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Peter deals with Christians in the world as strangers living in a foreign land waiting to go home. The question he’s dealing with is how do you live in a place that is not your home.
1:1 strangers (Exodus 6:4)
1:3 lively hope
1:4 inheritance reserved in heaven
1:6 season of temptations
1:7 trial of faith
1:8 now you don’t see him
1:11 the sufferings of Christ in this time
1:12 angels in heaven don’t understand because they’re in heaven and don’t live here
1:13 prepare your mind, get your perspective set right
1:15-17 pass the time of your sojourning in holiness and fear of God
1:18 why pass the time in holiness? Because your redemption is holy
1:21 faith and hope might be in God
1:23-25 the world you’re in fades away, but the word of God that enlightened your heart and mind unto salvation is forever
2:1 grace of God in Jesus Christ teaches to live godly
2:11 as strangers and pilgrims (2:12 this is why it sounds like Jewish Christians because at that time in history the Jews have no nation. They have not been a nation since Babylon destroyed Jerusalem)
2:13 submit yourselves as much as you can to the owner of the house you’re in. This isn’t your home
2:20 take it patiently… take it patiently
2:24 he bore our sins so we are dead to sins and should live unto righteousness
3:1 how wives change their husbands’ minds and love their husbands
3:7 how husbands get their prayers answered and love their wives
3:8 mutual submission of Christians and keeping your
3:15 be ready to give an answer for the hope that’s in you
3:17 suffer for righteousness sake just like Christ did and he’s now gone into heaven (3:22) waiting to return
4:1 arm your mind with the mind of Christ
4:2 no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God
4:3 your past has enough sin in it, move on to holiness in Christ
4:4 lost folks think your life will be strange because you don’t participate in sin
4:6 gospel came to those dead in trespasses and sins that men might judge your life in Christ as you live a spiritual life
4:7 the end is at hand, whether it’s your death or Jesus Christ returning
4:8 have fervent charity among yourselves
4:13 rejoice as a partaker of Christ’s sufferings looking forward to the glory that shall be revealed
4:16 suffering as a criminal is not honorable, but suffering as a Christian is
4:19 commit to well doing as to a faithful Creator.
5:1 how the elders and pastors should occupy their time and look forward to a future glory
5:6 humble yourselves and the LORD will exalt you in due time
5:9 resist the devil, like Jesus did in his temptation
5:10 eternal glory after you suffered for a while
5:14 peace unto all that are in Jesus Christ
