Welcome to episode 108 of Grasp the Bible.  In this episode, we begin our study in the Book of 1 Peter, covering chapter 4:12-19.  The series is called “Hope in the Midst of Suffering.”  Today, we will cover: 

• Glory and suffering (vv. 12-16) 
• Suffering and God’s judgment (vv. 17-19) 

Key takeaways: 

• An advance warning of suffering helps the readers to be prepared for suffering, so that their faith is not threatened when difficulties arise. 
• Suffering is to be expected because its purpose is to test us. 
• Those who are insulted as Christians are actually blessed. They may be insulted by human beings, but they are blessed by God Himself. 
• If even those who are going to be saved are purified and judged by suffering, then the outcome or result of those who reject the gospel will surely be a greater punishment. 

Quotable: 

• All unbelief leads to disobedience.   

Application: 

• If we are astonished when suffering occurs, we may feel overwhelmed, concluding that God does not love us. 
• How believers respond to suffering is an indication of whether they truly belong to God at all. 
• If believers act like busybodies, we could be considered to be pests who deserve ostracism and mistreatment.  We should not behave in a way that gives others justifiable reasons to treat us in an unworthy manner. 

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