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Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 Peter’s opening section of his 1st letter focuses on the blessings & responsibilities we have as God’s children As heirs of the Father’s inheritance 1:1-25 As newborn babes 2:1-3 As living stones in His house 2:4-10
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Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
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Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 Peter’s opening section of his 1st letter
focuses on the blessings & responsibilities we have as God’s children As heirs of the Father’s inheritance 1:1-25 As newborn babes 2:1-3 As living stones in His house 2:4-10
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 “As Obedient Children…” 1:14-25
…do not be conformed to your former lusts v. 14 Rom 12:2 Eph 2:1-3
…be holy like your Father vv. 15-16 1 Thess 4:7
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd PeterBelievers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10
“As Obedient Children…” 1:14-25 …conduct your earthly sojourn in fear
because of judgment & your redemption vv. 17-21
…love your brethren because you obeyed the truth & were born again vv. 22-25
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 We’re redeemed from “aimless” living 1:18
A “wasteful” way of living having no purpose Christ is “pre-existent” 1:20
Affirmed by Scripture Jn 1:1-3 8:58 Micah 5:2 Mt 2:3-6
Denied by some religions (JW’s, Islam)
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 Re: this “new birth” 1:3, 22
One must submit to water baptism in order to be “born again” Jn 3:2-5
It is “of imperishable seed” because it is in the word of God that we learn this
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 Peter’s opening section of his 1st letter
focuses on the blessings & responsibilities we have as God’s children As heirs of the Father’s inheritance 1:1-25 As newborn babes 2:1-3 As living stones in His house 2:4-10
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 The “New Born” Child Of God 2:1-3
Not addressing them as “babes in Christ”… no indication they were “new converts”
Rather, an exhortation to be dependent upon and long for God & His word as a baby longs for its mother’s milk Mt 5:6
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 The “New Born” Child Of God 2:1-3
A baby doesn’t have to be constantly urged and admonished to seek the source of its life
The salvation God planned, the prophets inquired about, and the angels looked into depends on our desire for the “pure milk”
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 The “New Born” Child Of God 2:1-3
Some things must be “put off/aside” to be one of God’s children
Prevalent N.T. teaching Eph 4:17-24, 25-32Col 3:1-10“Set your minds…” = “…gird up
the loins of your mind”
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 The “New Born” Child Of God 2:1-3
What is to be “put off/aside?” Malice an evil desire to injure another
Guile to craftily deceive another
Hypocrisy to pretend genuineness
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 The “New Born” Child Of God 2:1-3
What is to be “put off/aside?” Envy to be unhappy at others’ success
Slander to defame another’s character
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 The “New Born” Child Of God 2:1-3
What is to be “put off/aside?”
All these destroy relationships…prevent the “brotherly love” commanded in 1:22
Malice, Guile, Hypocrisy, Envy, Slander
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 The “New Born” Child Of God 2:1-3
The “sincere” (pure) milk causes growth Saints have “tasted the goodness of the
Lord” v. 3 Psa 34:8 We return again & again (“long for”) to the
“delicious” word Psa 19:7-10 119:103
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 Peter’s opening section of his 1st letter
focuses on the blessings & responsibilities we have as God’s children As heirs of the Father’s inheritance 1:1-25 As newborn babes 2:1-3 As living stones in His house 2:4-10
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 The “Grown” Child Of God 2:4-10
Salvation leads to spiritual growth 2:3 Using different “identifying terms,” Peter
lists what the saved individual becomes as he continues to grow in Christ
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
Believers’ Salvation 1:1 – 2:10 The “Grown” Child Of God 2:4-10
“Living stones” in the Lord’s house vv. 4-8 The Lord Himself is a “Living Stone”…the
“Chief Cornerstone Eph 2:19-22 Men rejected Him…God accepted Him
Psa 2:1-6 Acts 2:22-24, 36
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
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