my outline for senior reception sunday
This is a message from 1 Peter 2:11-12 I shared for our Graduation Day 2008·
Dear Friends
o Name calling 1:1,17; 2:11
§ Exiles, strangers, aliens
· X-files: marks of an alien
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New birth (1:3,14,23; 3:21)
o New hope
§ Inheritance, imperishable, undefiled, unfading
§ A better tomorrow because of the resurrection 1:3
o New direction/journey (1:13)
§ New lifestyle 1:13-16
· Putting away the old habits 1:14; 2:11
· Embracing holiness 1:15
o Never-ending invitation (2:4)
§ Come to Jesus
o New life
§ Live such good lives 2:12
§ Infecting the world with God’s holiness
§ Be a “do-gooder”
o New Story
§ Share Jesus 2:9
· With words
· With your behavior 2:11-12
o Other people are watching
§ He’s coming Again 2:12
· The cross makes us all aliens and strangers
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