1 Peter: Hope for the Hurting, Part 2




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Summary: Jul 18, 2012 - Jul 20, 2012 1 Peter A quick glance at the first few verses of 1 Peter is enough to give us an understanding of Peter's message to his readers: hope for the hurting. According to verse 1, the hurting were those residing as aliens, scattered throughout vast regions of the Roman Empire. These Christians were objects of social ostracism, slander, mistreatment, and threats. They needed encouragement. Sitting on a powder keg of potential persecution, these believers were day after day “distressed by various trials” (1:6) and “tested by fire” (1:7). God's Masterwork, Volume Seven: The Final Word—A Survey of Hebrews-Revelation read more