“That Ye May Grow” – 1 Peter 2:1-3
Psalm 122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
I. We Need to Change Our
1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
II. We Need to on the Word of God
1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
A diet of Scripture will provide you with the spiritual nutrition you need to grow.
John 3:3b Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Luke 15:16b Filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat.
III. We Need to on the Growth We’ve Seen
1 Peter 2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.
Psalm 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Matthew 4:4b Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the Lord is good: Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
We are spiritually saved by the power of the Gospel, and we grow by the power of the gospel.
1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: