Purging the Past, Pursuing the Perfect: A Path to Spiritual Maturity
1 Peter 2:1-3

I. PURGE THE POISONOUS PRACTICES (1 Peter 2:1a) “Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile,
and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings”
A. Poison of Malice
B. Guile’s Deception
C. Hypocrisy’s Facade
D. Envy’s Emptiness
E. Evil Speakings’ Slander

II. PURSUE THE PURELY PLEASING (1 Peter 2:2a) “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the
word”
A. Desire as a Newborn
B. The Sincerity of the Milk
C. Devour the Divine Diet
D. Dependence on the Divine Diet

III. PROGRESS IN THE PRESENCE (1 Peter 2:2b-3) “That ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted
that the Lord is gracious.”
A. Growth through Grace
B. Tasting the Lord’s Goodness
C. The Evidence of Maturity