I. GOD SAVED US ON PURPOSE! 1Pet 1:1-2

    A. We did not come to Christ on our own.
         Rom 3:11 "There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God."
         Isaiah 53:6  "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way..." (ESV)

    B. It was God who came looking for us!

II. GOD SAVED US ON PURPOSE FOR HIGH PURPOSE!

    A. He wants to enjoy with us a relationship in love. 1Pet 1:3, 8

        1. He desires a personal, warm, relationship in mutual love.

 Jn 14:21 "Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.... (23) Jesus replied, 'If anyone loves me he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him'."

    B. He wants to develop in us a character like His. 1Pet 1:14-15, 22; 2:1-2

        1. His character is marked by righteousness and love.

            a. He enables us to live habitually and predictably in righteousness.

1 John 3:6 "No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.... (8) Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil..."  (ESV)

1 John 4:7  "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. (8) Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love." (ESV)

John 15:14 "You are my friends if you do what I command you." (ESV)

        1. What is He doing? The same things He did on earth.

        2. He commissions us to join Him in His work.

        3. He’ll continue His work in the Kingdom to come.

Revelation 3:21  "The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne." cf 5:10 (ESV)

I.  A Reawakening (2 Chron. 14)

    Keys to the reawakening:

• Worship which acknowledges who God is.
• Humility which acknowledges who we are.
• Desire to honor God.

• Spiritual conviction (vs. 1-7)
• Spiritual cleansing (vs. 8)
• Wholehearted commitment (vs. 9-15)

• Great joy (v. 15)
• Greater experience of God
• Greater results in evangelism

       3 Warnings:

• Relying on our abilities, not God's (vs. 1-6)
• Having an unteachable spirit (vs. 7-10)
• Refusing to seek God (vs. 12)

Checking our reliance:
(1=totally trusting self/people; 10=totally trusting God)
 

School or Career	_____
Finances	___________
Relationships	___________
Goals/Dreams	___________

I. Live a life of discontentment. (vs. 1-2, 4)

“But godliness with contentment is great gain”   1 Tim. 6:6

"But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.”  1 Chron. 29:14

IV.  Reject the patience and mercy of God. (vs. 20-28)

2. The point is to display God's patience.

3.  The result is to serve those who are broken.