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The Word Is Alive First Peter

The Word Is Alive First Peter. Introduction Narrated by Tony Gillon. Author and Title. Peter – first among equals. Author and Title. Peter – first among equals. Peter - a witness of Christ’s sufferings. (1 Peter 5:1). Author and Title. The Greek doesn’t suit a Galilæan fisherman.

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The Word Is Alive First Peter

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  1. The Word Is AliveFirst Peter Introduction Narrated by Tony Gillon

  2. Author and Title • Peter – first among equals.

  3. Author and Title • Peter – first among equals. • Peter - a witness of Christ’s sufferings.(1 Peter 5:1).

  4. Author and Title • The Greek doesn’t suit a Galilæan fisherman.

  5. Author and Title • The Greek doesn’t suit a Galilæan fisherman. • The theology is too much like Paul’s.

  6. Author and Title • The Greek doesn’t suit a Galilæan fisherman. • The theology is too much like Paul’s. • The OT citations come from the LXX.

  7. Author and Title • The Greek doesn’t suit a Galilæan fisherman. • The theology is too much like Paul’s. • The OT citations come from the LXX. • The background reflects a later period.

  8. Author and Title • The Greek doesn’t suit a Galilæan fisherman. • The theology is too much like Paul’s. • The OT citations come from the LXX. • The background reflects a later period. • Too few references to the historical Jesus.

  9. Author and Title • Peter may have spoken Greek and had the help of Silas in writing the letter.

  10. Author and Title • Peter may have spoken Greek and had the help of Silas in writing the letter. • There are distinctive Petrine themes but Paul and Peter had similar theological opinions as well.

  11. Author and Title • Peter may have spoken Greek and had the help of Silas in writing the letter. • There are distinctive Petrine themes but Paul and Peter had similar theological opinions as well. • The letter’s recipients were Greek speakers.

  12. Author and Title • No support for the letter being written during a later Emperor’s reign.

  13. Author and Title • No support for the letter being written during a later Emperor’s reign. • The reader must be careful of saying what an author must do.

  14. Author and Title • No support for the letter being written during a later Emperor’s reign. • The reader must be careful of saying what an author must do. • Pseudonymous books and letters were always rejected by the early church.

  15. Author and Title • Not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come.(2 Thessalonians 2:2).

  16. Author and Title • Not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come.(2 Thessalonians 2:2). • I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand, which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write.(2 Thessalonians 3:17).

  17. Date • There are some scholars who dispute the date as with the authorship but the majority accept it was written during the reign of Nero (AD 54–68), most probably in AD62-63.

  18. Theme • Those who persevere in faith while suffering persecution should be full of hope, for they will certainly enjoy end-time salvation, since they are already enjoying God’s saving promises here and now through the death and resurrection of Christ.

  19. Purpose of 1 Peter • Suffering is to be endured.

  20. Purpose of 1 Peter • Suffering is to be endured. • The letter was sent to believers in Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey.

  21. The map shows where the recipients lived

  22. Purpose of 1 Peter • Suffering is to be endured. • The letter was sent to believers in Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. • The recipients were a mixture of Gentile and Jewish Christians.

  23. Purpose of 1 Peter • Suffering is to be endured. • The letter was sent to believers in Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. • The recipients were a mixture of Gentile and Jewish Christians. From the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers.(1 Peter 1:18).

  24. Purpose of 1 Peter • Members of their Jewish community were in Jerusalem for Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was given:Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judæa and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia (Acts 2:9).

  25. Purpose of 1 Peter • Members of their Jewish community were in Jerusalem for Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was given:Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judæa and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia (Acts 2:9). • The letter does not indicate an Empire-wide persecution of Christians.

  26. Summary of Salvation History • Christians are to endure suffering for the sake of Christ, looking back on Christ’s sufferings and forward to the consummation of salvation in his Second Coming.

  27. Writing Style • The letter reflects the standard format of the period.

  28. Writing Style • The letter reflects the standard format of the period. • It is exuberant in tone and exalted in language.

  29. Key Themes • Sufferers will be exalted.

  30. Key Themes • Sufferers will be exalted. • The church is the new people of God.

  31. Key Themes • Sufferers will be exalted. • The church is the new people of God. • Hope for the end-time inheritance.

  32. Key Themes • Sufferers will be exalted. • The church is the new people of God. • Hope for the end-time inheritance. • Christ’s substitutionary death is the foundation for new life.

  33. Key Themes • Christ’s suffering is an example to all.

  34. Key Themes • Christ’s suffering is an example to all. • Christ triumphed over his enemies.

  35. Key Themes • Christ’s suffering is an example to all. • Christ triumphed over his enemies. • Christians should live righteously.

  36. Key Themes • Christ’s suffering is an example to all. • Christ triumphed over his enemies. • Christians should live righteously. • New life in Christ is the basis for a life of love and holiness.

  37. Setting • Peter, probably writing from Rome, which he refers to as Babylon in 1 Peter 5:13, around AD62-63, addressed his first epistle to believers in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. • These names all referred to Roman provinces in Asia Minor, north and west of the Taurus Mountains.

  38. Outline

  39. Outline • Opening Exhortation (1:1–2).

  40. Outline • Opening Exhortation (1:1–2). • Called to Salvation as Exiles (1:3-2:12).

  41. Outline • Opening Exhortation (1:1–2). • Called to Salvation as Exiles (1:3-2:12). • Living as Aliens to Bring Glory to God in a Hostile World (2:13-4:11).

  42. Outline • Opening Exhortation (1:1–2). • Called to Salvation as Exiles (1:3-2:12). • Living as Aliens to Bring Glory to God in a Hostile World (2:13-4:11). • Persevering in Suffering (4:12–5:11).

  43. Outline • Opening Exhortation (1:1–2). • Called to Salvation as Exiles (1:3-2:12). • Living as Aliens to Bring Glory to God in a Hostile World (2:13-4:11). • Persevering in Suffering (4:12–5:11). • Final greetings (5:12-14).

  44. Introduction to 1 Peter Ends

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