Brown Belt Bible Studies
Introduction to 1st Peter
1 Peter 1
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter chapter 1 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 1 by Re-reading it multiple times Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below. Summary Chapter 1 The same great doctrines, as in St. Paul's epistles, are here applied to the same practical purposes. And this epistle is remarkable for the sweetness, gentleness, and humble love, with which it is written. It gives a short, yet very clear summary, of both of the consolations and the instructions needful for the encouragement and direction of a Christian in his journey to heaven, raising his thoughts and desires to that happiness, and strengthening him against all opposition in the way, both from corruption within, and temptations and afflictions without. The purpose of this study guide is to teach you how to study the Word of God while increasing your knowledge of the Word. The more you get in step with how to study the easier it will become and the more you will learn how to be like Christ and how to live life like Christ Watch The Spoken Gospel Video then read Chapter 1 and Complete the Study Guide.
Chapter 1 Part 2
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter chapter 1 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 1:10-19 by Re-reading it multiple times Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below. Video Presented By Look at the book - 1st Peter Teacher: John Piper Desiring God Ministries https://youtube.com/playlist?list=placb0f-21xj0zuwp8--r8brql6hzajv90&si=4pr5sz9weruyv9xj
Chapter 1 Part 3
1 Peter 1:20–25
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter chapter 1 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 1:20-25 by Re-reading it multiple times Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below. Video Presented By Look at the book - 1st Peter Teacher: John Piper Desiring God Ministries https://youtube.com/playlist?list=placb0f-21xj0zuwp8--r8brql6hzajv90&si=4pr5sz9weruyv9xj Additional Media Sources Resources for this study: John Piper - Jesus Christ, the Beginning and the End: 1 Peter 1:20–21 https://youtu.be/l0yype8dwbs?si=jcldtbwn1dp8n1q0 John Macarthur - A Life Without Loose Ends (1 Peter 1) https://youtu.be/bdkcs_kkary?si=mgb56abyrnyinoxw Calvary Chapel Ontario - 1 Peter 1:10-25 • Concerning This Salvation https://youtu.be/ykawz6hm2wc?si=i02zuuc3hjtlhvq8
Chapter 2 - Part 1
1 Peter 2:1–9
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter chapter 2 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 2:1-9 by Re-reading it multiple times Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below. 1 Peter 2:1-9 How Christians live on this side of eternity does, in fact, matter. First Peter 1 established who we are as God's people, through faith in Christ. It describes why believers are called by God to lead holy lives, different from those in the world around us. God has set us aside for a different purpose. Peter now begins to get specific about what that looks like in our day-to-day reality. He begins by telling Christians to put away some specific negative attitudes and actions. Instead, we are to grow our appetite for the pure spiritual food available in Jesus. Why does that matter? Because Jesus is the long-prophesied cornerstone, or foundation stone, in the new spiritual house which God is building. Jesus is the chosen and precious one. Those who trust in Him are also living stones in this house. They are a holy priesthood, each one, serving in the house with a responsibility to offer themselves as spiritual sacrifices. Those who reject Christ are destined to stumble over Him, but those who trust in Him will receive honor with Him. We have been called out of the darkness that all others remain in, and into God's light. So then, it matters all the more that we lead good lives now. Not because we might lose God's mercy—we will not—but because we represent Him to the world around us. Peter insists that we must change our understanding of where "home" is. We must begin to see ourselves as foreigners in the world, preparing to leave to be with our Father. It's not easy to live that way. In Christ, we have been forgiven for our sin, and we have been freed from sin's power to tempt us to do evil. But we still want to sin. The desire to do wrong wages war against our souls. We must engage in the battle with ourselves, now that we have the ability to win it. One aspect of that battle with ourselves is