Text: 1 Peter 3:18-23 Theme: Only Christ can truly bring us home. Key verses: “Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit” (v. 18). “…baptism, which ...
Text: 1 Peter 3:13-17 Theme: We should share our hope with others in a bold yet respectful way. Key verses: “…you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. But do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep ...
Text: 1 Peter 3:1-12 Theme: This life should be focused on how we can serve God and others. Key verses: “…you wives must accept the authority of your husbands. Then, even if some refuse to obey the Good News, your godly lives will speak to them without any words. They will be won over by ...
Text: 1 Peter 1:11-25 Theme: We are to live honorably so others will see Christ through us. Key verses: “Dear friends, I warn you as ‘temporary residents and foreigners’ to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they ...
Text: 1 Peter 2:4-10 Theme: God chose us to be living stones and shining lights among the heathen. Key verses: “You are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor. And you are living stones that God is building ...
Text: 1 Peter 2:1-3 Theme: Our responsibility is to turn away from evil and desire spiritual nourishment. Key verses: “So get ride of all evil behavior…Like newborn babies, you must crave spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, now that you have had a ...
Text: 1 Peter 1:13-25 Theme: God demands and deserves nothing less than our complete obedience. Key verses: “So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you…So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living ...
Text: 1 Peter 1:3-12 Theme: We have glorious salvation to look forward to past the trials of this life. Key verses: “…It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance–an inheritance that ...
Text: 1 Peter 1:1-2 Theme: Peter saw himself and God’s suffering people as “elect” for God’s purpose. Key verses: “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia…who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to ...