Survey of 1 Peter

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A SURVEY OF 1 PETER
PETER
"A ROCK, A STONE"
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF 1 PETER

• THE BOOK TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE WRITER RATHER
  THAN THE RECEPIENTS. 11
• THE BOOK IS GENERALLY DATES IN THE MID SIXITIES
• THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK TO ENCOURAGE CHRISTIANS
  IN ASIA MINOR TO WITHSTAND THE FIERY TRIALS
  BEING BROUGHT AGAINST THEM. ( IT IS THOUGHT THESE
  TRIALS WERE THE TRIALS BROUGHT AGAINST THEM BY
  NERO ).
• THE BOOK IS CLASSIFIED AS A GENERAL EPISTLE.
• A KEY WORD IN THE BOOK IS THE WORD SUFFER
  OCCURING SOME 15 TIMES.
• A KEY CHAPTER IN THE BOOK IS CHAPTER ONE WHICH
  SPEAKS OF THE ASSURANCE AND PROMISES FOR THE
  BELIEVERS.
• KEY VERSES IN THE BOOK ARE 16-7 412-13
• A KEY PHRASE STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS 211

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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF 1 PETER 2

• KEY THOUGHT IN THE BOOK IS, CHRISTIAN HOPE 13
  315
• CHRIST IS SEEN IN THE BOOK AS THE SUFFERING LAMB
  OF GOD 119 221
• THE BOOK CONTAINS 5 CHAPTERS AND 105 VERSES

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A BRIEF OUTLINE OF 1 PETER
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

• INTRODUCTION 11-2
• THE LIFE OF FAITH 13-25
• THE LIFE OF GODLINESS 21-39
• THE LIFE OF VICTORY 310-419
• THE LIFE OF SERVICE 51-8
• THE LIFE OF CONFLICT 58-11
• CONCLUSION 512-14

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1 PETER AND THE OLD TESTAMENT

• BE HOLY 116 / LEV. 1144
• CHIEF CORNERSTONE 26 / ISA. 2816
• THE STONE REJECTED 27 / PSA. 11822
• ROCK OF OFFENCE AND STUMBLING 28 / ISA. 814
• NO SIN IN CHRIST 222 / ISA. 539
• CHRIST OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH 223 / ISA. 537
• 7. CHRIST BORE OUR SINS 224 / ISA. 534,5
• 8. LOVE LIFE AND SEE GOOD DAYS 310-12
• 9. GRACE TO HUMBLE 55 / PROV. 334

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PETER'S BEE HIVE

• BE SOBER IN MIND 113
• BE HOLY IN CHARACTER 115-16
• BE HUNGRY FOR GODS WORD 22-3
• BE SUBJECT TO YOUR MASTER 218
• BE PITIFUL IN SPIRIT 38
• BE COURTEOUS IN MANNER 38
• BE FOLLOWERS OF GOOD 313
• BE READY IN TESTIMONY 315
• BE WATCHFUL IN PRAYER 47
• BE CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY 55
• BE VIGILANT IN WATCHFULNESS 58
• BE MINDFUL OF GODS WORD 2 PETER 32
• BE GODLY 311
• BE DILIGENT IN SERVICE 314
• (TAKEN FROM BOYDS BIBLE HANDBOOK P. 644)

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM 1 PETER

• THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF CHRIST PROVIDES
  HOPE AND SANCTIFICATION 12-3
• THE INHERITANCE OF A CHRISTIAN IS IN HEAVEN 14
• GODS POWER TO KEEP US IS OUR FAITH IN HIM 15
• AS CHRISTIANS THERE IS TO BE A TRANSFORMATION OF
  LIFE 110-16
• HUMAN REDEMPTION COMES THROUGH THE BLOOD OF
  CHRIST 118-19
• THE SOUL IS PURIFIED BY OBEYING THE GOSPEL 122
• THE WORD OF GOD IS ESSENTIAL TO PROPER GROWTH 22
• THE CHURCH IS A SPIRITUAL HOUSE AND PRIESTHOOD
  25
• THE SACRIFICES OFFERED TO GOD MUST BE SPIRITUAL
  AND ACCEPTABLE TO GOD 25
• JESUS IS THE CHIEF CORNER STONE OF THE CHURCH
  26-7

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LESSONS LEARNED FORM 1 PETER 2
11. CHRISTIANS ARE STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS ON THE
EARTH 211 12. ONE LIFE IS TO SPEAK LOUDER THAN
THE ACCUSATIONS BROUGHT AGAINST ONE 212 13. OUR
LIBERTY IN CHRIST IS TO BE USED AS SERVANTS
216 14. CHILDREN OF GOD ARE TO FOLLOW THE
EXAMPLE OF JESUS 221 15. JESUS ASSUMED OUR SINS
ON THE CROSS 224 16. THE INFLUENCE ONE EXERTS
CAN HAVE A POWER INFLUENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS
31-2 17. A PERSONS MODESTY COMES FROM WITHIN
33-4 18. WE ARE TO GIVE A DEFENSE FOR OUR BELIEF
315 19. BAPTISM SAVES 321 20. CHRISTIANS ARE
STEWARDS OF THE GOSPEL 410
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LESSONS LEARNED FORM 1 PETER 3
21. MEN WHO TEACH THE GOSPEL ARE TO SPEAK AS THE
ORACLES OF GOD 411 22. ELDERS ARE TO FAITHFULLY
EXECUTE THEIR WORK 51-4 23. THEIR MUST BE
CONSTANT WATCHFULNESS REGARDING THE DEVILS
ENCROUCHMENTS 58