A Living Hope: Sure Salvation in 1st & 2nd Peter

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2. A LIVING HOPE... ...A SURE SALVATION Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter

3. Lesson 1 – General Introduction Outline Of 1st Peter • SALVATION: Attainment Of Believers 1:1 – 2:10 • SUBMISSION: Appeal To Believers 2:11 – 3:12 • SUFFERING: Attitude & Actions Of Believers 3:13 – 5:14 4 4

4. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14 For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22 • Peter’s “reassurance” v. 13 • After his words of comfort from v. 12 • Echoed elsewhere Heb 13:6 Rom 8:31-39 • Peter’s “realistic reminder” vv. 14-17 • Suffering for righteousness = a “blessing” • Spoken by the prophets Isa 8:12

5. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14 For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22 • Peter’s “realistic reminder” vv. 14-17 • Taught by Jesus Mt 5:10-12 • How do saints accomplish this? vv. 15-17 • Sanctify God in our hearts [set Him apart] • Always be ready to defend our faith • With meekness & fear [submissive attitude]

6. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14 For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22 • Peter’s “realistic reminder” vv. 14-17 • Taught by Jesus Mt 5:10-12 • How do saints accomplish this? vv. 15-17 • “..having a good conscience” • Skillfully answering questions only succeeds when we live consistently with our defense

7. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14 For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22 • Peter’s “realistic reminder” vv. 14-17 • Taught by Jesus Mt 5:10-12 • How do saints accomplish this? vv. 15-17 • If our lives do not match our words, then it is not slander…we are guilty of hypocrisy • We deserve to “suffer for doing wrong” 2:20

8. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14 For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22 • Peter’s “realistic reminder” vv. 14-17 • Taught by Jesus Mt 5:10-12 • How do saints accomplish this? vv. 15-17 • If we do right & then slandered, others will see the error of such accusations…the accusers will be “put to shame” cp. 2:11-12

9. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14 For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22 • Christ is our Example vv. 18-22 • Previously taught 2:21-25 • He was the “Just” dying for the “unjust” • He “brought us to God” [aim, purpose] • Put to death in the flesh…made alive in the Spirit through which He “preached” vv. 18-19

10. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14 For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22 • Christ is our Example vv. 18-22 • 3:19 has become a debated passage • Some say Jesus preached to spirits after departure from fleshly bodies [a 2nd chance] • That cannot be true Heb 9:27 Lk 16:23-26 • Context provides the correct interpretation

11. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14 For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22 • Christ is our Example vv. 18-22 • 3:19 has become a debated passage • These “imprisoned spirits” were disobedient in the “days of Noah” cp. Gen 6:3, 5-7 • The “preaching” was Noah’s 2 Pet 2:5 • Noah must have also suffered for doing right

12. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14 For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22 • Christ is our Example vv. 18-22 • 3:19 has become a debated passage • Noah’s “preaching” only affected 8 people • Peter now emphasizes water • Just as water saved in Noah’s day, baptism saves in our day v. 21

13. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14 For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22 • Christ is our Example vv. 18-22 • Peter now emphasizes water • Not a literal bath (removing outward filth) • “Answer of a good conscience toward God” v. 21 cp. v. 16 Heb 9:13-14

14. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14 For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22 • Christ is our Example vv. 18-22 • Peter now emphasizes water • N.T. baptism = an “antitype” of Noah’s flood • Understanding the “antitype” necessitates comprehending the “type” (one “reflects” the other)

15. A “line of type” (slug) Linotype Machine Created “hot type” to be used on printing presses

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