Crave the Word for…
- Killing Sin - “So put away…” (1:25; 2:1)
- Admitting Need - "…long for the pure spiritual milk…” (2:2)
- Spiritual Growth - "..that by it you may grow up into salvation…” (2:3)
- "If” you have tasted it! (2:3)

Hopeful Living is Marked by an Extraordinary Witness (22,23)
- Surrendered to truth (22)
- Supernatural love (22)
- Made possible by the new birth (23)
Hopeful Living is Motivated by the Eternal Word (24,25)
- The fading glory of man (24)
- The abiding Word of God (25)

A. Rescued Living Treasures Jesus…who is:
- Predestined (20), “…foreknown before the foundation of the world”
- Personal (20), “…made manifest…for the sake of you”
- Powerful (21), “…who raised him from the dead”
- Preeminent (21), “…and gave him glory”
B. Rescued Living Trusts Jesus (21), “…so that your faith and hope are in God”

What does Hopeful Living Look like?
- Hopeful Living is Reverent Living (17), “…conduct yourselves with fear…”
- Hopeful Living is Ransomed Living (18,19), “…you were ransomed…with the precious blood of Christ…”

What does hopeful living look like? (1 Peter 1:14-16)

Holy Living is Obedient Living (14)
- Understanding holiness
- Crucifying the bad, “…conformed to the passions of your former ignorance…” (14)
- Cultivating the good, “…as obedient children…” (14)
- The obedience of Christ

Holy Living is Christlike Living (15,16)
- Knowing God’s holiness, “..but as He who has called you is holy…” (15)
- Holy in your conduct (16) How? “…be holy for I am holy…” (16)

What does hopeful living look like? (1 Peter 1:13)

1. The Conduct that Accompanies Hopeful Living, “prepare your minds for action…sober-minded…”
• A disciplined mind disentangles itself, “prepare your minds”
• A disciplined mind is a serious mind, “be sober-minded”

2. The Calling that Aspires to Hopeful Living, “…set your hope fully on the grace…”
• The call is to something specific
• “Setting” hope = trusting in God’s person and promises in Jesus

How do we know salvation is here? (1 Peter 1:10-12)

- Salvation was predicted by the prophets (v. 10-11)
- Salvation was preached by the apostles (v. 12)
- Salvation was provided by Jesus Christ (v. 3-12)

How do you and I endure suffering? (1 Peter 1:6-9)

- Rejoice in a future inheritance (v. 6)
- Suffer with genuine faith (v. 6-7)
- Hope in a living Savior (v. 8-9)

What proof do we have of the new birth?

Review
Theme of Book: Encouragement and Exhortation for Overwhelmed Christians (1 Peter 5:12)

Three Branches: The Believers Position in Christ…The Believers Place in the World…The Believers Present Suffering

The Believers Position in Christ (1 Pet 1:1-4)
1. Jesus Redeems our Past (vs 1-3)
2. Jesus Renovates our Present (vs 3)
3. Jesus Restores our Future (1 Pet. 1:4,5)
a. A Certainty – The Believers Inheritance (v. 4)
• Death-Proof
• Sin-Proof
• Time-Proof
b. A Confidence – The Believers (v. 4,5)
• Promise
• Power
• Premise

“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in the world can satisfy, then the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world” (C.S. Lewis)

What proofs do we have of the new birth?

Key verse: 1 Peter 5:12

1. Outline for the Book – 3 Branches
a. The Believers Position in Christ (1 Pet. 1:1-2:10)
b. The Believers Place in the World (1 Pet. 2:11-3:12)
c. The Believers Present Suffering (1 Pet. 3:13-5:11)
2. Jesus Redeems our Past (2, 3)
3. Jesus Renovates our Present (3)
4. Jesus Restores our Future (4)