submission to human authorities. Peter's readers at the time must have felt they had legitimate reasons to rebel against human leadership. When Peter likely wrote these words, the Roman emperor was Nero, an evil man who brutally killed Christians, among others. Many of the early Christians lived as slaves in the Roman world, some wickedly mistreated by harsh masters. Surely being free in Christ gave Christians the right to rebel against unworthy human authority, didn't it? Peter says no. To be free in Christ means that we have a higher authority, God Himself. God's will for His people is to submit to our human authorities—not out of fear of them or because of loyalty to a man or the state—but to freely give respect and honor to all for Christ's sake. So Peter is clear: Christians must submit to every human authority, whether the emperor, the governor, or the slave master. This does not mean "obeying" all that human authority tells us (Acts 5:29). It does mean accepting the consequences of obeying God, rather than men. Nor does Peter endorse slavery or the mistreatment of slaves and servants. Rather, he tells Christian slaves how God wants them to endure unjust suffering. Going further, Peter says that all Christians are called to suffer for doing good. That's what Christ, our example, did for us when He suffered on the cross. He did not retaliate or threaten. He endured the pain and sadness of His suffering and took our sins on Himself, dying the death we deserved. We didn't ask Him to do it, but we would still be lost sheep if He had not. Because He did, we are under the protection and care of our shepherd and Lord Summary Chapter 2 Some 30 years after the resurrection of Jesus, Christians are facing greater persecution for their faith. How should they respond? How should we respond to suffering today? The apostle Peter writes this letter both to comfort believers and to encourage them to stay strong. He urges them to put all their hope in their perfect future with Christ and to obey and trust Him in the present, even in their suffering. Christ suffered greatly; now the Christ-followers have the opportunity to follow Him even in this, showing His grace and power in their hopefulness, obedience, and faith. Commentary A temper suitable to the Christian character as born again, is recommended. (1-10) Holy conversation among the Gentiles directed. (11,12) Subjects exhorted to pay all proper obedience to their civil governors. (13-17) Also servants to their masters, and all to be patient, according to the example of the suffering Savior. (18-25) Video Presented By Look at the book - 1st Peter Teacher: John Piper Desiring God Ministries
Chapter 2 - Part 2
1 Peter 2:10–12
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter chapter 2 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 2:10-12 by Re-reading it multiple times Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below. How should God's people live? How should those who are, in Christ, a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation (1 Peter 2:9) live from day to day on this side of eternity? Peter answers that question in this verse while revealing two crucial truths about what it means to live as a Christian. Video Presented By Look at the book - 1st Peter Teacher: John Piper Desiring God Ministries
Chapter 2 - Part 3
1 Peter 2:12–25
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter chapter 2 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 2:12-18 by Re-reading it multiple times Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below. In the previous two verses, Peter refers to Christians as aliens and strangers on the earth. He urges us to abstain from the sin we want to do and to choose to lead good lives, instead. One result of this is that even those falsely accusing Christians of wrongdoing will give God glory. Video Presented By Look at the book - 1st Peter Teacher: John Piper Desiring God Ministries
Chapter 2 - Part 4
1 Peter 2:18–25
