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Chapter One

Where There’s Christ, There’s Hope

1 Peter 1:1; 5:12-14

  1. It is not the of life that determines hope, but the of life.
  2. “Unlearned and ignorant men” means “laymen without schooling”; that is, they were not professiona leaders.
  3. Peter’s given name was , but Jesus changed it to Peter, which means “a ” The Aramaic equivalent of “Peter” is ” so Peter was a man with three names.
  4. Peter and were the two leading apostles in the early church. was assigned especially to minister to the Gentiles, and Peter to the .
  5. Christians have standards and values different from those of the , and this gives opportunity both for and for .
  6. How many times in this letter did Peter refer to suffering? How many Greek words did he use to do so?
  7. When the church began in Jerusalem, it was looked upon as a “ ” of the traditional Jewish faith.
  8. The fi rst Christians were and they met in the temple precincts.
  9. What two events occurred that helped to precipitate the “fi ery trial” Peter wrote about?
    A.






    B.



  10. Peter is preeminently the apostle o as Paul is the apostle of and John of .
  11. The word “ ” is used in every chapter of 1 Peter.
  12. When we depend of God’s grace, we can endure .and turn trials into .
  13. Salvation and submission are preparation for ; but if we focus on Christ, we can overcome and God will transform suffering into .
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2

It’s Glory All the Way!

I Peter 1:2-12

  1. The of God means the sum total of all that God is and does. “Glory” is not a separate or of God, such as His holiness, wisdom, or mercy.
  2. Whatever feeble glory man has will eventually fade and disappear; but the glory of the Lord is .
  3. In the Bible, “to ” means “to set one’s love upon a person or persons in a way.”
  4. We have been by the Father, by the Son, and set by the Spirit. It takes all three if there is to be a true experience of .
  5. Peter called a Christian’s hope an .
  6. According to Romans 8:30, we have already been All that awaits is the public revelation of this .
  7. Life today is a in which God trains us for our future ministry in eternity.
  8. Sometimes trials discipline us when we have God’s will. Trials prepare us for growth, or even help to prevent us from .
  9. Peter used the word “ ” which literally means “variegated, many-colored.” He used the same word to describe God’s .
  10. Trials produce what Peter called “ ” The word means “to experience Or .”
  11. The person who “his faith” when the going gets tough is only proving that he really had no faith at all.
  12. What four directions did Peter give for enjoying the glory?
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
  13. Our love for Christ is not based on sight, it is based on our relationship with Him and what the Word has taught us about Him.
  14. Love and faith go together: when you love someone, you him.
  15. used to say, “little faith will take your soul to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to your soul.”
  16. The Old Testament believers looked ahead by and saw, as it were, two mountain peaks: Mount , where Messiah suffered and died, and Mount , where He will return in glory.
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3

Staying Clean in a Polluted World

1 Peter 1:13-21

  1. The root meaning of the word translated is “different.”
  2. Christians live in the tense; their present actions and decisions are governed by this hope.
  3. Outlook determines ; attitude determines .
  4. True salvation always results in .
  5. Since we were born with a fallen nature, it was natural for us to live lives. determines appetites and actions.
  6. To be “ ” means to be “set apart for God’s exclusive use and pleasure.”
  7. To a dedicated believer, there is no such thing as “ ” and “ ” All of life is as we live to glorify God.
  8. The reveals God’s mind, so we should learn it; God’s heart, so we should love it; God’s will, so we should live it.
  9. The fi rst step toward keeping clean in a fi lthy world is to ask, What does the say?”
  10. The Greek word translated judgeth carries the meaning “to in order to fi nd something good.”
  11. An Old Testament Jew so feared God that he would not even His holy name, yet we today speak of God with and .
  12. “To ” means “go set free by paying a price.”
  13. In calling Christ “a ” Peter was reminding his readers of an Old Testament teaching. It is the doctrine of :an innocent victim giving his life for the guilty.
  14. The doctrine of sacrifi ce begins in Genesis 3, when God killed animals that He might Adam and Eve. A ram died for and the Passover lamb was slain for each household. was presented as an innocent Lamb in Isaiah 53.
  15. From the human perspective, our Lord was cruelly but from the divine perspective, He laid down His life for .
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Christian Togetherness

