Go Deep

(1 Peter 1:1-9)

Explain what was meant by the statement that “the most important thing about you is something that happened apart from you. The most important thing in your life happened in someone else’s life.”

1 Peter (and many of the New Testament letters) depend on the idea that the Christian has union with Christ. What do you understand “union with Christ” to mean? Why is it important? (Consider these passages: Galatians 2:20; Romans 8:17; Philippians 1:21.)

What does a Christian’s future hold? How important is it to a Christian that this future is never far from mind?

How will two Christians be different if one understands the future God has for him and is committed to it and the other ignores that future?

Is there evidence in this letter that Peter thought a lot about the future? (1:3-4, 13; 2:12; 4:5, 7, 13; 5:1, 4, 10) Do you think enough about the future God has for you? Explain your answer.

Read 1 Peter 1:1-4. What do you find encouraging in these verses?

How might it help a Christian to believe that he/she is one of God’s elect (1:1)?

What does it mean that Christians are strangers (or resident aliens) in the world? How might a resident alien Christian’s life differ from someone who is at home in the world?

What does the phrase, “for … sprinkling by his blood” (v. 2) mean?

What is the “new birth” (verse 3)? Why is it necessary?

What is the inheritance that can never perish, spoil, or fade? (Support your answer with Scripture if possible.) It is kept in heaven – does that mean we will only experience our inheritance in heaven?

Christians are “begotten again” (literal translation) into a living hope. If this is so, why do so many Christians lose hope? What can they do about it?

What can a person or a church do to apply the truths of 1 Peter 1:1-9?

Ministries
Go Deep Notes