Scattered · Session 1 of 9

A living hope

1 Peter 1:1-12

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

1 Peter 1:1

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The study happens live, in the room, with the chat open. The recording goes to YouTube afterwards, and this page gets the video, the outline and the full transcript.

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The shape of the hour

  1. Welcome, and why 1 Peter Why a letter written to scattered exiles is the right text for people doing ministry at a distance from the place everyone else calls the real thing.
  2. Highlight — reading the passage We read the passage out loud and everyone names the phrase that caught them. Five people highlight five different things, which is five ways in rather than one talk sliced five times.
  3. Explain — who Peter is writing to Who these people actually were, where they had been driven to, and what being called “the elect who are exiles” (1:1, BSB) would have sounded like to someone who had just lost their home.
  4. Apply — scattered, and chosen The question underneath the passage for anyone in digital ministry: is distance from the centre a downgrade, or is it the address? Worked through with whoever is in the room.
  5. Respond — what we do with this What changes on Monday. One thing to carry into the week, and the question the week’s devotionals pick up from here.

Timings land with the recording.

The passage

Every verse this session works through, in order.

1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

9now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

10Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

11trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

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