Our lesson today covers 1 Pet 2:4-10.  In this passage we see the following: Jesus Christ is the living stone – this stone is Christ and he is surely alive.  Christ, the rock, followed the Jews in the wilderness, keeping them alive with water [1 Cor 10:4].  Christ, the rock,...

We are studying 1 Pet 2:1-3.  “Wherefore” refers back to 1 Pet 1:18-25 which we studied last week.  Remember that we are redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus, the lamb without blemish and spot; we are purified through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren; we are born...

In 1 Pet 1:18-25, we find three things that happened to you when you were saved.  You were redeemed [1 Pet 1:18].  You were purified [1 Pet 1:22].  You were born again [1 Pet 1:23].  In this lesson, we will study these three.  You were: Redeemed by the precious blood...

Today we are going to study 1 Pet 1:13-22.  The context of this passage is found in 1 Pet 1:9.  It is “the salvation of your souls.”  Peter gives those of us who have gotten saved, some general instructions on how to live our lives now that we are saved. ...

In 1 Pet 1:10-12 we see that the Old Testament prophets prophesied of the salvation that we have.  They prophesied “the grace that should come unto you.”  They “testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.”  These things were revealed to them but they ministered them...

Peter wrote to “strangers” in Asia.  Paul couldn’t go there [Acts 16:6-7] but Peter did.  Some of these people might have heard Peter preach in Acts 2.  See Acts 2:9. He calls them “strangers” because when we get saved, we are “a peculiar people,” [1 Pet 2:9], “which were not...