1 Peter

And after you have suffered a little while, He will restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Group Study

Read: 1 Peter 5.1-5:14
From 5:6-14, answer:
- What are the 4 commands?
  1. Humble yourselves under the hand of God, casting all your anxieties on him 5.6
    - Why 'therefore'?
    - What is the promise attached to this?
    - Is the promise contingent?
    - Discuss: subjection vs casting anxieties
    - What are the reasons given?
  2. Be sober-minded 5.8
    - Where else does this phrase occur in the book?
  3. Be watchful. 5.8
    - Of what?
  4. Resist the devil 5.9
    - In what manner?
- What is the promise? 5.10
  - the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself
    - restore (to what? from what?)
    - confirm (confirm what?)
    - strengthen (in what way?)
    - establish (how?)
    - after you have suffered a little while

A Holy Kiss

What is this referring to?
- A custom at the time
  - An actual kiss on the lips
  - Between those of equal standing
  - Non-sexual
- A custom in the church
  - Same-sex only
How does this apply to us today?
- Make no evil distinctions (James 2:2)
- Greet one another warmly
- We are family, fellow soldiers, co-sufferers, & co-heirs
- Radical inclusion!

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