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Christ Died That We Might Live Righteously

Three times in this text Peter tells us that Christ died and that the purpose of his death was to enable us to live differently. Or another way to put it is that he tells us that God's purpose for us as a church is that we live like Christ, that we live righteously; and he tells us three times that his unshakable, infinitely compelling commitment to fulfill that purpose in us is the death of his Son to make it happen. His commitment to make it happen is seen in the sacrifice of his Son to make it happen.

Let me point out these three statements of purpose and three statements of God's commitment to make it happen through the death of Jesus.

1. "Follow in His Steps"
2. "Die to Sin and Live to Righteousness"
3. "By His Wounds You Were Healed"