Sermon Notes from "Hope and Holiness: Children of God Living for Future Grace." Sermon by Mitch Chase.

[From the 10:45AM service this past Lord's Day at Kosmosdale Baptist Church.]

1 Peter 1:13-16.

I. Introduction
->Exodus: preparation following deliverance, issuing forth in hope.

II. Be Hopeful

A. Because of what Christ has done and will do

B. The Mindset of Hope:
1. Preparing your mind
a. Be mindful of your thoughts
b. Being mentally prepared for action
2. Being sober-minded
a. Clear-minded
b. Unentangled by sin

C. The Object of Hope
1. Future Grace
2. Full, rather than partial, hope

III. Be Holy

A. Holiness is a command: we have a standard of conduct, found in God's Word, based on God's character.

B. Holiness is an identity: we have new desires.

C. Holiness is comprehensive.