You shall be holy, for I am holy.''' (1 Peter 1:13-16)
1. Is Anything like God?
''...since it is written, ''You shall be holy, for I am holy.'' (1 Peter 1:16)
Holiness has the root idea in the Old Testament (quoted here in 1 Peter 1:16) of being separated from what is defective and evil and separated for God. So the Sabbath is holy to the Lord: separated from the pursuits of other days and dedicated to the Lord (Exodus 31:15). Priests are holy to the Lord, set apart from ordinary pursuits and dedicated in a special way to the Lord (2 Chronicles 23:6). And things could be holy by setting them apart from ordinary use and dedicating them to God. When you apply that definition of holi ...
Series: Navigating Home
Scott Maze
1 Peter 1:13-16
Workers outside of Milwaukee are building a new vehicle, called a submersible that will allow oceanographers to plum the ocean's depths.
The submersible is to replace Alvin. Alvin, you may remember, was the Treasure Hunting vehicle that illuminated the rusting hulk of the Titanic. Alvin is able to descend to 2.8 miles under the water and allows two scientists and a pilot to look below the ocean's surface. This new vehicle is scheduled to hit the water sometime after 2011. It is schedule to cost more than $50 million as it can move faster and stay down longer than Alvin. This new mini-sub will be able to descend up to four miles below the ocean where it will allow scientists to see At four miles below the sea, this mini-sub will be able to withstand intense pressure - files miles per square inch. There is an equally intense pressure for each one of us this morning. You may very well be unaware of this pressure upon you, but it is upon you nonetheless. It's the pressure to conform to this outside world.
Today's Scripture
''As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, 'You shall be holy, for I am holy.''' (1 Peter 1:13-16)
1. Is Anything like God?
''...since it is written, ''You shall be holy, for I am holy.'' (1 Peter 1:16)
Holiness has the root idea in the Old Testament (quoted here in 1 Peter 1:16) of being separated from what is defective and evil and separated for God. So the Sabbath is holy to the Lord: separated from the pursuits of other days and dedicated to the Lord (Exodus 31:15). Priests are holy to the Lord, set apart from ordinary pursuits and dedicated in a special way to the Lord (2 Chronicles 23:6). And things could be holy by setting them apart from ordinary use and dedicating them to God. When you apply that definition of holi ...
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