STUDIES IN 1 PETER

WHAT GOD HAS DONE THROUGH CHRIST

INTRODUCTION:

WHY GOD IS TO BE GLORIFIED:

IN HIS MERCY: GOD HAS CAUSED US TO BE BORN AGAIN TO A LIVING HOPE. VS. 3-4

IT IS A LIVING HOPE BECAUSE IT IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST

IT IS A LIVING HOPE BECAUSE IT LEADS US INTO AN INHERITANCE THAT IS:

IMPERISHABLE

UNDEFILED

ETERNAL

RESERVED

2. IN HIS FAITHFULNESS: GOD HAS PROTECTED BY HIS POWER. VS. 5

THROUGH FAITH — Which rests upon His Promises.

FOR A SALVATION READY TO BE REVEALED IN THE LAST TIME

3. IN HIS LOVE: GOD HAS PROVIDED AN ASSURED SALVATION. VS. 5B-

JOY IN SUFFERING PROVES THE GENUINENESS OF FAITH: “The Substance of things hoped for...”

MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD

ETERNAL

THE REWARD OF YOUR FAITH IS PRAISE, GLORY AND HONOR AT CHRIST’S APPEARING.

JOY IN SUFFERING PROVES THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD: “The Evidence of things not seen.”

4. FAITH SEES THE UNSEEABLE, AND KNOWS THE UNKNOWABLE, RESULTING IN THE OBTAINING OF THAT WHICH WE BELIEVED GOD FOR.