3. The Fight Is On
1 Peter 2:11-12

4. Challenges Recognize the standing
Temporary residents (1 Peter 1:1; 2:11; Heb. 11:13)
Like Israel dwelling in Egypt
Real residency is in heaven (Eph. 2:19; Phil. 3:20- 21)

5. Conflict Weaponry of the enemy
Works of the flesh (Gal. 5:19-21; re. v. 11)
Sexual sins (fornication, impurity, sensuality)
Disloyalty (idolatry, sorcery)
Emotions (enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envyings)
Social (drunkenness, carousing)
Many are found elsewhere in New Testament (cf. 1 Cor. 6:9-10)
Add to this peer-pressure/ridicule (1 Peter 4:3-4)

6. Defensive weapons
Self-control (Gal. 5:23; 2 Peter 1:6)
Sword of the Spirit (Eph. 6:17)
Instructions (Titus 2:12)

7. Conquest
“Abstain” (v. 11; cf. 1 Thess. 5:22 – “Stay away from every kind of evil,” HCSB)
Don’t let it be “named among you” (Eph. 5:3 – “proper among the saints”)
Call for separation (2 Cor. 6:17, how “cozy” are we allowed to be?)
Honorable conduct (v. 12)
The “manner of life” word; behavior
Above reproach (Matt. 5:16; Phil. 2:15)
The accusation will be found false AND foolish