Cedar Hills Community Church - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

EXILES: Grace-infused HopePastor Kent Landhuis THEME - How to avoid ruin while living in exile.TEXT - 1 Peter 1:13-25Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. ~ 1 Peter 1:131. Don’t indulge evil desires. * 1 Peter 1:13-14 * So roll up your sleeves, get your head in the game, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. 1 Peter 1:13-14 (MSG)2. Demonstrate holy living. * 1 Peter 1:15-21 * 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.” 1 Peter 1:15-16 (NIV)3. Double down on truth. * 1 Peter 1:22-25 * Now that you’ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. 1 Peter 1:22 (MSG)NEXT STEPS1. Confess Compromise.2. Confess Isolation.3.