1 Peter 1:22-2:10

  1. The only way to enter God’s spiritual family is by a spiritua through in Jesus Christ.
  2. The new birth gives to us a new as well as a new and living hope.
  3. Our fi rst birth was a birth of “fl esh,” and the fl esh is .
  4. Peter used two different words for love: philadelphia, which is “ love,” and agape, which is Godlike love.
  5. Christian love is not a matter of feeling but of .
  6. If we are fi lled with t he Word of God and the Spirit of God, we will the love of God in our daily experiences.
  7. Often the cause of ill will is , and one result of is evil speaking, conversation that tears the other person down.
  8. When Christians are growing in the Word, they are not troublemakers, and they promote the unity of the church.
  9. Peter gave a full description of Jesus Christ, the He is a living because He was raised from the dead in victory. He is the chosen of the Father, and He is precious.
  10. The real cause of the Jewish stumbling was their refusal to to the Word.
  11. In the Old Testament period, God’s people had a priesthood; but today, God’s people a priesthood.
  12. No man in Israel could serve at the altar, or enter the tabernacle or temple holy places, except those born into the tribe of and consecrated to God for service.
  13. Separation is not isolation; it is contact without .
  14. The fact that there is but one High Priest and heavenly Mediator indicates among the people of God.
  15. We are a generation, which immediately speaks of the grace of God.
  16. Each citizen of heaven is a living “advertisement” for the of God and the of the Christian life.
  17. The absence of diversity is not ; it is uniformity, and uniformity is dull.
  18. St. Augustine said it perfectly: “In essentials, . In nonessentials, . In all things, .”
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Somebody’s Watching You!

1 Peter 2:11-25

  1. The central section of Peter’s letter emphasizes in the life of a believer.
  2. God wants each of us to exercise authority; but before we can exercise authority, we must be authority.
  3. The Prodigal Son found his when he yielded to his father’s will.
  4. How many times in his two epistles did Peter remind his readers of God’s love for them?
  5. Our real battle is not with people around us, but with within us. D.L. Moody said, “I have more trouble with than with any man I know.”
  6. If we are going to to the lost people around us, we must live “honest” lives.
  7. As Christian citizens, we should to the authority vested in human government.
  8. Peter and the other apostles submitted to the institution but they refused to stop .
  9. We must remind ourselves to respect the even if we cannot respect the officer.
  10. When we do something in the of God and as the servants of God, then we are doing it “for the sake.”
  11. When Paul was arrested on false charges he was unwilling to “sneak out of town” like a criminal rather he used his to protect himself and to insist on a fair trial before .
  12. A Christian’s relationship to is far more important than his relationship to men.
  13. The human tendency is to back and to demand our rights. Anybody can fi ght back; it takes a Spirit-fi lled Christian to and let God fi ght his battles.
  14. Jesus proved that a person could be in the will of God, be greatly loved by God, and still unjustly.
  15. Our Lord’s humility and submission were not an evidence of weakness, but of .
  16. It is not Jesus the Example or the Teacher who saves us, but Jesus the spotless of God who takes away the of the world.
  17. What is the wonderful truth Peter wanted to share?




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Wedlock or Deadlock

1 Peter 3:1-7

  1. When Christian couples try to imitate the world and get their standards from Hollywood instead of from heaven, there will be in the home. But if both partners will imitate Jesus Christ in His and , and His desire to serve others, then there will be and in the home.
  2. We cannot follow Christ’s example unless we first Him as our , and then submit to Him as our Lord.
  3. God has ordained that the husband be the of the .
  4. Ephesians 5:21 makes it clear that both husband and wife must first be to Jesus Christ.
  5. God not only commands submission, but He uses it as a powerful infl uence in a home.
  6. An unsaved husband will not be converted by or in the home.
  7. It is the and of the wife that will win the lost husband—not arguments, but such attitudes as understanding, kindness, .
  8. Peter warned the Christian wife not to major on decorations but on character.
  9. Glamour is and external; true beauty is and internal.
  10. One survey revealed that the average husband and wife had minutes a week together in actual communication!
  11. Love without truth is and truth without love is .
  12. A husband can with his wife and still respect and honor her.
  13. It is the life of a couple that indicates how things are going in the home.
  14. The Word of God and prayer are basic to a . home.
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Preparing for the Best!

