Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Born Again Conduct: What We Put Away

1 Peter 2:1-3 – So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

A. What Born Again People Put Away

1. The sinful attitude of malice
1 Peter 2:1, Ephesians 4:31, Obadiah 10-14

2. The sinful action of deceit
1 Peter 2:1, John 1:46-47

3. The sinful action of hypocrisy
1 Peter 2:1, Psalm 119:5

4. The sinful attitude of envy
1 Peter 2:1, 1 Cor. 13:4

5. The sinful action of slander
1 Peter 2:1, Matthew 12:36, Colossians 3:8