1 Peter
1 PETER
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STUDY
GUIDE
Chapter 1
Peter is the same as __________. (v.1)
Cephas, which signifies a __________, or __________. (v.1)
T/F Peter styles himself, as Christ’s successor, the head of the church, and Christ’s vicar on earth. (v.1)
T/F All unconverted men are alienated from the life of God. (v.1)
T/F Saints are chosen to elected both to grace and glory. (v.2)
Faith is that demonstration of election. (v.2)
T/F “Foreknowledge” is God’s eternal, universal, and infallible knowledge. (v.2)
T/F There are persons whom God never predestinated and chose. (v.2)
T/F “Foreknowledge” is “foresight” on the part of God. (v.2)
“Foreknowledge” is the __________ grace, __________ __________, and __________ of God. (v.2)
T/F “Sanctification” is an outward submission to Gospel ordinances. (2 Thess. 2:13)
Sanctification is __________ holiness, which lies in a principle of __________ __________ in the __________. (2 Thess. 2:13)
Sanctification is an __________ of all grace in the heart. (2 Thess 2:13)
T/F Divine predestination results in good works, and belief in the truth. (v.2)
The application of the blood of Christ to the heart, by the Spirit of God, results in __________, __________, and __________. (v.2)
T/F 1 Peter 1:3 confers a blessing on God. (v.3)
T/F God chose and appointed Christ to be the Mediator, and made a covenant with him as such. (v.3)
T/F We are to be thankful to God for our regeneration. (v.3)
To be “begotten again” is to be __________ __________. (v.3)
Being “begotten” is not of man, but of God who is the __________ __________ of the new birth. (v.3)
God’s rich __________ and abundant __________, are the impulsive, or moving cause of the new birth; and abundance of grace and mercy indeed is displayed in the __________ and __________ of sinners. (v.3)
T/F Our lively hope is based on our living in Christ. (v.3)
Christ’s resurrection is the __________ __________ of regeneration, or regeneration is in virtue of Christ’s resurrection. (v.3)
As Christ’s resurrection was a declaration of his sonship, so regeneration is a __________ of __________. (v.3)
T/F They that are of the law are heirs of the kingdom. (v.4)
The saints inheritance is in __________, and more so as it is in Christ’s __________. (v.4)
Saints are not only chosen to __________, and begotten again to an __________, but they are __________ unto it. (v.5)
T/F Those that are “kept” in Christ shall never enter into condemnation. (v.5)
Saints are kept through __________ in the power and faithfulness of God. (v.5)
T/F Saints themselves know what they shall be. (v.5)
T/F Saints are to “greatly rejoice” in the expected return of Christ. (v.6)
__________ is an evidence of election of God. (v.6)
“Manifold temptations” try the __________, __________, and __________ of them that believe. (v.6)
T/F “Manifold temptations” are appointed by God. (v.6)
T/F God does not try the faith of his chosen people. (v.7)
T/F Faith that endures tribulation receives praise for the Lord. (v.7)
Love is to be not __________, but __________. (v.8)
True belief is not __________, __________, or with a __________ faith. (v.8)
The joy of the __________ is but for a moment. (v.8)
“Salvation” intends __________ and __________ salvation; that which God __________ his people to from all eternity, which is __________ by Christ, __________ by the Spirit, and will be fully enjoyed in heaven. (v.9)
“The salvation of the soul,” in opposition to, and distinction from, a mere __________ one; and it intends a salvation from __________, __________, the __________, and its __________; from __________, the __________ death, and __________ to come, and every spiritual __________. (v.9)
T/F The prophets did not long for the Savior. (v.10)
The prophets made a very __________ inquiry into the exact time when Christ should come to work out the __________ of his people. (v.11)
The __________ was in the prophets, and they were inspired by him, and spake as he moved and directed them. (v.11)
“The sorrows of the Messiah,” are now as the “__________ of __________.” (v.11)
T/F The Prophets had clear and distinct ideas of things as saints have now under the Gospel dispensation. (v.12)
T/F The Prophets did not minister, and were not useful to the saints of the age in which they lived. (v.12)
Angels look into namely, the __________ of Christ, and the glories following; the great mystery of __________ and __________ by Christ; the several __________ of the Gospel, in which the glory of the __________, __________, __________, __________, and __________ of God is displayed. (v.12)
The saint is to gird up his loins with the griddle of __________. (v.13)
T/F The saint is to wholly give himself up to the things of Christ. (v.13)
