SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS

SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS 

1 Peter 4:1-2 

Forasmuch Then As Christ Hath Suffered For Us In The Flesh, Arm Yourselves Likewise With The Same Mind: For He That Hath Suffered In The Flesh Hath Ceased From Sin; That He No Longer Should Live The Rest Of His Time In The Flesh To The Lusts Of Men, But To The Will Of God.

1 Peter 3:12-19 

For The Eyes Of The Lord Are Over The Righteous, And His Ears Are Open Unto Their Prayers: But The Face Of The Lord Is Against Them That Do Evil. And Who Is He That Will Harm You, If Ye Be Followers Of That Which Is Good? But And If Ye Suffer For Righteousness' Sake, Happy Are Ye: And Be Not Afraid Of Their Terror, Neither Be Troubled; But Sanctify The Lord God In Your Hearts: And Be Ready Always To Give An Answer To Every Man That Asketh You A Reason Of The Hope That Is In You With Meekness And Fear: Having A Good Conscience; That, Whereas They Speak Evil Of You, As Of Evildoers, They May Be Ashamed That Falsely Accuse Your Good Conversation In Christ. For It Is Better, If The Will Of God Be So, That Ye Suffer For Well Doing, Than For Evil Doing. For Christ Also Hath Once Suffered For Sins, The Just For The Unjust, That He Might Bring Us To God, Being Put To Death In The Flesh, But Quickened By The Spirit: By Which Also He Went And Preached Unto The Spirits In Prison;

1 Peter 4:3-7 

For The Time Past Of Our Life May Suffice Us To Have Wrought The Will Of The Gentiles, When We Walked In Lasciviousness, Lusts, Excess Of Wine, Revellings, Banquetings, And Abominable Idolatries: Wherein They Think It Strange That Ye Run Not With Them To The Same Excess Of Riot, Speaking Evil Of You: Who Shall Give Account To Him That Is Ready To Judge The Quick And The Dead. For For This Cause Was The Gospel Preached Also To Them That Are Dead, That They Might Be Judged According To Men In The Flesh, But Live According To God In The Spirit. But The End Of All Things Is At Hand: Be Ye Therefore Sober, And Watch Unto Prayer.

2 Peter 3:1-18 

This Second Epistle, Beloved, I Now Write Unto You; In Both Which I Stir Up Your Pure Minds By Way Of Remembrance: That Ye May Be Mindful Of The Words Which Were Spoken Before By The Holy Prophets, And Of The Commandment Of Us The Apostles Of The Lord And Saviour: Knowing This First, That There Shall Come In The Last Days Scoffers, Walking After Their Own Lusts, And Saying, Where Is The Promise Of His Coming? For Since The Fathers Fell Asleep, All Things Continue As They Were From The Beginning Of The Creation. For This They Willingly Are Ignorant Of, That By The Word Of God The Heavens Were Of Old, And The Earth Standing Out Of The Water And In The Water: Whereby The World That Then Was, Being Overflowed With Water, Perished: But The Heavens And The Earth, Which Are Now, By The Same Word Are Kept In Store, Reserved Unto Fire Against The Day Of Judgment And Perdition Of Ungodly Men. But, Beloved, Be Not Ignorant Of This One Thing, That One Day Is With The Lord As A Thousand Years, And A Thousand Years As One Day. The Lord Is Not Slack Concerning His Promise, As Some Men Count Slackness; But Is Longsuffering To Us-ward, Not Willing That Any Should Perish, But That All Should Come To Repentance. But The Day Of The Lord Will Come As A Thief In The Night; In The Which The Heavens Shall Pass Away With A Great Noise, And The Elements Shall Melt With Fervent Heat, The Earth Also And The Works That Are Therein Shall Be Burned Up. Seeing Then That All These Things Shall Be Dissolved, What Manner Of Persons Ought Ye To Be In All Holy Conversation And Godliness, Looking For And Hasting Unto The Coming Of The Day Of God, Wherein The Heavens Being On Fire Shall Be Dissolved, And The Elements Shall Melt With Fervent Heat? Nevertheless We, According To His Promise, Look For New Heavens And A New Earth, Wherein Dwelleth Righteousness. Wherefore, Beloved, Seeing That Ye Look For Such Things, Be Diligent That Ye May Be Found Of Him In Peace, Without Spot, And Blameless. And Account That The Longsuffering Of Our Lord Is Salvation; Even As Our Beloved Brother Paul Also According To The Wisdom Given Unto Him Hath Written Unto You; As Also In All His Epistles, Speaking In Them Of These Things; In Which Are Some Things Hard To Be Understood, Which They That Are Unlearned And Unstable Wrest, As They Do Also The Other Scriptures, Unto Their Own Destruction. Ye Therefore, Beloved, Seeing Ye Know These Things Before, Beware Lest Ye Also, Being Led Away With The Error Of The Wicked, Fall From Your Own Stedfastness. But Grow In Grace, And In The Knowledge Of Our Lord And Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him Be Glory Both Now And For Ever. Amen.

Salvation Is A Heart Conversion As Well As The Mind Conversion  Through The Holy Spirit.

Grow In Grace And In The Knowledge Of Our Lord And Saviour Jesus Christ

Sanctify: Set Apart As Or Declare Holy.

Donna K Purifoy 

8/30/2023