1 Peter
Living stones
Review: The Roadmap
- We've been born again to to a living hope & secure inheritance [1:3]
- so, set your hope fully on the coming grace [1:13]
- and, after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you [5:10]
Group Study
- Read: 1 Peter 2:4-8
- Answer:
- "Him" who? 2:5
- Living Stones ...
- Why "living"?
- Where do they come from?
- Are they bricks?
- Why the comma-separated list in v5? Are these separate metaphors, or are they connected?
- What is a "spiritual house"? Is this a temple? If so, why didn't he just say "temple"?
- How does this relate to 1 Corinthians 3:16?
- What is a "spiritual sacrifice"? Is this teaching that we can please God through "spiritual sacrifices"?
- What is Isaiah 28:16 about?
- Why does Isaiah 28.16 say "haste" in the ESV, KJV?
- What is "the honor"? Why the "but"?
- What is Psalm 118:22 about?
- What is Isaiah 8:14 about?
- What kind of "stumbling" is he referring to?
- Who is destined? What are they destined to do?
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