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Directions: Read the Scripture carefully, trying to decide why I formatted it as I did. Why the
indentions? If you were preaching, what would you say about the words in bold
font and the ones underlined? Thoroughly answer the interjected questions. This
is assignment worth 3 units, so write at least 4 quality pages (single spaced lines
and no redundancies).
1 Peter 1
1 Peter, an Apostle (a special messenger) of Jesus Christ,
[writing] to the elect exiles of the dispersion
scattered (sowed) abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1.) How can you be a special messenger of Jesus Christ?
2.) “Elect” in this context means “specially chosen”. Why do you think it was necessary for
God to cause the new Christians to leave Jerusalem? What would cause you to leave
where you are at and how would you want to serve God elsewhere? See the Parable of the
Sower and its meaning before answering the question-- Matthew 13:3-23.
3.) What does being chosen and foreknown by God the Father mean to you?
4.) How does one get consecrated and become holy by the Holy Spirit? See John 16:13 and
Romans 8:1-27 before answering the question.
5.) How can you be obedient to Jesus Christ? And how can you be sprinkled with His blood?
May grace (spiritual blessing) and peace be given you in increasing abundance
[that spiritual peace to be realized in and through Christ,
freedom from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts].
6.) What are some good examples of grace and peace?
7.) Why would God give such to you in increasing abundance? (See Romans 14:17 and
Philippians 4:6-7 before answering.)
8.) What does “that spiritual peace to be realized in and through Christ, freedom from fears,
agitating passions, and moral conflicts” mean to you? Before answering, read Philippians
4:6-8 and 1 John 4:15-19.
3 Praised (honored, blessed) be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
By His boundless mercy
we have been born again
to an ever-living hope
through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 into an inheritance
which is
beyond the reach of change {and} decay [imperishable],
unsullied (undefiled) and unfading,
reserved in Heaven for you,
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5 which is being guarded (garrisoned) by God's power
through [your] faith [till you fully inherit that final] salvation
that is ready to be revealed [for you] in the Last Time.
9.) Why should you praise God? After listing the reasons from the last 3 verses, look at
Ephesians 1:4-13 to see if there are some other reasons why God should be thanked by
you.
10.)What do God’s “boundless mercy” and “ever living hope” only true Christians can have
mean to you?
11.) What is a true Christian’s inheritance and why is it reserved in Heaven?
12.)What are the three salvations for a true Christian? (Think about justification, sanctification,
and glorification.)
13.)What does verse 5 mean to you? (Read Ephesians 2:1-10 before answering.)
12 It was then disclosed to them that the services they were rendering
were not meant for themselves {and} their period of time,
but for you.
[It is these very] things
which have now already been made known plainly to you
by those who preached the good news (the Gospel) to you
by the [same] Holy Spirit sent from Heaven.
Into these things [the very] angels long to look!
25.)What does Matthew 7:7-8 mean to you? Read Hebrews 1, Hebrews 11:35-40,
1 Corinthians 15, and John 3:16-21 before answering.
26.)Why do think that the angels long to look into such things as this passage indicates?
Remember that Jesus Christ returned to them and others from Earth are in Heaven, and
none of them have kept silent.
22 Since by your obedience to the Truth [with the help of the Holy Spirit]
you have purified your hearts for the sincere affection of other believers,
[see that you] love one another fervently from a {pure} heart.
23 You have been regenerated (born again),
not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm),
but from One that is immortal
by the {ever} living and lasting Word of God.
24 For all flesh (mankind) is like grass,
and all its glory (honor) like [the] flower of grass.
The grass withers and the flower drops off,
25 but the Word of the Lord (divine instruction, the Gospel)
endures forever.
And this Word is the good news which was preached to you.
33.)What was the first time that you realized the full Gospel? What circumstances and how?
34.)Why do you personally love the Bible?
35.)What are the major differences between the New Testament and the Old Testament?
36.)Which of the facts about the Bible would you be willing to die for?
37.)What does verse 22 mean to you? How do you live it?