Session 2 Slides

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living stones • week 2

• Messages from Other Peoples’ Mail• A Book for Priests in Exile, 1.1-2• Salvation and Suffering,! Anticipated and Expected, 1.3-12• Bringing it Together

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Ancient ScripturePresent SituationComing Salvation

• Messages from Other Peoples’ Mail

Messages from Other Peoples’ MailLiving

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"It remains to consider how we can retrieve this disaster. The great thing is to prevent his doing anything. As long as he does not convert it into action, it does not matter how much he thinks about this new repentance. Let the little brute wallow in it. Let him, if he has any bent that way, write a book about it; that is often an excellent way of sterilizing the seeds which the Enemy plants in a human soul. Let him do anything but act. No amount of piety in his imagination and affections will harm us if we can keep it out of his will.


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As one of the humans has said, active habits are strengthened by repetition but passive ones are weakened. The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and in the long run, the less he will be able to feel."


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As one of the humans has said, active habits are strengthened by repetition but passive ones are weakened. The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and in the long run, the less he will be able to feel."

excerpt from The Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis


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• Context exerts interpretive influence on a text.


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• “Where” a text is helps us know “what” a text means.


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• The first three rules of interpretation


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• Biblical epistles have been collected into a canon and are meant to be read that way.


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• Biblical epistles have been collected into a canon and are meant to be read that way.

• That is, it’s not an ancient document addressing long-dead readers. It’s a canonical document addressing canonical readers (anyone who is reading the Bible).



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• A Book for Priests in Exile, 1.1-2

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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of

the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge

of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and

for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be

multiplied to you.

A Book for Priests in Exile1 Peter 1.1-2

• The introduction to an epistle helps set reader expectation for the book by introducing context and themes.

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multiplied to you.



• Context: Author

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

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multiplied to you.



• Context: Author

• Context: Recipients

elect exilesthe dispersion Pontus, GalatiaCappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia

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multiplied to you.



• Context: Author


• Content: Themes

foreknowledgeof God

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multiplied to you.



• Context: Author


• Content: Themes

foreknowledgeof God

sanctification

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multiplied to you.



• Context: Author


• Content: Themes

foreknowledgeof God

sanctificationobedience

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multiplied to you.



• Context: Author


• Content: Themes

• What's significant about sprinkling (Thurs)? Why is it done, to whom, and for what purpose?



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• Salvation and Suffering,! Anticipated and Expected, 1.3-12

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• At 1.3, we enter 1 Peter’s introduction (most epistles have an introduction, a body, and a conclusion). It lasts until 2.10. Why pay particular attention to the introduction?


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• We’re calling 1 Peter’s introduction:Coming Salvation; Present Situation; Ancient Scripture


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• The first part (1.3-12) deals with:Salvation and Suffering, Anticipated and Expected


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• The first part (1.3-12) deals with:Salvation and Suffering, Anticipated and Expected

• About how many parts did you see in 1.3-12 (Wed)?

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StonesBlessed be the God and Father

of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again

to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is

imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a

salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Salvation and Suffering1.3-5: Salvation Anticipated Later

• What does this “blessing” as the very first statement tell us about the book?

Blessed be the God and Fatherof our Lord Jesus Christ!

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• We’ve been reborn to 3 things

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• We’ve been reborn to 3 thingsto a living hope

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to an inheritance

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to an inheritance

for asalvation

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• Do we have this now?

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ready to be revealed inthe last time.

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• Does this matter now?

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• Does this matter now?

• Apparently God is to be blessed now because of what will happen later based on what He has done in resurrecting Jesus Christ.

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little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so

that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in

him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Salvation and Suffering1.6-9: Suffering Expected Now

• What’s “this”?this

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• What’s “this”?

• Greek has several kinds of “if’s.”if necessary

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• Greek has several kinds of “if’s.”

• Rejoice … trials sounds familiar

rejoice

various trials

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• Like James, suffering is the road to somewhere

rejoice

various trials

may be found to result

obtaining the outcome

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• Like James, suffering is the road to somewhere

• How do we survive the blast furnace of present suffering?

rejoice

various trials

may be found to result

obtaining the outcome

faith

believe

faith

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prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in

them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was

revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in

the things that have now been announced to you through those

who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.

Salvation and Suffering1.10-12: Salvation Anticipated Before

• We’ve been talking about promised salvation that comes through the resurrection of Christ and the exercise of our faith in present trials.

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• We’ve been talking about promised salvation that comes through the resurrection of Christ and the exercise of our faith in present trials.

• The passage then takes an interesting turn; what does this have to do with anything?

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• This salvation has been coming a long, long time. It’s not new.

prophets who prophesied

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• The text demonstrates an attitude toward Scripture.

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searchedinquired carefully inquiring

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• The text demonstrates an interpretation of Scripture.

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predicted Christ

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• The text demonstrates an appropriation of Scripture.

predicted Christ

serving not themselves but you

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• The order is on purpose.

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sufferings

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sufferingssubsequent glories



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• Bringing it Together

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• What are the major themes you see developed so far in the introduction (Fri)?


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• What are the major themes you see developed so far in the introduction (Fri)?

• What would you say that the passage seeks to communicate about the elect exiles? How does this matter for the larger purpose of the book (Thurs)?


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The introduction to 1 Peter focuses its message on new-creation Christian life in the middle of an old-creation hostile world, a new life that is to be understood on the basis of "time" and "text." "Time" in that 1 Peter proposes that for the believer, life in the present is to be based on the past and propelled by the future. "Text" in that 1 Peter founds this understanding on Scripture; what is going on in the past, present, and future for God's people in the church conforms to the Word, both written and incarnate.


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A Book for Priests in Exile, 1.1-2Salvation and Suffering, Anticipated and Expected, 1.3-12

Gentile believers, included now in God's people and even addressed as Israel, are for God's praise as they are reborn, a rebirth that focuses them on the future revelation of Christ and the consummation of their faith, a rebirth that brings them suffering in the present as they move toward salvation, a rebirth that is grounded in the past on God's word proclaimed long ago by the prophets.


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How do we persevere in suffering?

• Scripture. It requires a messianic interpretation and community appropriation of the OT.

• Salvation. It requires a very firm hold on our future hope.

• Situation. It requires the exercise of faith in the present, believing that suffering is an integral part of the Lord’s plan for salvation and that what He’s promised in His Word (esp. about coming salvation) is TRUE!

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