A LIVING HOPE
1 Peter 1:1-12
Key Verse 1:3 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
1. To whom did Peter write this letter and why? (1b-2, 6) What does verse 2 teach us about what it means to be a believer in Jesus?
2. What has God done for us that we should praise him? (3) What is a living hope? (What are dead hopes?) How does God bring about the new birth? (3,23; cf. John 3:3)
3. What is the nature of our inheritance? (4) How are God’s people kept and protected? (5)
4. How can God’s people greatly rejoice even when they are suffering? (6) How is faith refined through trials? (7; cf. Romans 5:3-4)
5. How can we love Jesus whom we have not seen? (8; cf. John 20:29) Why does loving Jesus bring such great joy? (9)
6. For what were the prophets of old searching and waiting? (10-11) Why are we more privileged than they? (12a) Why are we even more privileged than angels? (12b)