“For the time that is past suffices…”

“He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.” - 1 Peter 1:20-21

This week we will be looking at the above text and analyzing what it says to us about Jesus, what it says about God, and how these things work together to say something about us as the elect exiles. I found this text to be truly rewarding and I hope that through studying along with it that God may speak to you in the same way about His wonderful workings and carefully woven plan which was instituted to allow us to be redeemed from our fallen state and to be glorified with Him for all eternity in heaven.

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 7 notes

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 7 audio

This Bible study is being produced with a group of guys in Lexington, KY, my hometown, in mind, but is suitable for anyone to follow. The content of examples used will generally be directed at a male audience, however there is nothing in this which will keep women from being able to learn as well. If you come across this study and have any questions about the content of the message or about anything in general, please don’t hesitate to post or shoot me an email.

“And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.” - 1 Peter 1:17-19

This week we focus on what it means to fear God. Is this a fear of being struck by lightening for letting a swear word slip in traffic, or is it something more? And, if we fear God, how should this manifest itself in our lives? The doctrine of fearing God is a much maligned idea these days where we try to counteract a wrathful, vengeful God in favor of a kind, pacifist, vegan God. However, hopefully in our study of this passage in 1 Peter we will see that the fear of the Lord is a crucial point to accept in living the obedient Christian life.

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 6 notes

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 6 audio

This Bible study is being produced with a group of guys in Lexington, KY, my hometown, in mind, but is suitable for anyone to follow. The content of examples used will generally be directed at a male audience, however there is nothing in this which will keep women from being able to learn as well. If you come across this study and have any questions about the content of the message or about anything in general, please don’t hesitate to post or shoot me an email.

“Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written. ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’ ” - 1 Peter 1:13-16

In the fifth part of our study through the book of 1 Peter we encounter two commands from Peter to the believer: to hope and to be holy. Through this study we examine what it means to do those things and how it is that God would have for us to fulfill these commands. God’s word is not silent, it is not indifferent to us, even as believers, and as such we need to know what it commands of us on a daily basis and what provisions God has laid out for us to be found in good standing of these commands.

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 5 notes

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 5 audio

This Bible study is being produced with a group of guys in Lexington, KY, my hometown, in mind, but is suitable for anyone to follow. The content of examples used will generally be directed at a male audience, however there is nothing in this which will keep women from being able to learn as well. If you come across this study and have any questions about the content of the message or about anything in general, please don’t hesitate to post or shoot me an email.

“Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.” - 1 Peter 1:10-12

This weeks Bible study focus on verses 10 through 12 of 1 Peter chapter 1, a passage in scripture where Peter talks with the Christians about how they now have a knowledge with was both desired and unattained by the prophets and the angels, that knowledge being the knowledge of salvation and God’s redemptive plan for humanity. Thus, in this we discuss that we should be thankful for the granting of this knowledge as well as why this knowledge is worthwhile to be thankful for. It is truly an awesome thing to think that in our little Bible we have the full plan for how to be redeemed to the God of all creation. Enjoy!

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 4 notes

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 4 audio

This Bible study is being produced with a group of guys in Lexington, KY, my hometown, in mind, but is suitable for anyone to follow. The content of examples used will generally be directed at a male audience, however there is nothing in this which will keep women from being able to learn as well. If you come across this study and have any questions about the content of the message or about anything in general, please don’t hesitate to post or shoot me an email.

“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” - 1 Peter 1:6-9

This is the third part of our journey through the book of 1 Peter. I really enjoyed this weeks passage and was truly moved by what Peter is saying to us here. The two major themes that I draw out of this text are for us to rejoice and to hope, and Peter herein gives us direction on why and how to do these two things as we further push to be conformed into Christ’s image.

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 3 notes

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 3 audio

This Bible study is being produced with a group of guys in Lexington, KY, my hometown, in mind, but is suitable for anyone to follow. The content of examples used will generally be directed at a male audience, however there is nothing in this which will keep women from being able to learn as well. If you come across this study and have any questions about the content of the message or about anything in general, please don’t hesitate to post or shoot me an email.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” - 1 Peter 1:3-5

Here is the second part in our study through the book of 1 Peter. I found this text to be so rich in it truths about the nature of God and His actions in the life of those He calls. The realities of this verse really touch to the core of God’s saving grace and our hope as the elect. I pray that this scripture will touch you in a way that makes you truly say “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!”

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 2 notes

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 2 audio

This Bible study is being produced with a group of guys in Lexington, KY, my hometown, in mind, but are suitable for anyone to follow. The content of examples used will generally be directed at a male audience, however there is nothing in this which will keep women from being able to learn as well. If you come across this study and have any questions about the content of the message or about anything in general, please don’t hesitate to post or shoot me an email.

“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.” - 1 Peter 1:1-2

This post is the first in a series of posts which will constitute an online Bible study through the book of 1 Peter. Attached below are both Bible study notes I have compiled in a word document, as well as an audio file of myself going through the study with standard Bible study commentary:

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 1 notes

1 Peter Bible Study, Part 1 audio

This Bible study is being produced with a group of guys in Lexington, KY, my hometown, in mind, but are suitable for anyone to follow. The content of examples used will generally be directed at a male audience, however there is nothing in this which will keep women from being able to learn as well. If you come across this study and have any questions about the content of the message or about anything in general, please don’t hesitate to post or shoot me an email.