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 ...