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1 Peter 1:1-2Who Needs Encouragement?
Sustainable:A method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged
Encourage:To give hope or promise…(This is more than wishing for something that has no foundation.)
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Every follower of Jesus needs sustainable encouragement!
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1 Peter
1 Peter 1:1-2 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ
and sprinkling by his blood:
Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
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Every follower of Jesus needs sustainable encouragement!MESSAGE
Grace and peace be yours in abundance
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Salutation1 Peter 1:2
Introduction1 Peter 1:3
Conclusion1 Peter 5:12
Reason1 Peter 3:15
Every follower of Jesus needs sustainable encouragement!MESSAGE
…Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,
…I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.
Salutation1 Peter 1:2
Introduction1 Peter 1:3
Conclusion1 Peter 5:12
Reason1 Peter 3:15
AUTHOR
Every follower of Jesus needs sustainable encouragement!
1 Peter 1:1-2 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ
and sprinkling by his blood:
Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
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AUTHOR
Every follower of Jesus needs sustainable encouragement!
Internal Evidence:•He says he is ‘Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ’ (1:1)•He claims to be a ‘witness of Christ’s suffering’ (5:1)•He writes with the help of Silas (5:12-13) •He writes from ‘Babylon’ (5:12-13)•His ‘son’ Mark is with him (5:12–13)
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Every follower of Jesus needs sustainable encouragement!
Matthew 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
Typical Disciple
UniqueSupreme
Rabbi
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Every follower of Jesus needs sustainable encouragement!
Matthew 16:18 says nothing about Peter's successors, infallibility, or exclusive authority.
The N.T. presents Peter as the first among equals (Acts 1-12; 8:14; 11:1-18; Galatians 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:20).
Typical Disciple
UniqueSupreme
Rabbi
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Every follower of Jesus needs sustainable encouragement!
Primary Source Transformed DiscipleTested by Suffering
RECIPIENTS Every follower of Jesus needs
sustainable encouragement!
1 Peter 1:1-2 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ
and sprinkling by his blood:
Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
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GeographicalIdentity
SpiritualIdentity SpiritualIdentity
GeographicalIdentity
1 Peter 1:1-2 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ
and sprinkling by his blood:
Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
RECIPIENTS
Cross section of Community
Both Jews & Gentiles
GeographicalIdentity
1 Peter 1:1-2 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ
and sprinkling by his blood:
Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
SpiritualIdentity
John 15:6You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last.
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RECIPIENTS
SECURE:in relationship
to God
SCATTERED:on mission with God
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sustainable encouragement!
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Hebrews 10:25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
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