1 Peter Lesson 2 — A Living Hope Through the New Birth (1 Peter 1:3–12)

Описание: In this lesson from 1 Peter 1:3–12, Peter begins with worship: “Blessed be the God and Father…” He reminds suffering Christians that their hope is not based on changing circumstances but on an unchanging foundation—God’s mercy, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and an imperishable inheritance kept in heaven.
This passage teaches that trials do not cancel faith—they refine it. Just as gold is tested by fire, God uses hardship to prove the genuineness of His people, producing endurance and strengthening hope. Even without seeing Christ, believers can love Him, trust Him, and rejoice with joy filled with glory—because salvation is real, promised, and sure.
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📌 You’ll Learn
✅ What Peter means by “born again to a living hope”
✅ Why the resurrection guarantees Christian confidence
✅ What it means that our inheritance is imperishable, undefiled, unfading
✅ How trials test and refine faith
✅ How the prophets anticipated this salvation
✅ Why salvation is so glorious even angels “long to look”
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📖 Key Scriptures
• 1 Peter 1:3–12
Cross References:
• John 3:3–5
• Titus 3:5
• Romans 5:3–5
• James 1:2–4
• Isaiah 53
• Luke 24:25–27
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⭐ Main Themes
• Mercy and the New Birth
• Living Hope through the Resurrection
• A Guarded Inheritance
• Faith Refined by Trials
• Salvation Foretold and Revealed
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🧠 Memory Verse
1 Peter 1:3 — “Blessed 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…”
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▶️ Next Steps
📌 Read 1 Peter 1:13–25 to prepare for Lesson 3
📌 Ask: What does hope look like when life is hard?
📌 Anchor your confidence in what cannot be taken away
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