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter chapter 2 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 2:18-25 by Re-reading it multiple times Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below. In verse 24, one of the most profound statements in all of Scripture, Peter described what the fully innocent Son of God accomplished with His suffering and death on the cross. He bore our sins, paid our penalty, and died our death. Through faith in Christ, we have been healed by His wounds. In this verse, Peter again references Isaiah 53 to make the point that we were not asking to be healed. Instead, we were moving away from God like wandering sheep. As Paul writes in Romans 5:10, we were still God's enemies when Christ died for us. Now, though, those who trust in Christ have turned around. The innocent Shepherd endured unjust suffering, without retaliation, to make it possible for us to come back to Him. The one who died on the cross for us now oversees our very souls. Christians now acknowledge Him as our leader and final authority. We are secure as members of His flock. Video Presented By Look at the book - 1st Peter Teacher: John Piper Desiring God Ministries
Chapter 3 - Part 1
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter chapter 3 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 3: 1- 7 by Re-reading it multiple times Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below. Part 2 https://youtu.be/swraxin6xd8?si=xil9sbvencq9stwb Part 3 https://youtu.be/8w8vgngzmbu?si=uaq0yqybaidkmssi Part 4 https://youtu.be/fgszl4dtn90?si=6npud7mjljwif7-v Part 5 https://youtu.be/ujg-yfrteai?si=o233cidt8nmqsjza
Chapter 3 - Part 2
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter chapter 3 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 3: 8-12 by Re-reading it multiple times Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below. Part 2 https://youtu.be/fut1qjsubfw?si=ozjtdrtud3mqcdlb Part 3 https://youtu.be/7ls_20fczsk?si=y7filuzvtkfdrsxe 1 Peter 9-12 https://youtu.be/1uwqj4d6h0w?si=d04cekmcibicwlp2 Part 2 https://youtu.be/adbdmmtwwdo?si=hccmn0kzzuf2eunr
Chapter 3 - Part 3
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter chapter 3 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 3: 13-22 by Re-reading it multiple times Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below. Part 2 https://youtu.be/nsjrkpywz1a?si=f3ad7v4ykfsvq-zq Part 3 https://youtu.be/yfremzdjp3e?si=aohmvf9qqhg6obze Part 4 https://youtu.be/yfremzdjp3e?si=i-1acrzgayxs0mic Part 5 https://youtu.be/l3fcq19zoew?si=t3-txddjz77dz4m6 Part 6 https://youtu.be/shz1gdf_tji?si=p2ngila5toh2ovm9 Part 7 https://youtu.be/cq6gyhawuiq?si=gric1vrykwkilcn9 Part 8 https://youtu.be/cq6gyhawuiq?si=ezsho23at01wvdnq Part 9 https://youtu.be/oaivdjilv5k?si=qrirolgtopmsy-yg Part 10 https://youtu.be/71j2-ypeeek?si=j1dltb97ukvatj0u Part 11 https://youtu.be/vqsdie5fdc8?si=jlvixcum2dcoux10
Chapter 4 - Part 1
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter Chapter 4 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 4: 1-7 by Re-reading it multiple times. Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below. Part 2 https://youtu.be/zodugbdkkf0?si=7dpfnidniis8rujv Part 3 https://youtu.be/9zw1eikax7o?si=ctlmavmw7orseylk Part 4 https://youtu.be/fnutgjpex4q?si=opxxrqluczuypxib Part 5 https://youtu.be/imr1ra4nvuw?si=ihninhp7d0oj_ewr Part 6 https://youtu.be/imr1ra4nvuw?si=uzvvj5sltlk2pmj2 Part 7 https://youtu.be/awf0h3ppvli?si=-hpqs5rlvdmliiau
Chapter 4 - Part 2
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter Chapter 4 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 4: 7-11 by Re-reading it multiple times. Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below. Part 2 https://youtu.be/y0s7mgublx8?si=val6n2towyzxdlih Part 3 https://youtu.be/y0s7mgublx8?si=vcvr6_nlmxym8h15 Part 4 https://youtu.be/-lasowop4ru?si=nti3ibx_jexstkq1 Part 5 https://youtu.be/d_kizdc2k-q?si=f8zjrse5b6mw1czf Part 6 https://youtu.be/txgx9k48amq?si=hole4cxszobh4ggd Part 7 https://youtu.be/semlfnuajsa?si=sujua1a-jshxyx1z
Chapter 4 - Part 3
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter Chapter 4 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 4: 12-19 by Re-reading it multiple times. Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below.
Chapter 5 - Part 1
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter Chapter 5 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 5: 1-4 by Re-reading it multiple times. Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below.
Chapter 5 - Part 2
Instructions: 1. Watch all the media sources linked for this lesson. 2. Read 1st Peter Chapter 5 in its entirety, highlight anything new that stands out to you today, and take notes 3. Focus on 1st Peter 5: 5-9 by Re-reading it multiple times. Take notes, and try to write down important points made by the writer as well as to whom the writing is addressed. Once you have completed the reading assignment and viewed all the media sources for this study, move on to the study guide linked below.