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    The document discusses how believers should live as citizens of God's kingdom. It outlines that believers have been chosen by God, made royal priests and citizens of a holy nation. Believers were once separated from God but have been saved by Him. The document urges believers to live differently than the unsaved world by restraining fleshly desires and walking by the Spirit in order to be a good witness to others and glorify God. It quotes Martyn Lloyd-Jones, who said that when the church lives differently than the world, it attracts the world to listen to its message.

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    [ ] 4/28/2002 #437

    KINGDOM LIVING
    1 Peter 2:9-12
    INTRODUCTION: Jesus said a person must be "born again" in order to see or
    enter the kingdom of God. Once we have been born again we are to live like the
    children of the King. Peter admonishes the people of God to live differently from
    the world.

    I. BELIEVER'S POSITION
    A. PRIVILEGES DESCRIBED.
    1. Chosen generation. (1 Pet. 1:2; 2 Thess. 2:13)
    2. Royal priesthood. (offer spiritual sacrifices: 1Pet. 2:5)
    3. Holy nation. (citizens of God's kingdom: Col. 1:13; 1 Thess. 2:12)
    4. People of God. (peculiar means purchased: 1 Pet. 1:18-19; 1 Cor. 6:20)
    B. PURPOSE DEFINED.
    1. Believers declaring the praises of God. (1 Pet. 3:15
    2. Believers' deliverance from the power of darkness. (Col. 1:13)

    II. BELIEVER'S PAST


    A. SEPARATED FROM GOD. (1 Pet. 4:3)
    B. SALVATION OF GOD. (1 Pet. 1:18-19, 2:24)

    III. BELIEVER'S PRACTICE


    A. REMINDER OF THEIR HEAVENLY CITIZENSHIP. (2:11a)
    B. RESTRAINT FROM FLESHLY DESIRES. ( 2:11b; 1Thess. 5:22)
    1. War with the flesh and it's vices. (Rom. 7:23, 8:5-8; Gal. 5:17-21)
    2. Walk in the Spirit and have victory. (Rom. 8:4,13; Gal. 6:16)
    C. REASON FOR PROPER BEHAVIOR.
    1. Witness of believer before the unsaved. (v. 12a; Eph. 5:3-12;
    1 Pet. 4:3-4, 14-15)
    2. Works of the believer are to glorify God. (v. 12b; Matt. 5:16)

    Martyn Lloyd-Jones: "The glory of the gospel is that when the Church is
    absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it. It is then that the
    world is made to listen to her message, though it may hate it at first. That is how
    revival comes. That must also be true of us as individuals. It should not be our
    ambition to be as much like everybody else as we can, though we happen to be
    Christian, but rather to be as different from everybody who is not a Christian as
    we can possibly be. Our ambition should be to be like Christ, the more like Him
    the better, and the more like Him we become, the more we shall be unlike
    everybody who is not a Christian."
    LESSONS FOR LIFE:
    1. God has given us what we need to live for Him. (2 Peter 1:3)
    2. Our witness to a lost world concerning Christ and salvation will only be
    credible when it is evident in our daily walk.
    3. Is your life as a Christian different from everybody who is not a Christian?
    4. No one has arrived spiritually, but do you have a heart desire to be your best for
    Christ? Are there things you need to confess or give up for King Jesus?

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