FIRST PETER A LETTER TO GIVE HOPE (STUDY THE NORMAL INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL -- WRITER, TIME OF WRITING, PURPOSE OF WRITING, ETC.) I PETER 1:1-25 THE LIVING HOPE DEFINE: Strangers - Foreknowledge - Hope - Corruptible - Foreordained - Gird up - Holy - Redeemed - ANSWER BRIEFLY: What kind of hope do we have by the resurrection of Jesus Christ? What is that hope? How are we kept by the power of God? Does this mean that if we fail, God is weak? Explain your answer. What would you say are the differences between the trials of which Peter speaks and those of which the book of James speaks? What is the "end" of our faith? Why are we to be holy? By what are we redeemed? How are we purified? Why is it important that we understand that the word will endure forever? I PETER 2:1-25 THE CHRISTIAN'S CONDUCT IN VIEW OF THE HOPE HE HAS DEFINE: Malice - Guile - Hypocrisies - Envies - Evil speakings - Sincere - Disallowed - Peculiar - Abstain - ANSWER BRIEFLY: (Note that this chapter has four divisions: vv. 1-10, spiritual relationships; vv. 11-12, social relationships; vv. 13-17, civil relationships; and vv. 18-25, economical relationships). Why are we to lay aside all malice, etc.? Why does a newborn babe need the sincere milk of the word? Why is "desire" important? Study the O.T. passages on "the stone disallowed" and expand on the figure of Christ as the chief corner stone. In this figure, what are we? How are we a peculiar people? Why is our conversation to be honest among the Gentiles? Why should we submit to civil rulers? In a "master-slave" relationship it was common for a slave to be abused and to suffer wrongfully. How should a Christian slave react to this? Summarize how Christ is the example of right conduct during suffering. I PETER 3:1-12 FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND GENERAL EXHORTATIONS IN VIEW OF ALL PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS DEFINE: Chaste - Meek - Quiet - Vessel - Honour - Pitiful - Guile - Eschew - ANSWER BRIEFLY: How do vv. 1,2,5 & 6, fit the modern ERA movement? What kind of adorning should not be emphasized? What kind should adorn a woman? What establishes a daughter relationship between Godly women of today and Sarah of old? What does "dwell with them according to knowledge" mean? How is the woman a weaker vessel? How can prayers of a husband and wife be hindered? Explain how all can be of one mind while disagreeing about some beliefs? Elaborate on "compassion," "pitiful" and "courteous" and how necessary they are in a brotherly relationship. What should one do who would "love life..."?   1 PETER 3:13-5:11 BECAUSE OF A LIVING HOPE, THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR PATIENCE IN TRIALS   I PETER 3:13-22 TRIALS WILL COME TO RIGHTEOUS WHO HAVE HOPE DEFINE: Give an answer - Figure - Happy - Answer (v. 2l) - ANSWER BRIEFLY: If we follow what is good, who can harm us? What verse did we study from Matthew that sounds like v. 14? What should we be ready to give to every man that asks? What can cause those who speak evil against us to be ashamed? Explain vv. 18-20. Who did the preaching? How did he do it? When did he do it? To whom did he do it? How were eight souls saved by water? How are we saved? How is baptism a FIGURE? Compare ch. 1:3, with the above thought and explain what Christ's resurrection has to do with out baptism.   I PETER 4:1-16 WHAT WE NEED TO CONQUER TRIALS DEFINE: Arm - Lasciviousness - Lusts - Excesses of wine - Revellings - Banquetings - Abominable idolatries - Riot - Dead - Hospitality - Oracles - ANSWER BRIEFLY: With what should we arm ourselves? Why? Why would the people speak evil of these Christians? Who are the dead of v. 6? What does love cover? How? How should we use hospitality? What does suffering "on this behalf" (i.e. "in this name") mean? Explain v. 17 -- what is this judgment? Will the righteous just barely make it to heaven? Explain your answer. To whom should we commit the keeping of our souls?   I PETER 5:1-14 EXHORTATION TO ELDERS AND OTHERS DEFINE: Elders - Feed - Lords - Heritage - Examples - Sober - Vigilant - ANSWER BRIEFLY: Where was Peter an elder? What does the prepositional phrase "among you" mean? How would that apply to area-wide elders? What is not to be a motive for this work? How are they not to lead the flock? What are they to be to the flock? Is there a difference between the "elder" of v. 5, and those of v. 1? If so, why? What does God to the proud? What does he do to the humble? Upon what basis can we cast our cares upon God? To what is the Devil likened? To what has God called us? Who was Silvanus?   REVIEW QUESTIONS COVERING THE FIRST BOOK OF PETER Quote 1 Peter 1:3. Define the word "hope." We are kept by the power of God through _________________. What is the end of our faith? Who desired to look into the things about the salvation of man? Why are we to be holy? What does it mean to "gird up the loins of your mind?" If you have memorized 1 Peter. 1:22-25, give yourself 10 points. What do we have to lay aside before we can desire the milk of the word? Quote 1 Peter 2:2. Who was the stone disallowed by men but chosen of God? When was the stone disallowed by men? Peter describes God's people in four ways in ch. 2:9. -- list two of the four. We have been called out of ______________ and into _________. Why does Peter address Christians as "pilgrims" and "strangers?" We are to submit to civil powers only if we like the laws they make? (T,F) Servants were to be subject even to masters who were froward? (T,F) Describe how Christ is our example of proper conduct during times of suffering wrongfully. How might a wife win her husband without preaching the word to him? A wife should spend more time adorning the hidden man of the heart rather than the outward appearance? (T,F) Husbands are to dwell with their wives according to knowledge (T,F) A woman is weaker in every respect? (T,F) "For the eyes of the Lord are over the _______________..." "Christ also hath __________ suffered for sins..." Eight souls were saved by _____________. Is baptism a figure? Of what is it a figure? Since Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, with what are we to arm ourselves? Above all things we are to have ______________. What does charity (love) cover? At what kind of trials were they not be shocked? How were they to react to the trails? The suffering Peter is describing is that done as a _________________. Do elders need exhortation? What flock are elders to shepherd? Why did Peter assure elders that they would receive a crown of life when the Chief Shepherd appears? "...God resisteth the __________ but giveth grace unto the ___________________." Quote ch. 5:7. How does Peter describe the devil? To whom does all the glory and dominion belong? [Table of Contents] [Preface] [Introduction] [Outline] [Study Questions] [Ch. 1:1-2 ] [Ch.1:3-4] [Ch.1:5-6] [Ch.1:7-8] [Ch.1:9-12]

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