Obey: Obedience requires self-control

1st Peter 1:13-16 | So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”

• What is self-control? 

• How is self-control related to obedience? 

• What desires of your flesh make obedience a challenge? 

• What do you need to do to ‘prepare your mind’ so that self-control and obedience are possible in these areas? 

• What does it mean to be holy? 

  • How are self-control and obedience related to holiness? 

  • Is holiness possible without Jesus? Why or why not?