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Sermon Outline “Until He Comes: Think! Choose! Be!” - I Peter 1:13-25 Given any information, we must think about it, choose according to it and act out what we have chosen. 2012’s theme: Until He Comes - looking for Jesus to come again & living according to that perspective. Great news & even greater news: He is here! He is coming again! I Peter 1:13-25 “Therefore” - “what’s it there for?” Since: God has caused us to be born again to a living hope; We have an imperishable, undefiled, unfading inheritance; We are being guarded by God’s power; Our faith in Christ is being tested by various trials; Jesus is coming again; We love and believe in Him. Therefore, think about it - “preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded” - “gird up your minds,” think about it seriously. There are choices to be made with the information you’ve been given. There are actions you must take. Choose: 1)To be hopeful - vs13 - “set your hope…” 2)To be holy - vs14-16 - “separated, set apart” 3)To reverently fear God - vs17-21 - It’s only by His grace that you/I can call Him Father, so show some respect. - Remember what God has done for you in Christ. - Realize who you are in Christ. 4)To love one another earnestly - vs22-25 - If we’re not loving one another, then something’s wrong. - The motivation for love is God’s love & our salvation - I John 4:11 - “The living & abiding word (Logos) of God” is Jesus. - “The word (rhema) of the Lord” which “remains forever” is Scripture. Given the living Word of God sent to redeem us & the written/ spoken Word of God declaring for us His love & the work of redemption, we need to think about it, make wise choices according to the info given & act accordingly, be who we are in Christ. Until He comes, let us set our hope on Him, choose to be holy, live in reverential fear of God, thankful for what He has done in Christ, remembering who we are in Christ, loving one another.