Joyful Suffering (1 Peter 1:1-9)

I. Introduction to Peter

II. Joyful Suffering

  A. Author, Audience, Setting (1:1)

      1. Author - Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ

      2. Audience - Pilgrims of the dispersion

      3. Setting - Pontus, Galatia

  B. Who Are We? (1:2)

      1. Elect - Gal 5:22-23

      2. According to Trinitarian foreknowledge - Ep 1:3-5

      3. A Christian greeting - "Grace and peace..."

  C. Who is God and What Has He Given Us in Christ (1:3-5)

  D. The Results: Joyful Suffering (1:6-9)

      1. Greatly rejoicing - Ps. 30:5

      2. Though grieved by trials

      3. Sustained by the love of Jesus

III. Applications