1 Peter 1:14

1 Peter 1:14 ‘As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance'

‘As obedient children' -i.e. ‘children marked by obedience' (Robertson p. 88).. mode of expression in which one is characterized by. certain quality (Ephesians 2:3; Ephesians 5:8; Luke 16:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; 2 Peter 2:14). POINTS TO NOTE: 1. The outstanding quality of any Christian, should be their obedience to God. 2. Sonship cannot exist without obedience (Matthew 7:21; John 14:15). 3. The goal in preaching the gospel is to bring about obedience to God (Romans 1:5; Romans 16:26).

‘do not be conformed' -1. ‘Conformed'-‘form or mold after something, be formed like, be guided by' (Arndt p. 795); ‘to fashion or shape one thing like another' (Vine p. 227). (Romans 12:1) ‘do not let your lives be shaped' (TCNT). 2. Man has. choice, note, once one becomes. Christian, one still has. choice. You can conform to God, or you can conform to your old lifestyle. The Christian can fall away. 3. Man will conform to something! (Romans 6:13; Matthew 6:24). There is no such thing as. true non-conformist.

‘to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance' -‘the evil desires you used to cherish when you did not know any better' (Wms). 1. The life outside of Christ isn't the life of enlightenment and freedom, rather, it is the life of ignorance and enslavement (Acts 26:18; Ephesians 4:17). 2. The Christian now ‘knows better'. 3. One cannot occupy. place of moral neutrality. Giving up God means that one will fall back into former lusts. There are those who think that once Christianity has helped them out of various lusts, that they can discard Christ and yet still live. relatively good moral life. This verse contradicts that idea. 4. Be impressed that casting off all restraint is not. sign of wisdom, intelligence or enlightenment.