1 Peter 1:1-12 - Praise to God for a Living Hope

1 Peter 1:1-12 - Praise to God for a Living Hope

     1. Complete this sentence any way you'd like: I hope that . . .

     2. To whom did Peter address his letter? (1:1)

     3. How had Peter's readers been chosen? (1:2)

     4. What had God given Peter and his readers? (1:3)

     5. By what are believers shielded? For how long? (1:5)

     6. What did Peter tell his readers they may have to suffer? (1:6)

     7. Why had trials come to Peter's audience? (1:7)

     8. What benefit is there in suffering? (1:7)

     9. What did Peter say was the goal of their faith? (1:9)

     10. What did the Spirit of Christ predict? (1:11)

     11. What did the angels long to do? (1:12)

     12. When did God give you new birth?

     13. What trials are you or have you suffered recently?

     14. How have the trials you've been through strengthened and refined your faith?

     15. What is the goal of your faith?

     16. How do you need to adjust your attitude about the trials in your life?

     17. What can you do this week to welcome the present trials in your life?

     18. How will you rejoice in your salvation today?

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Exodus 19:1-9
1. Why do people put up No Trespassing signs?

2. When did the Israelites arrive at the Desert of Sinai? (19:1)

3. What did God tell Moses from the mountain? (19:3-6)

4. How did Moses respond to God's instructions? (19:7)

5. What types of limitations do certain institutions have on our lives?

6. Why does God place certain limitations on our lives?

7. What is one practical way you can follow God's direction for your life?

1 Peter 2:9-10

8. What status did Peter ascribe to believers in Christ? (2:9)

9. What is your ethnic heritage and how has it influenced you?

10. How does our past compare with our present condition? (2:10)

11. How does being chosen by God for a special task make you feel?

12. What are the implications of believers being a chosen people, a royal priesthood, and a holy nation?

Living Stones - 1 Peter 2:4-12

1 Peter 2:4-12 - The Living Stone and a Chosen People

1. What is something that is very precious to you?

2. How did God and people treat the living Stone (Christ) differently? (2:4)

3. What will happen to those who trust in the "Cornerstone"? (2:6)

4. How was Christ treated differently by believers and unbelievers? (2:7)

5. In what way did the "Stone" (Christ) cause some people to stumble? (2:8)

6. How does our past compare with our present condition? (2:10)

7. Why is it important for believers to live good lives? (2:12)

8. How is Christ still being rejected by people today? Why?

9. How does being chosen by God for a special task make you feel?

10. What are the implications of believers being a chosen people, a royal priesthood, and a holy nation?

11. Why is it so hard to abstain from sinful desires?

12. How do you need to change your plans for the near future so that you will be an example to the unbelievers with whom you have regular contact?