1 Peter
1 PETER
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STUDY
GUIDE
Chapter 2
T/F Peter’s epistle was written to the unsaved. (v.1)
__________ is a mark of an unregenerate man. (v.1)
Guile is defined as __________ or __________ in __________ and __________. (v.1)
__________ to God is, when persons profess that which they have not. (v.1)
In 1 Peter 2:1, the recipients of the epistle were described as “babes” because of their __________ and innocence, __________ and humility. (v.2)
By the “sincere milk of the word” is meant the __________. (v.2)
T/F Regenerate persons are full grown at the time of their rebirth. (v.2)
The __________ is appointed as a means of spiritual growth. (v.2)
To “have tasted that the Lord is gracious” is to have a __________ and __________ knowledge of Christ. (v.3)
T/F Peter is the ROCK spoken of in 1 Peter 2:4. (v.4)
Christ is the __________ and __________, as well as the __________ and __________ of the church. (v.4)
T/F Though Christ was disallowed and disesteemed of by men, yet was he highly valued and esteemed by God. (v.4)
0Christ was chosen of God to be the author and giver of spiritual and eternal life to as __________ as were __________ him. (v.4)
Christ’s person is precious, and so are his __________, his blood, his __________, his __________, his __________, and his __________. (v.4)
The __________ grace of God makes believers living stones. (v.5)
T/F As “living stones” believers make up the “spiritual” sanctuary of God. (v.5)
Under the Gospel, all the __________ are __________ unto God. (v.5)
T/F Legal sacrifices are spiritual sacrifices. (v.5)
Christ is described as the Chief corner stone because he __________ the parts, and __________ them together. (v.6)
Not to be confounded for the believer is to have __________ before Christ, and not be ashamed at his coming. (v.6)
T/F All who believe the whole Gospel, and all the truths of it are believers. (v.7)
The __________ neither obey God and his righteous law, nor Christ and his Gospel. (v.7)
The __________ and __________ taught others to build, on the observance of the ceremonial law. (v.7)
T/F For the large part, the Jews found much about Jesus they agreed with, (v.8)
T/F “Even to them which stumble at the word” describes many that profess Christ today. (v.8)
Those that “are being disobedient” are disobedient to the __________ revelation, and are unwilling to submit their __________ __________ to it. (v.8)
As there are some whom God __________ and __________ to believe in Christ, there are others, whom God has determined to leave in that __________ and v into which the fall __________ and __________ them. (v.8)
Those that are “a chosen generation” are __________, or through abundant mercy __________, and of an incorruptible seed __________ again. (v.9)
God’s __________ __________ is the source and spring of all spiritual blessings. (v.9)
As “a royal priesthood” we have been __________ with the Holy Ghost, and __________ by his grace, and allowed to __________ __________ to God, and __________ __________ by Christ our __________ __________ of __________ and __________. (v.9)
God’s elect are a __________ people, to whom he bears a peculiar love; they are __________ by him to be a __________ people above all others. (v.9)
T/F “Called you out of darkness” is to be understood, of an external call by the ministry of the word only. (v.9)
We were born __________, and were brought up in __________, and were darkness itself, but now have been made __________ in the Lord. (v,9)
T/F Before conversion, we are not the people of God. (v.10)
We are the people of God because we have been __________, __________, and __________. (v.10)
T/F Before conversion there is no mercy in God’s heart towards his elect. (v.10)
Saints, “as strangers and pilgrims,” are not to have fellowship with the unfruitful works of __________, and are to deny __________ and worldly __________. (v.11).
T/F The saint has been removed from the possibility of falling prey to “the lusts of the flesh. (v.11)
T/F The greatest enemies to the saints soul are the lusts of the flesh. (v.11)
To have the conversation honest, is to provide things honest in the sight of __________; to __________ and __________ honestly before all; to do those things which are __________ and __________ in the sight of __________. (v.12)
T/F Christians are to behave in a godly manner regardless of the attacks from those that would want to do them evil. (v.12)
T/F The Christians conduct during visitations of evil may lead to the eventual salvation of the assailant. (v.12)
T/F The Christian is not submit himself to the authority of an evil magistrate. (v.13)
The saint is submit to civil government, “for the Lord’s sake,” because civil government is of God; magistracy is of __________ __________; the powers that he are __________ of God. (v.13)
T/F Christians are to submit to civil magistrates. (v.13)
Magistrates should encourage __________, and discourage __________, reward the __________, and punish __________. (v.14)
The Christian puts to silence foolish men by living according to the laws of civil society so far as is __________ with, and not __________ to the __________ of God. (v.15)
It is the __________ will of God that his people should so behave in civil life, that their enemies should be entirely __________, and __________, and have nothing to say against them. (v.15)
T/F Christians are not free to live in the contempt of the laws of God and men, to despise government, speak evil of dignities, and break in upon the rules of civil society. (v.16)
T/F Christian liberty, was designed to thwart and subvert the principles of natural religion, laws of a moral nature, or the rules of civil government. (v.16)
T/F The Christian is to extend honor to those in which honor is due. (v.17)
Believers are to express their love, both by __________ and __________, to those that are in the same __________ relation. (v.17)
Where the __________ of God is, there will be due respect shown to all men. (v.17)
T/F Believers in Christ ought not to serve unbelieving masters. (v.18)
Those that are “froward” are ill __________, __________, and __________. (v.18)
T/F Man demonstrates a good conscience before God when they endure grief. (v.19)
T/F The Christian has no reason to “complain” when punished for their own wrong deeds. (v.20)
When the Christian is punished for doing well and accepts this undue punishment without reproach, God is well __________ with and is reckoned __________ with him. (v.20)
None but those who are called with an __________ and __________, calling are __________ and are __________ for, and are under __________ to suffer for well doing, which they must always expect, and with __________. (v.21)
T/F Christ is our example regarding unwarranted __________. (v.21)
The Christian is to endure unwarranted suffering with __________, __________, __________, and __________ to the will of God. (v.21)
The reason for Christ’s suffering was the __________ of mankind. (v.22)
There is not deceit in Christ’s lips, no __________ in his __________, any more than there was __________ in his conversation. (v.22)
Christ never opened his mouth in an __________ way. (v.23)
As Christ is our example, we are not to render __________ for __________, or to seek __________, but to __________ their cause with their God, who will, in his own time, __________ the __________ and __________ done us. (v.23)
Christ, in His death, typified the __________ __________ bearing the sins of the holy things of the people of Israel. (v.24)
The nature and end of Christ’s sufferings, was to make __________ for sins. (v.24)
T/F Christ, in His sufferings, made the elect dead to sin. (v.24)
T/F Because of our death to sin, we should not be a servant to sin. (v.24)
To “live unto righteousness” is to understand that we not our own, because we have been __________ with the price of Christ’s __________. (v.24)
Sin is a __________, a __________ and __________ one, an __________ distemper, that reaches to all men, and to all the powers and faculties of their __________, and members of their __________. (v.24)
T/F When Christ laid down his life, and rose again, he did it for the goats. (v.25)
Before conversion, saints were like sheep, __________ and __________. (v.25)
Saints are __________, and not __________ in first conversion. (v.25)
Christ as our Shepherd, feeds his __________, providing a good fold and pasture for them; by __________ the lambs in his arms, and gently __________ those that are with young; by __________ their diseases, and __________ them from beasts of prey. (v.25)
