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A Living Hope

1 Peter 1:1-12 

Key Verse: 1:3 

1. Read verses 1-2. What do the words “God’s elect” and “exiles” tell us about them (1b)? How did they become God’s elect and for what purpose (2)? How did Peter bless them (2b)? 

2. Read v. 3-4a. How did Peter view God (3a)? What has God given us? What is the significance of “new birth” (Jn 3:6; 2 Cor 5:17)? What characterizes “a living hope”? 

3. Read v. 4b-5. What is the difference between inheritance in heaven and on earth (4a)? How does God help us until this inheritance is realized (5)? What does a living hope, an inheritance in heaven, mean to you? 

4. Read v. 6-9. How did the early Christians respond in the midst of trials (6,8)? What meaning could they find in their suffering (7)? What is the end result of suffering in Christ (7b,9)? 

5. Read v.10-12. How did God make this salvation known (10-12)? What was the role of prophets and preachers? How does the progressive revelation of grace give assurance? What would the prediction of the Messiah’s sufferings and glory mean to early Christians?

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