Series Summary:

This world is suffering filled with uncertain hopes, sold hopes, false hopes, and shattered hopes. Is there anywhere that you can SET YOUR HOPE? How? Join us in 1 Peter for 7 weeks as God tells us, like He told His people nearly 2000 years ago, where and how to SET YOUR HOPE! #1peter #2025

Starter

What are some things that God has saved you from that have helped you set your hope on Him and his future salvation?

Pray

Lord this world, while beautiful, is suffering filled with uncertain hopes, sold hopes, false hopes, and shattered hopes. It often lead us and others to be uncertain on where to set our hope. However, you came to give us a clear picture of the person and a place we are to set our hope. Help us to set our hope as we live as exiles waiting for you our living hope. Over the next several weeks, may we learn better how to set our hope on You and tell others, “SET YOUR HOPE” on Jesus. Amen

Study Questions

READ: 1 Peter 1:1-12

READ: John 1:40-42, Luke 5:1-11, Matthew 16:13-19

  1. Who was Peter and what are some things we can know about him from 1 Peter 1, these scriptures, and other scriptures?
  2. Who is Peter writing to and where were they located? (1 Peter 1:1)
  3. What does he want to see multiplied to them? Why? (1 Peter 1:2)
  4. 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.

READ: Ephesians 2:17-20, Philippians 3:20, Jeremiah 29:5-10

  1. 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?

1 Peter 1:1-12

  1. When will believer’s temporary dispersion be over?
    1. How does that help believers remember where to set their hope?
  2. Discuss how temporary residents live differently and prepare differently than permanent residents?
  3. What is the living hope in 1 Peter 1:3?
    1. How does understanding and appreciating our salvation help us set our hope and live our lives for God?