When God draws near to us, our tendency is to respond in fear, either with humility which leads to forgiveness or with pride which leads to the fear of failure. We either humbly seek forgiveness, or we fear the consequences of our sin being exposed. That one motivation of fear drives our actions one way or another.

In my previous blog, “A Salvation Worth Living For,” we asked the question from 1 Peter 2:12, “What is it that Peter expects his "elect” readers to do, that when evidenced by godless people, those godless people would “glorify God?” We asked that same question another way, “What specifically does Peter think an effective life of faith looks like? OR, What is the hallmark of a day to day, down to earth life of holiness?” We asked that question and then proposed that Peter’s