Redeemed, Purified, Born Again, 1 Pet 1:18-25

In 1 Pet 1:18-25, we find three things that happened to you when you were saved.  You were redeemed [1 Pet 1:18].  You were purified [1 Pet 1:22].  You were born again [1 Pet 1:23].  In this lesson, we will study these three.  You were: Redeemed by the precious blood...

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How to Live After You’re Saved, 1 Pet 1:13-22

Today we are going to study 1 Pet 1:13-22.  The context of this passage is found in 1 Pet 1:9.  It is “the salvation of your souls.”  Peter gives those of us who have gotten saved, some general instructions on how to live our lives now that we are saved. ...

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Prophesied Salvation, 1 Pet 1:10-12

In 1 Pet 1:10-12 we see that the Old Testament prophets prophesied of the salvation that we have.  They prophesied “the grace that should come unto you.”  They “testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.”  These things were revealed to them but they ministered them...

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Written to Strangers, 1 Pet 1:1-9

Peter wrote to “strangers” in Asia.  Paul couldn’t go there [Acts 16:6-7] but Peter did.  Some of these people might have heard Peter preach in Acts 2.  See Acts 2:9. He calls them “strangers” because when we get saved, we are “a peculiar people,” [1 Pet 2:9], “which were not...

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