1 Peter 2 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly

lusts, which war against the soul; 12 Having your

conversation (behavior; life) honest among the Gentiles:

that, whereas they speak against you as

evildoers, they may by your good works, which they

shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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1. Don’t sin because sin hurts us.

2. Live righteously for the sake of testimony.

(Jesus) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.

Matthew 5:16 (KJV)

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2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we

may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness

and honesty.

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1 I exhort therefore, that, first of

all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving

of thanks, be made for all men;

3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God

our Savior; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and

to come unto the knowledge of the Truth. 1 Timothy 2:1-4 (KJV)

A quiet and peaceable

life, lived in godliness

and honesty.

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13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for

the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as

supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are

sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for

the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the Will

of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence

the ignorance of foolish men:

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Silence ignorance with well-doing;

Lead a quiet and peaceable life.

The world is going to hate us and speak

evil against us; that is inevitable.

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When Christians use bombs, or guns, or sticks and stones,

We do not advance the cause of our Lord.

16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

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Freedom requires responsibility.

Liberty == License

We are free from the dominion of sin;

Free from the power of Satan.

Free to live for God and be blessed.

Bondage

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“I’m free; I do as I please.”

But, their sin controls their life.

Many are in bondage to obsessive thinking:

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Devils build strongholds in our minds, but we can

be set free by the Power of God.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5

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12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made

us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the

saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the

power of darkness, and hath translated us into the

Kingdom of His dear Son: Colossians 1

34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto

you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant

(slave) of sin. … 36 If the Son therefore shall make

you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8

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