Introduction: Tenebrae Services
5 Times Hope is found = 1 Peter 1:3 1 Peter 1:13 1 Peter 1:21 1 Peter 3:5 1 Peter 3:15
Ephesians 1:3 (NASB) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
2 Corinthians 1:3-5 (NASB) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.
Law of Particularization = The General Statement + The Particular Statements

The Particulars or Themes of 1 Peter
I. ______________ 1 Peter 1:3-12 Helped
1 Peter 1:3 (NASB) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Timothy 1:1 (NASB) 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope,

Resurrection 1 Peter 3:18 1 Peter 1:20-21 and Romans 10:9-10
Romans 10:9-10 (NASB) 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

II. ________________ 1 Peter 1:13-2:12 Holy
1 Peter 1:14-15 1 Peter 2:5 1 Peter 2:9 1 Peter 2:12

III. ______________ 1 Peter 2:13-3:12 Humility / Harmony
Government Romans 13:1; 1 Peter 2:13; Business 1 Peter 2:18; Marriage 1 Peter 3:1; Church 1 Peter 5:5; God’s mighty hand 1 Peter 5:6-7

IV. _______________ 1 Peter 3:13-5:14 Hanging in there
All sorts of trials (1 Peter 1:6). Suffering as Jesus suffered is not unexpected (1 Peter 2:18-23). Suffer for doing what is right (1 Peter 3:14). We should arm ourselves with His attitude (1 Peter 4:1)
1 Peter 4:12-16 (NASB) 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; 13 but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation. 14 If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; 16 but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name.

1 Peter 5:10 (NASB) 10 After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

Romans 15:13 (NASB) 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 12:12 (NASB) 12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,
Philippians 3:10 (NASB) 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;

V. __________________ 1 Peter 1:4-5 Heaven
1 Peter 1:4 (NASB) 4 to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
imperishable (aphtharton ἄφθαρτος), undefiled/spoiled (amianton ἀμίαντος), or fade (amaranton ἀμάραντος ).

Colossians 1:4-5 (NLT2) 4 For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people, 5 which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.
1 Peter 1:5 (NASB) 5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Conclusion: Assurance of Salvation
1 John 5:11-13 (NASB) 11 And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

John 5:24 (NASB) 24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

John 6:28-29 (NASB) 28 Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”

John 6:39-40 (NASB) 39 “This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. 40 “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”

John 10:27-30 (NASB) 27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 “My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 “I and the Father are one.”

John 11:25-26 (NASB) 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”