Text: 1 Peter 1:17-21

 

Stay clean and stay close.

 

Scripture teaches us that who we are determines what we do. Peter has told us that God has given us a new identity, a new future, and a new family. Since we are now his children we must live lives of holiness that bring him honor. In these verses, Peter encourages us to endure in holiness throughout our lives. He calls us to stay clean by remembering that God is Judge and stay close by remembering that God is Redeemer.