Date: September 7, 2025
Text: 1 Peter 1:10-12
Questions:
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
2. Read 1 Peter 1:10-11. Who were the OT servants tasked with preaching, teaching, and recording the Word of God? Did they fully comprehend the words they spoke? Why/why not?
3. Why did the prophets become students of the OT Scriptures? How might we become better students of God’s Word? What risks do we run if we don’t make this a priority?
4. Who was the agent of revelation in the OT? What two elements were contained in the OT prophecies?
5. Read Psalm 22:1-18; Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Zechariah 12:10, 13:7. What do we learn from each reading about the suffering of Christ?
6. Read Isaiah 9:6-7; Daniel 7:13-14; Zechariah 2:5, 14:9. What do we learn from each reading about the glory of Christ?
7. Read 1 Peter 1:12. What does the word “things” refer to in this verse? What makes preaching the word of God faithful?
8. How does God the Spirit use the reading and preaching of the Scriptures? What is God’s goal in our suffering?
9. Do the angels fully grasp the sufferings of Christ and His subsequent glory? Why/why not? Where does the angelic host learn about salvation?
10. Spend some time praying for the needs of our family, friends, group members, and unsaved neighbors.
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
2. Read 1 Peter 1:10-11. Who were the OT servants tasked with preaching, teaching, and recording the Word of God? Did they fully comprehend the words they spoke? Why/why not?
3. Why did the prophets become students of the OT Scriptures? How might we become better students of God’s Word? What risks do we run if we don’t make this a priority?
4. Who was the agent of revelation in the OT? What two elements were contained in the OT prophecies?
5. Read Psalm 22:1-18; Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Zechariah 12:10, 13:7. What do we learn from each reading about the suffering of Christ?
6. Read Isaiah 9:6-7; Daniel 7:13-14; Zechariah 2:5, 14:9. What do we learn from each reading about the glory of Christ?
7. Read 1 Peter 1:12. What does the word “things” refer to in this verse? What makes preaching the word of God faithful?
8. How does God the Spirit use the reading and preaching of the Scriptures? What is God’s goal in our suffering?
9. Do the angels fully grasp the sufferings of Christ and His subsequent glory? Why/why not? Where does the angelic host learn about salvation?
10. Spend some time praying for the needs of our family, friends, group members, and unsaved neighbors.
Date: September 14, 2025
Text: 1 Peter 1:13-17
Questions:
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
2. Read 1 Peter 1:13. Why does Peter use the word therefore here? What is biblical hope? As believers, on what are we to set our hope?
3. How do we carry out God’s command to set out hope fully on His grace? Explain each of these two metaphors.
4. What are some things that entangle your heart, mind, and life? What is our spiritual defense against these tempters?
5. Read 1 Peter 1:14. How should we respond to the Lord’s saving grace that He’s provided for us? How can we describe children of obedience?
6. What reason does Peter give for us being chosen? What does it mean to be conformed? To what are we to be conformed as the people of God?
7. How might we make maturing in the faith more critical in our lives?
8. Read 1 Peter 1:15-16. Define holiness. What do we mean when we say God is holy?
9. What gift have we been given to help us grow in holiness? What means of grace to you struggle using the most? How might we change this?
10. Spend some time praying for the needs of our family, friends, group members, and unsaved neighbors.
1. What particularly stood out to you from this sermon? Was anything significantly reassuring or challenging?
2. Read 1 Peter 1:13. Why does Peter use the word therefore here? What is biblical hope? As believers, on what are we to set our hope?
3. How do we carry out God’s command to set out hope fully on His grace? Explain each of these two metaphors.
4. What are some things that entangle your heart, mind, and life? What is our spiritual defense against these tempters?
5. Read 1 Peter 1:14. How should we respond to the Lord’s saving grace that He’s provided for us? How can we describe children of obedience?
6. What reason does Peter give for us being chosen? What does it mean to be conformed? To what are we to be conformed as the people of God?
7. How might we make maturing in the faith more critical in our lives?
8. Read 1 Peter 1:15-16. Define holiness. What do we mean when we say God is holy?
9. What gift have we been given to help us grow in holiness? What means of grace to you struggle using the most? How might we change this?
10. Spend some time praying for the needs of our family, friends, group members, and unsaved neighbors.