1st Peter - A Living Hope (First Love Discipleship Series Book 4)

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Step 1 - Create an account or log in to start your free trial. It will challenge you to move beyond loving God with just your heart to loving Him with your mind. You see, the Bible is not a book about self-discovery; it is a book about God-discovery. In learning about the character of God in Scripture we will experience self-discovery, but it must not be the focus of our study.

The focus must be God Himself. This focus changes the way we study. We look first for what a passage can teach us about the character of God, allowing self-discovery to be the byproduct of God-discovery. This is a much better approach because there can be no true knowledge of self apart from knowledge of God.

This is what Paul meant when he wrote that we are transformed by the renewing of our minds Rom. Women are good at loving God with their hearts. We are good at engaging our emotions in our pursuit of God. But the God who commands us to love with the totality of our heart, soul, and strength also commands us to love Him with all of our minds. Because He only commands what He also enables His children to do, it must be possible for us to love Him well with our minds or He would not command it.

But it is your mind that I want to engage. God intends for you to be a good student, renewing your mind and thus transforming your heart. When we sit down to read, most of us like to read through a particular passage and then find a way to apply it to our everyday lives. We may read through an entire book of the Bible over a period of time, or we may jump around from place to place.

I want to suggest a different approach, one that may not always yield immediate application, comfort, or peace, but one that builds over time a cumulative understanding of the message of Scripture. Instead you tear open the envelope, flip to the second page, read two paragraphs near the bottom, and set the letter aside. Knowing that if someone bothered to send it to you, that you should act on its contents in some way, you spend a few minutes trying to figure out how to respond to what the section you just read had to say. What are the odds you will be successful?

No one would read a letter this way. But this is precisely the way many of us read our Bibles. To whom is it written? When was it written? Where was it written? What if we took time to read the envelope? What if, after determining the context for its writing, we started at the beginning and read to the end? In our study we will take this approach to Scripture. We will begin by placing our text in its historical and cultural context.

We will read repetitively so that we might move through three critical stages of understanding: Remember those long reading passages followed by questions to test your knowledge of what you had just read? The objective was to force you to read for detail. A person who comprehends the account of the six days of creation can tell you specifically what happened on each day.

This is the first step toward being able to interpret and apply the story of creation to our lives. A person who interprets the creation story can tell you why God created in a particular order or way. She is able to imply things from the text beyond what it says. A person who applies the creation story can tell us that because God creates in an orderly fashion, we too should live well-ordered lives. Knowledge of God gleaned through comprehension of the text and interpretation of its meaning can now be applied to my life in a way that challenges me to be different.

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The first several times you read a passage you will probably be confused. This is actually a good thing. Nobody likes to feel lost or confused, but it is an important step in the acquisition and retention of understanding. Because of this, I have a few guidelines to lay out for you as you go through this study: In other words, wait to read commentaries until after you have done the homework, attended.

And then, consult commentaries you can trust. Ask a pastor or Bible teacher at your church for suggested authors. These are the Scripture references in the margin or at the bottom of the page in your Bible. They point you to other passages that deal with the same topic or theme. You can easily consult other versions online. Reading a passage in more than one translation can expand your understanding of its meaning.

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Paraphrases are best consulted after careful study of an actual translation. The entire text for this study is provided in the appendix of your Bible study book in the ESV translation. It is study for the long-term. Some days your study may not move you emotionally or speak to an immediate need. You may not be able to apply a passage at all. But what if ten years from now, in a dark night of the soul, that passage suddenly opened up to you because of the work you have done today? In Matthew 13, we see Jesus begin to teach in parables. A storeroom, as Jesus indicates, is a place for keeping valuables over a long period of time for use when needed.

I pray that this study would be for you a source of much treasure, and that you would labor well to obtain it. The homework in the Bible study book will start you down the process of comprehension, interpretation, and application.

However, it was designed to dovetail with small group discussion time and the video teachings. His wise plan of making former rebels into lovers has mystified the angelic realm. The church is the University of Angels and every believer a professor. How much more should we be fascinated explorers of the mercy of God, for we have received it and are now redeemed.

Everything about God is holy. True holiness includes justice, mercy, truth, and righteousness. To be holy is to be absolutely devoted to God in all that we do, demonstrating who he is to the world. Christ is our holiness 1 Cor.

We will be judged, however, for our works in order to determine the reward or lack of reward that God gives to those who believe in Christ. This reveals that Jesus is the Word proclaimed to the world. Enrich your faith and grow in spiritual maturity with the incredible Bible study and devotional books listed below. Try it for 30 days FREE. Cancel at any time. You must be logged in to view your newly purchased content. Please log in below or if you don't have an account, creating one is easy and only takes a few moments.

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