Live Differently
How are we to live as God’s people?
Live Differently
1 PETER
1 Peter, a letter written by the apostle Peter to believers - elect exiles suffering for their faith but destined for glory.
READ
1 Peter 1:13-16:
13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
STUDY
1:13 – As recipients of God’s mercy, what are we to set our hope fully on?
How do we obey this command – what two instructions are we given?
1:14-15 – How are we to live as obedient children of God?
1:16 – Why are we to be holy?
THINKING IT THROUGH
How do we prepare our minds for action, gird them up with truth?
Look up 1 Peter 1:3-5 - Why is the Father to be praised?
Look up 1 Peter 3:15 - What must we be prepared to do?
Where have you been placed to bear witness for Christ? What opposition have you faced as you did so?
Look up 1 Peter 4:14 - Who rests upon us and helps us as we endure suffering for the name of Christ?
FURTHER RESOURCES
If would like to study the book of 1 Peter we have some great resources to help you. Click any of the links below for more information:
God's Redemption Story: Lesson 4 "How God Sees Believers"
Through Jesus, we get to participate in a redemption story that has been unfolding since the beginning of time!
Join us for this 6 part, no-homework study as we think about God’s gracious, epic plan for redeeming His people, from Genesis to Revelation. Through Jesus, we get to participate in a redemption story that has been unfolding since the beginning of time - and that is something to be reminded of over and over again!
Click below to watch Lesson 4.
You can follow along with a Bible, or if you would like to order a copy of the resource, please click HERE.
Easter Study Series (Part 3)
Why is it important that Jesus rose from the dead? In the studies so far we have seen that Jesus lived (study 1) and died (study 2) for us. That through faith in Jesus we are new creations freed from the condemnation and control of sin, who now live to glorify and follow Him. However, if Jesus stayed dead then our faith is futile and we are still dead in our sins. In this study we will see from the Scriptures that Jesus did rise from the dead—proof positive that the Father accepted what He had done on our behalf and that through Jesus we have a new standing, life, and hope.
Why is it important that Jesus rose from the dead? In the studies so far we have seen that Jesus lived (study 1) and died (study 2) for us. That through faith in Jesus we are new creations freed from the condemnation and control of sin, who now live to glorify and follow Him. However, if Jesus stayed dead then our faith is futile and we are still dead in our sins. In this study we will see from the Scriptures that Jesus did rise from the dead—proof positive that the Father accepted what He had done on our behalf and that through Jesus we have a new standing, life, and hope.
Join us this Friday 26th March @ 1 PM for study 3 in our 3-part Easter Study Series, as we explore further the answer to this question. To download this week’s study - ‘Jesus is alive’ click the button below:
Note: The file is in .pdf format, so you may need a .pdf reader or viewer to see the file.
These fortnightly studies will be available to watch on our YouTube channel or Facebook page and are in place of our ‘Zoom into the Bible' study on a Friday @ 1 PM:
To download any of our previous studies check out our Lightning Study Archive:
Feel free to share these studies. If these have been an encouragement to you over recent months, we would love to hear from you! Get in touch with us by emailing info@preceptireland.org.
Our continued prayer is that as you study God's Word you would know God better and rejoice in Him, the God of our salvation (Habakkuk 3:17-18).
Easter Study Series (Part 2)
Why did Jesus die? That is the question we will explore further in this study. We will see from the Scriptures how Jesus’s life of perfect obedience to the Father culminated in His death for us on the cross. The perfect Lamb of God bore our sins, so that through faith in Him we might be healed, new creations freed from the condemnation and control of sin, who now live to glorify and follow Jesus.
Why did Jesus die? That is the question we will explore further in this study. We will see from the Scriptures how Jesus’s life of perfect obedience to the Father culminated in His death for us on the cross. The perfect Lamb of God bore our sins, so that through faith in Him we might be healed, new creations freed from the condemnation and control of sin, who now live to glorify and follow Jesus.
Join us this Friday 12th March @ 1 PM for study 2 in our 3-part Easter Study Series, as we explore further the answer to this question. To download this week’s study - ‘Why did Jesus die?’ click the button below:
Note: The file is in .pdf format, so you may need a .pdf reader or viewer to see the file.
These fortnightly studies will be available to watch on our YouTube channel or Facebook page and are in place of our ‘Zoom into the Bible' study on a Friday @ 1 PM:
To download any of our previous studies check out our Lightning Study Archive:
Feel free to share these studies. If these have been an encouragement to you over recent months, we would love to hear from you! Get in touch with us by emailing info@preceptireland.org.
Our continued prayer is that as you study God's Word you would know God better and rejoice in Him, the God of our salvation (Habakkuk 3:17-18).
Advent: Wide Awake
ADVENT. A time to look back as we prepare to celebrate the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ into the world to be our Saviour. However, this is also a time when the Church looks forward to Christ's second coming. When His Kingdom will fully come and we His people will enter into our inheritance.
ADVENT. A time to look back as we prepare to celebrate the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ into the world to be our Saviour. However, this is also a time when the Church looks forward to Christ's second coming. When His Kingdom will fully come and we His people will enter into our inheritance.
In this week's Advent study we explore God's Word to see what it means, as God's people, to be ready for that Day, 'wide awake' for our Lord's return, and what armour we have in our continual fight against spiritual slumber.
To download this week's Advent study simply click the button below, and print it out at home.
Note: The file is in .pdf format, so you may need a .pdf reader or viewer to see the file.