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by Angela Doreathy Watkins Sunday School Lesson for May 5, 2013. Unit III. A Call to Holy Living. I Peter 1:3-12 (Devotional Reading Lamentations 3:19-24). I Peter 1:3-12 Verses 3-5 Verse 3 ... Duties To God; Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving for Christ & His Salvation Verse 4 ... Eschatology/Last Things; Heaven; Description of Heaven, An Inheritance Incorruptible Verse 5 ... Man Redeemed; Blessedness Of The New Life; Perseverance Unto the End ... The Lord's Love & Care for His Children We do not nor or we operating on our own strength. (I Corinthians 13:13; Hebrews 10:23; I Peter 3:15; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 1:18; 4:4; I Thessalonians 4:13; Colossians 1:27; I Timothy 1:1 - Reference Scriptures in the Sunday School Book) Verses 6-7 Verse 6 ... Trials & Persecutions; Conduct Under Persecution; Joy in Persecution Verse 7 ... Trials & Persecutions; Conduct Under Persecution; Steadfastness Rewarded Christians/Saints of God become distressed by life;s struggles but we are not a people without hope. As believers our hope is in Christ. Verses 8-12 Verse 8 ... Man Redeemed; Faith; Immunities & Rewards of Faith, Blessedness & Joy .... Everlasting Life & Heaven Promised Verse 9 ... Eschatology/Last Things; Heaven; The Blessedness of Heaven, Salvation Verse 10 ... Man Redeemed; The New Covenant; Salvation Is by Grace ... Scripture; Characteristics Of Scripture; Divinely Inspired Verses 11,12 ... Scripture; Characteristics Of Scripture; Divinely Inspired I Peter (First Epistle of Peter)n was written by the apostle Simon Peter to: 1.Comfort & strengthen the Christians in a season of severe trial by fiery persecution. 2. Enforce the practical & spiritual duties involved in their calling. 3. To remove all doubt as to the soundness & completeness of the religion which they had received; for they had received of the knowledge & the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, to whose majesty & glory the apostle himself had been an eyewitness. Lamentations 3:19-24 Verses 19,20,21 ... Works of God; God's Providence In Moral Discipline; Patient Endurance of Affliction Verses 22,23 ... God; Attributes Of God As Person; Mercy & Compassion Verse 24 ... Duties To God; Hope; Hope in God Scripture reference used/taken from: KJV Topical Reference Bible; The International Teacher's Bible Encyclopedia Concordance KJV Precious Promise Bible, & KJV New Devotional & Explanatory Family Bible Angela Watkins, http://angelawatkins57.blogspot.com [email protected] Writer, Researcher, Book Reviewer Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |