The Willing Sufferer

1 Peter

Author: Simon “Peter” 1 Peter 1:1

Name: Peter means “Rock”

Date of Writing: 64-68AD

Audience: Elect, Exiles in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. 1 Peter 1:1

Theme: A proper response to Christian suffering.

Chapters: 5

Interesting Fact: Christ suffering is mentioned in every chapter. 1:11; 2:21; 3:18; 4:1, 13; 5:1

1 Peter Outline

Chapter 1 - Living in Hope

Chapter 2 - Living in Submission

Chapter 3 & 4 - Living with Suffering

Chapter 5 - Final Encouragements

CCA School Verse

1 Peter 2:9 ESV

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 3

God Know about your Unjust Suffering. 1 Peter 3:18

God says do Good in the Face of Suffering. 1 Peter 3:14-17

Christ willingly suffered. 1 Peter 3:18

The result of Christ Suffering. 1 Peter 3:19-22

God Knows of your Unjust Suffering - 1 Peter 3:8-13

1 Peter 3:12–13 ESV

12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” 13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

God says do Good in the face of Suffering - 1 Peter 3:14-17

Christ Willingly Suffered - 1 Peter 3:18

1 Peter 3:18 ESV

18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

Christ Suffered

Christ Suffered for Sins

Christ Suffered as as Substitute

Christ Suffered to bring us to God

Christ Suffered and gained victory.

Christ suffered.

He was insulted.

He was mocked.

He was beaten.

He was crucified.

Matthew 20:18–19 ESV

18 “See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death 19 and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”

Christ suffered for sins.

His suffering was undeserved. - 1 Peter 2:22-23

1 Peter 2:22–23 ESV

22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

Our suffering is sinners is deserved.

Adamic Suffering - Romans 8:22-23

Grief Suffering - Psalm 31:9-10

Discipline Suffering - Hebrews 12:7

Romans 8:22–23 ESV

22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

Psalm 31:9–10 ESV

9 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also. 10 For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.

Hebrews 12:7 ESV

7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Our suffering as Christians is undeserved. (Holy, Righteous, Good Living)

1 Peter 3:14–17 ESV

14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, 16 having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

Algeria

Christ suffered as a substitute.

He suffered for you.

1 Peter 2:21 ESV

21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

Christ suffered to bring us to God.

Atonement - 1 Peter 2:21-25, 3:18

Atonement - The act by which God and man are brought together in personal relationship.

Derived from the Anglo-Saxon world “making at one” or “at-one-ment”

1 Peter 2:21–25 ESV

21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Christ suffered and gained victory.

1 Peter 3:18 ESV

18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

1 Peter 3:22 ESV

22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Have you recieved Christ atonement? (Salvation)

Have you publicly told others about receiving Christ’s atonement? (Baptism)

Are you growing and standing firm in the face of undeserved suffering because of Christ atonement? (Following His example 1 Peter 2:21

1 Peter 2:21 ESV

21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.