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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. PURITY OF LOVE
A. MANNER OF LOVE
1. STAINLESS LOVE
I Pet 1:22a Having purified your souls (I Cor 1:26-29; Heb 9:22; Ezek 36:25-27; II Cor 5:17; I Cor 6:9-11)
2. SOUND LOVE
I Pet 1:22b in your obedience to the truth (Rom 6:16)
B. METHOD OF LOVE
1. SPIRITUAL LOVE
I Pet 1:22c through the Spirit (Gal 5:16)
2. SINCERE LOVE
I Pet 1:22d for a sincere brotherly love (Rom 12:9; Luke 11:42; John 13:35; Rom 12:10)
C. MOTIVATION OF LOVE
1. SWEET LOVE
I Pet 1:22e love one another intently (Acts 12:5 I John 5:1-2)
2. SPOTLESS LOVE
I Pet 1:22f from a pure heart (Prov 4:23)
II. PROCLAMATION OF LOVE
A. MEANS OF LOVE
1. SUITABLE LOVE
I Pet 1:23a since you have been born again, not from perishable seed (John 3)
2. SUSTAINED LOVE
I Pet 1:23b but from imperishable [seed], through the living and abiding Word of God. (Is 40:8)
B. MANIFESTATION OF LOVE
1. STANDARD LOVE
I Pet 1:24 For all flesh is like grass and all man’s glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, (Is 40:6)
2. SUPREME LOVE
I Pet 1:25a but the message of the Lord remains forever. (Mt 13)
3. SYSTEMATIC LOVE
I Pet 1:25b And this message is the Good News declared to you. (I Cor 1:17-29)