April 1, 2026 - IMU Office 571
Ice Breaker
- If you could eliminate one thing from your daily routine, what would it be and why?
- What crazy activities do you dream of trying someday?
- What is the most obscure/niche/weird show you watched growing up?
Let’s discuss “A Night with the Son” next Wednesday
Opening Prayer
Study Questions
READ: John 1:40-42, Luke 5:1-11, Matthew 16:13-19
- Who was Peter and what are some things we can know about him from 1 Peter 1, these scriptures, and other scriptures?
- Who is Peter writing to and where were they located? (1 Peter 1:1)
- What does he want to see multiplied to them? Why? (1 Peter 1:2)
- Why is he writing to them?
The themes of every age past, present, and until the return of Jesus are enslavement then a land of freedom, exile then return, suffering then glory, and death then resurrection. We are as Peter says, “temporary residents dispersed” waiting for ultimate freedom, return, glory, and resurrection.
- How do these verses help us understand our temporary lives and the themes of enslavement then a land of freedom, exile then return, suffering then glory, and death then resurrection?
- When will believer’s temporary dispersion be over?
- How does that help believers remember where to set their hope?
- Discuss how temporary residents live differently and prepare differently than permanent residents?