Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for March 16, 2025
The Matter of Your Identity
1 Peter 2:1-12
1. Review/Context
• a living hope and a guaranteed inheritance (1:3-9)
• the message of salvation (1:10-12)
• checklist for exiles (1:13-25)
• Because Jesus is the foundation and focus of your identity, live a life marked by His power and praise.
2. Crave True Nourishment 1-10
• prerequisite (1)
• passion (2a)
• purpose (2b)
• progression (3-5) (Psa. 34:8)
• permanence (6-8) (Isa. 28:16, Psa. 118:22)
• perspective (9-10)
3. Keep Away from Sin 11-12
• sinful desires that strategize against the soul (11)
• keeping conduct honorable so that God is honored (12)
4. So What?
• Remember that what God says about you is truer than what anyone else, including yourself, says.
• Grasp the options: enjoy deliverance or experience downfall.
• Plan to proclaim His excellencies this week!
• “A tent or a cottage, why should I care? They’re building a palace for me over there; Though exiled from home, yet still I may sing: All glory to God, I’m a child of the King.” (H. Buell, “A Child of the King”)
