1 Peter: Elect Exiles (1:1-12)

1 Peter 1:1-12  


Topics in 1 Peter 1:1-2 


Aliens/Exiles 


Elect/Chosen 


Dispersed/Diaspora 


Foreknown 


Trinitarian action in sanctification  


In his introduction Peter exhorts his audience to view themselves
as exiles in society, to be defined as set apart for obedience to
Jesus and displaying him.    


Topics in 1 Peter 1:3-12 


Born Again 


Family language in 1 Peter 


Salvation, inheritance, & resurrection 


Faith and testing/trials


 Prophecy  


Application  


We are primarily Gentiles living in a post-Christian nation,
though still with less persecution than Peter or his audience,
our “suffering” and social pressures may or may not be as intense
as the author and audience. We do still face trials and share in
the same hope as the author and audience and submit to the same
authority of God and the same Spirit inspired texts.   


We belong to a new family because of God. We should understand
the magnitude of the inheritance.    


Jesus is the hope of all ancient and modern eschatological
expectations.  


Sufferings in the present have a purpose, as they always have.
The goal of our sufferings is to give honor, glory, and praise to
God. Likewise, sufferings prove to be part of our sanctification:
to be formed into the image of Christ. Christ suffered so we
should be willing to suffer.   


The sweep of human history points us to Christ. The testimony of
the Spirit from the Old Testament to the present is
Christ-centered, and so should we be Christoform too.