Aim: To be so closely tied to Jesus that we endure all things well.
Introductory comments: 1 Peter is written by a humbled man, is written to a troubled church, and is all about a sufficient Savior.
Exegesis: The characters in this epistle's drama: Peter, the unlikely shepherd (v. 1a); believers, the unappreciated Church (vv. 1b-2a); Christ, the unmatched Redeemer (v. 2b).
Further application: how this letter applies to us: we need God's grace all the time, and we need Jesus' body all the time.
Key phrase: vv. 1b-2a ''To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.