1 Peter 3:8-17

  1. We should begin with for God’s people. This love is evidenced by a of mind, compassion, a sincere “feeling for and with” the of others. Love reveals itself in , a tenderness of heart toward others.
  2. Not only should we love God’s people, but we should also love our .
  3. As Christians, we can live on one of three levels. We can return evil for good, which is the level. We can return good for good and evil for evil, which is the level. Or, we can return good for evil, which is the level.
  4. We must deliberately decide to love This is an act of the .
  5. We must control our Many of the problems of life are caused by the wrong spoken in the wrong .
  6. We must do good and evil. We need both the and the .
  7. We must seek and pursue “Blessed are the : for they shall be called the of God.”
  8. We must trust God to and for He alone can our enemies.
  9. Our enemies might hurt us, but they cannot us. Only we can harm ourselves if we fail to God.
  10. A crisis creates the opportunity for when a believer behaves with faith and hope, because the unbelievers will then sit up and take .
  11. The purpose of the Christian witness is not to win an but to win lost souls to Christ.
  12. What does it mean to “sanctify Christ as Lord” in our hearts?


  13. It is Matthew 6:33 and Romans 12:1-2 combined into a daily attitude of faith that obeys God’s Word in spite of .
  14. A “seared conscience” is one that has been so sinned against that it no longer is sensitive to what is and .
  15. If we do not grow in spiritual knowledge and obedience, we have a “weak ” that is upset very easily by trifles.
  16. Conscience is a safe guide only when the of is the teacher.
  17. Christians are lights in this dark world and they reveal “the unfruitful works of .”
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Learning from Noah

1 Peter 3:18-22

  1. Peter presented as the perfect example of one who suffered unjustly, and yet obeyed God.
  2. Because of the work of Christ on the cross, we now have an open to God.
  3. On the , our Lord suffered and died. His body was put to death, and His spirit died when He was made . But His spirit was made and He yielded it to the .
  4. Since death comes when the leaves the body, then resurrection involves the returning to the body.
  5. days after His resurrection, our Lord ascended to to sit at the right hand of the Father, the place of .
  6. Peter wanted to emphasize Christ’s complete victory over all “ and and ” referring to the evil hosts of Satan.
  7. Noah walked with God and preached God’s truth for years.
  8. Noah was a man of who kept doing the will of God even when he seemed to be a .
  9. The Flood pictures . . and .The waters buried the earth in .but they also lifted Noah and his family up to safety.
  10. The early church saw in the ark a picture of .
  11. As the coming of Christ draws near, Christians will incite the anger and attacks of godless people. Jesus lived a life on earth, and yet He was crucifi ed like a common .
  12. Christians must serve God by faith and not trust in . Noah served God and kept only people from the Flood; yet God him.
  13. Our is important. It us with Christ and gives that we have broken with the life and will, by His help, live a new life.
  14. Hebrews 9:27 makes it clear that death the opportunity for salvation.
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The Rest of Your Time

1 Peter 4:1-11

  1. If we are convinced that Jesus is coming, then we will want to live lives. Whether Jesus comes first, or death comes first, we want to make “the rest of the time” for eternity.
  2. Outlook determines , and a believer must have the right if he is to live a right life.
  3. A believer living in is a terrible weapon in the hands of Satan. , plus Christ in our lives, can help us have victory over sin.
  4. The will of God is not a that the Father places on us. Rather it is the enjoyment and enablement that makes all burdens light.
  5. Unsaved people are blind to spiritual and dead to spiritual .
  6. The unsaved may judge us, but one day, will judge them. Instead of arguing with them, we should for them, knowing that the final judgment is with .
  7. List the “ten commandments” that Peter gave to his readers to keep them in balance as far as the Lord’s return was concerned.
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
    E.
    F.
    G.
    H.
    I.
    J.
  8. Ten times in the pastoral epistles, Paul admonished people to “be .”
  9. If we are , we will “watch unto prayer.”
  10. The word “watch” carries with it the idea of and . It is the of being drunk or asleep.
  11. If we really look for the return of Christ, then we shall think of and properly relate to them.
  12. Christian love is .Peter quoted from Proverbs 10:12—” stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”
  13. Abraham was hospitable to three strangers, and discovered that he had entertained the and two .
  14. Each Christian has at least one gift that he must use to the of God and the building up of the .
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Facts about Furnaces

1 Peter 4:12-19

  1. Much of what goes on in the world depends on .pride, .and the desire to “get more.”
  2. A dedicated Christian builds his life on .humility .and the desire to glorify God.
  3. For believers, is not a strange thing. The absence of opposition would be strange!
  4. Persecution and trials do not just “ .” in the sense of being accidents. They are a part of God’s plan, and He is in .
  5. It is an honor and a privilege to with Christ and be treated by the world the way it treated Him.
  6. The world believes that the absence of suffering means .but a Christian’s outlook is different.
  7. God is not going to replace suffering with : rather He will transform suffering into .
  8. Our is in the name of Jesus, and Satan hates that name.
  9. The word “ ” is found only three times in the entire New Testament.
  10. The name “Christian” was originally given by the of the church as a term of ; but in time it became an honored name.
  11. The fact that we are Christians is not a guarantee that we escape the normal of our misdeeds.
  12. When a believer , he experiences glory and knows that there will be greater glory in the future. But a sinner who causes that suffering is only fi lling up the measure of God’s more and more.
  13. As Christians, we do not seek for on those who have hurt us. Rather, we for them and seek to them to Jesus Christ.
  14. Unsaved people have a present that is controlled by their .but Christians have a present that is controlled by the .
  15. Why did Peter refer to God as “a faithful Creator” rather than “a faithful Judge” or even “a faithful Saviour”?

  16. Before God pours out His wrath upon this evil world, a “fiery ” will come to God’s church, to unite and purify it, that it might be a strong to the lost.
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How to Be a Good Shepherd

1 Peter 5:1-4

  1. Leaders who run away in times of diffi culty are only proving that they are and not true .
  2. The New Testament assemblies were organized under the leadership of and .
  3. The Greek word translated “witness” gives us our English word “ .”
  4. The pastor of the local assembly must be a man who walks with God and who is growing in his life.
  5. Sometimes God permits to come to a church so that the people will be forced to grow and discover new and new .
  6. If I have any counsel for God’s shepherds today, it is this: a growing relationship with Jesus Christ, and what He gives you with your people.
  7. Jewish shepherds tended their sheep, not for the meat but for the . .and .
  8. The word “ ” means “shepherd, care for.”
  9. Jesus preached to great multitudes, but He took to chat with Nicodemus, the woman at the well, and others who had spiritual needs.
  10. Because he is one of the sheep, the pastor is “ ” the members of the flock. But because he is called to be a leader, the pastor is “ ” the flock.
  11. If a man has no .the ministry is a good place to be lazy.
  12. Next to laziness, the shepherd must beware of ”not for fi lthy lucre, but of a ready mind.”
  13. What is the difference between a true shepherd and a hireling?




  14. People are willing to follow a leader who what he preaches and gives them a good to imitate.
  15. Each elder has his own fl ock to care for, but the sheep all belong to the one flock of which is the Chief Shepherd.
  16. We will have no desire for glory when we see Jesus Christ face-to-face.
  17. We lead by , and we serve by .
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From Grace to Glory

1 Peter 5:5-11

  1. All believers, young and old, should submit to each ; and all should submit to .“Be clothed with ” is the answer to the problem.
  2. It takes to submit to another believer, but God can give that if we ourselves before Him.
  3. It was that turned Lucifer into Satan. It was —a desire to be like —that stirred Eve to take the forbidden fruit. “The of life” is an evidence of .
  4. One of the evidences of our pride is our with God, and one reason for suffering is that we might learn .
  5. How does God show His love and care for us when we give our cares to Him?
    A.


    B.


    C.


    D.

  6. The word “Satan” means “ ” and the word “devil” means “the , the .”
  7. According to the Parable of the Tares, wherever God plants a true Christian, Satan seeks to plant a .
  8. Before we can stand before Satan, we must before God. Peter resisted the Lord and ended up to Satan!
  9. No matter how diffi cult the fi ery trial may become, a Christian always has hope. List the reasons that Peter gave for this hopeful attitude.
    A.
    B.
    C.

    D.
  10. God has several tools which He uses to equip His people for life and service, and is one of them. The of is another tool.
  11. What three words did Peter use to describe the kind of character God wants us to have.
    A.
    B.
    C.
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