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Introduction
Happy Father’s Day!
Why relevant, why choose this book?
If you’ve read it recently, recurring themes
Suffering
Hostility from the world
Yet, not a drop of hopelessness or despair
Quite the opposite: full of hope and joy
Will we face such times?
Today: overview of and introduction to 1 Peter
Context of the book
Content of the book
Context
Timing
Nero’s government eventually descended into chaos
Burned Rome in AD 64
Blamed Christians as a scapegoat
Persecution of Christians began in earnest
Peter
Spent last decade of life in Rome
Martyred around AD 67
Some clues
Referring to still-functioning government: 1 Peter 2:14
Topics of suffering, trials and persecution recur throughout the book
Peter appears to conceal his location by referring to it as “Babylon” 1 Peter 5:13
Peter appears to not yet be captive
So a reasonable date might be around AD 64, perhaps persecution ramping up in Rome and Peter knows it will spread to other provinces where he is writing to
Audience
Believers in five Roman provinces in Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey
Both Jews and Gentiles
Churches in these Roman provinces were a mix
Jews include
Old Testament quotes
Referred to as in the “diaspora”—something the Jews related to
Gentiles includes
Former lives of ignorance 1 Peter 1:14
Previously not the people of God 1 Peter 2:10
Aliens - not because they were Jews, but because they were believers
1 Peter 2:11 - aliens and strangers in the world
1 Peter 2:12 - nations, not specifically Gentiles (to distinguish from Jews)
Reviled by others (don’t belong)
Author
1 Peter 1:1 - obviously Peter!
How such eloquent Greek?
Peter was “uneducated”, a fisherman
But, by now, 30 years into a far-and-wide ministry where Greek was the primary language spoken
“Uneducated” does equal to incapable or stupid
1 Peter 5:12 - Silvanus’ help?
Certainly in writing
Maybe with Greek, but no reason to really think that
A man to learn from
Faithful to the end of his life
Lived out what he teaches in this book
As we saw in his character study
A man full of flaws
Humble
Sanctified by Christ
Read 1 Peter 1-5
Content
Theme
Some times you have to distill down the entire book
Peter makes it easy for us!
The theme: stand firm in the true grace of God!
Why true grace?
Is there a counterfeit?
Can be misunderstood, like any other aspect of God
Perhaps especially under trial?
Definition:
Grace is the favor of God to human beings.
Grace revealed
True grace revealed in salvation
As a believer: we have obtained grace through salvation
How?
We have hope based on the past, for the present, looking toward the future: 1 Peter 1:3-4
We have a purpose (holiness)
We have identity (a spiritual house, a special people)
True grace revealed in submission
All required to submit
We may think there are very few men in history who we might think escape this rule like emperors or kings or presidents
But even they will have to submit one day, at least
Isaiah 45:23 makes it clear that all men will bow their knee to the Lord
But, even simple patterns of nature teach us this lesson every day
No man controls the weather
No man controls the seasons
No man controls the passing of day into night and night into day
No man controls how they are born
Their gender
Their nationality
Their race
Their culture
We delude ourselves into thinking we can change some of these things, but ultimately we all submit to the rules God has established
1 Peter teaches us that God’s true grace is found in submitting to the order he has established, not rebelling against it
in the civil authorities
in the workplace
in the home
amongst each other
A flavor of what Peter has to say, it is for us, for all
Introduces 1 Peter 2:12
For other men to see and benefit: 1 Peter 2:15
For our good: 1 Peter 2:19, 20b
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