1st Peter Study Guide

WEEK 9 1 Peter 2:1-8 1. The Gospel of John 1:1 (and forward) names Jesus as the Word or Logos. In the original language, the same Word is used throughout our passage in 1 Peter demonstrating the person and power that saves us. Examine each verse below and make a note of the significance of the Word in each. 1 Peter 1:23 1 Peter 1:25 1 Peter 2:8

Because God’s love is the source of ours, the message of his love is what kindles ours. Christian love may be demonstrated by a hug, a holy kiss, or a helping hand, but Christian love cannot be transmitted that way. Christian love is born as Christians are born: through the truth of the gospel. That which clears away the malice … deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of the old lifestyle is the cleansing of our souls through obedience to God’s truth. Peter addresses those who already know that cleansing; they experience true brotherly love because they have purified themselves by obeying the truth’ (1:22). Clowney, E. P. (1988). The message of 1 Peter: the way of the cross (p. 75). Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

2. What exhortation regarding love does Paul give in 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10?

3. Peter uses metaphors, comparisons, and contrasts to teach us the difference between those who believe and those who do not. Look at 1 Peter 2:1-8 and list the adjectives describing both believers and unbelievers. Believers: Unbelievers:

4. 1 Peter 2:8 describes unbelievers’ response to the Word and the result of their unbelief. How does this contrast with the response and reward of believers? Unless God had made us his, we could not gain his holiness or want it. But God has claimed us as his own, claimed us at a cost that sears our minds with the flame of his love. Clowney, E. P. (1988). The message of 1 Peter: the way of the cross (p. 69). Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

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