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Jesus’ Witnesess
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1 Peter 5 – Firm in Your Faith
Intro/Review (1-7) Humility (1-4) Peter addresses the church leadership first (5-7) Now Peter turns to instructing everyone in the church, not just the leaders (8-14) Steadfastness (8-11) Resist the devil (12-14) Stand with your brothers & sisters Applications:
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1 Peter 4:12-19 – Fiery Trials
Intro/Review (12-16) Suffering & Blessing (12) Suffering should not come as a surprise to the Christian (13-14) Mistreatment for Christ’s sake is a cause for rejoicing as it shows God’s favor (15) Peter warns against bringing suffering on yourself by sinful, foolish behavior (16) If we do genuinely suffer for living in steadfast obedience, there…
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1 Peter 4:7-11 – The End Is Near
Intro (7) Be Self-Controlled (8-9) Love One Another (8) Being led by the Spirit is also about demonstrating the fruit he produces, and the greatest of these is love (9) Love includes willingly using our resources to help our brothers and sisters (10-11) Use Your Gifts Applications: how to live in light of “the end…
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1 Peter 3:18-4:6 – Victory!
Intro/Review (3:18-22) Victory & Salvation Victory & Sanctification Application: Appeal to God for a good conscience In addition to baptism, Jesus gave us one other ceremony to help remind us of what he has done for us: communion or the Lord’s supper…
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1 Peter 3:8-17 – Ready to Give an Answer
Intro/Review (8) A Renewed Heart & Mind (9-12) Gracious Words & Actions (13-17) A Clear Conscience & Witness Applications:
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1 Peter 3:1-7 – Wives & Husbands
Intro (1-6) Wives: Submission & Modesty Peter is especially concerned for wives whose husbands are not committed Christians (1-2) Likewise (in the same spirit of honoring all people as discussed in 2:17 + context), wives should allow their husbands to be the head/leader of the home and treat him with respect (3-4) Wives should not…
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1 Peter 2:13-25 – Authority & Injustice
Intro/Review Christians have had a variety of experiences with governments, rulers, and politicians So, how are Christians supposed to relate to those in authority? (13-17) Law-abiding & Respectful (13-14) Obey everyone in government authority over you Rabbit Trail: non-violent civil disobedience (15-16) Do good in the community where you live (17) Submission to authority and…
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1 Peter 2:4-12 – Who Are You? (Part 2)
Intro/Review “Punishment was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and destructive superstition” – Suetonius (Roman Historian describing events around 64 AD) “Nero falsely accused and executed with the most exquisite punishments those people called Christians, who were infamous for their abominations. The originator of the name, Christ, was executed…
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1 Peter 1:13-2:3 – Be Holy
Intro/Review: (1:13-16) Hope & Holiness (13) Living out our identity in Christ requires conscious effort (14-16) Living in light of your hope in the grace of God means striving for holiness (1:17-21) Redemption & Holiness (17-19) We know how seriously God takes our holiness, because we know what it cost (20-21) God didn’t do this…
