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...

Ephesians 5:25-29 When the Lord gives instruction to husbands and wives he is also revealing the needs of the other spouse.  For instance, when he tells the husbands to love their wives he has just revealed the greatest need of a wife.  When he tells the wife to submit to...

1 Peter 3:7 According to 1 Peter 3:7, your wife needs some things from you as a husband.  Let’s look at what those are. Dwell with them according to knowledge Know your wife – difficult for men b/c you aren’t wired relationally, empathetically difficult for men b/c you don’t think...