“Gird” may be expressive of the __________ of believers, as __________ and __________, for their journey towards the heavenly country, and to run the __________ set before them, and also to do every __________ __________, according to the __________ they are placed. (v.13)
The saint is not to be __________ with the cares of this life. (v.13)
The saint is no to be intoxicated with __________, and false __________, which lull men asleep, and render them __________ of serving Christ. (v.13)
T/F The saint’s hope is based on a full assurance that what has been promised will be fulfilled. (v.13)
There is grace that is now brought to light by the __________, and that is brought home to the __________ of God’s people through it. (v.13)
__________ and __________ are brought to light by Christ. (v.13)
As “children of obedience,” we ought to be __________ of Christ, and imitate him in __________ and __________, and show ourselves to be obedient ones to his __________ and __________. (v.14)
T/F To be conformed, or fashioned to the world, is to be fashioned to the lusts of it. (v.14)
T/F Due to the saints position in Christ, the lusts of the past should not manifest themselves in the present. (v.14)
God the Father calls not only by the __________ ministry of the __________; but __________, __________, and __________, by his Spirit and grace. (v.15)
__________ holiness is the work of God. (v.15)
__________ holiness is walking worthy of our calling. (v.15)
T/F The saints holiness is the declared will of God. (v.16)
T/F Holiness, equal to God, is never to be attained to by a creature. (v.16)
Such that do claim so near a relation to God ought to __________ and __________ him, and to be __________ of him. (v.17)
There is a __________ after death, which is __________ and __________, and reaches to __________ persons and things. (v.17)
T/F The Father judges all men. (v.17)
The __________ will not judge according to the sight of the eyes, and outward view of things; for he looks on the __________, and knows the __________ springs of all actions; and according thereunto will he __________ and pass the __________. (v.17)
T/F The people of God are not of this world and belong to another place. (v.17)
The redemption of a soul was more priceless than __________ or __________. (v.18)
Seeing redemption is not obtained by anything __________, nothing corrupt in __________, or __________ should be indulged. (v.18)
T/F Judaism is profitable in the obtaining of righteousness. (v.18)
Christ’s __________is the ransom price, and the atonement of his chosen ones. (v.19)
Christ is without the stain of __________sin, and the spot and blemish of __________sin. (v.19)
The foreordination of Christ includes the choice of him as the head of the __________, and the __________ of his human nature, to the grace of union to his divine Person, and the ____________________ of him to various things. (v.20)
All God’s __________ and __________, relating either to __________, or his __________, are eternal. (v.20)
The affair of redemption by Christ is no new thing; the __________ of it was drawn in __________; the persons to be redeemed were __________ on; the Redeemer was __________ in the council and covenant of peace; and even the very __________ which proclaims it was ordained __________ the world. (v.20)
__________ is our encouragement to believe. (v.21)
Christ’s __________ is encouragement to believe in God. (v.21)
__________ love is based on the purification of the believer’s soul. (v.22)
The Gospel teaches __________ purity, and is a means in the hand of the spirit of __________ purity. (v.22)
Spirit of Christ does from him __________ the heart by faith in his __________. (v.22)
The end of __________ is unfeigned love for the brethren. (v.22)
Love for one another is evidence of __________. (v.22)
Love for the brethren ought to be __________ exercised, and to __________ always. (v.22)
T/F Seeing they we are brethren in a spiritual relation, we ought to love as brethren. (v.23)
The first birth is __________, whereas the second birth is __________. (v.23)
T/F Regenerate persons become new creatures, and holy men, by their natural descent, or first birth. (v.23)
T/F The Gospel, the word of truth, is made use of as a means of begetting souls again. (v.23)
T/F The first birth may be beautiful for a while but in the end will perish as would the grass of the fields. (v.24)
All outward things which are in esteem with men, are __________ and __________. (v.24)
All things are dross and dung when compared to __________ __________. (v.24)
T/F Respect may be had to the legal dispensation, and to all the glory and stateliness and goodliness of the worship and ordinances contained therein. (v.24)
The __________ of the Lord, the __________ of Christ, is settled for ever. (v.25)
T/F The selfsame Gospel the Prophet Isaiah preached the apostles also preached. (v.25)
