Summer Bible Study 2008
Week 8 (8/17 - 8/23)
2 Peter
Read: 2 Peter Chapter 3
Questions / Discussion:
1. What do you think Peter wants you to know from Chapter 3?
2. Describe the mockers. Are there mockers today?
3. How are we to respond to mockers?
4. What did you learn about God’s patience?
5. What is the purpose of the day of the Lord?
6. What is our responsibility in light of the day of the Lord?
7. What impacted you most about the study of 1 & 2 Peter?
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Summer Bible Study 2008
Week 7 (8/10 - 8/16)
2 Peter
Read: 2 Peter Chapter 2
Questions / Discussion:
1. What do you think a false teacher might look like?
2. Are there any Christian teachers in the world today that are similar to the false prophets described in this chapter?
3. How do we equip ourselves to be ready for deception?
4. Discuss verse 21 with your group. What do you think Peter means by these words?
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Summer Bible Study 2008
Week 6 (8/3 - 8/9)
2 Peter
Read: 2 Peter Chapter 1
Questions / Discussion:
1. Name the things we are to “supply” (verses 5-7). Discuss each one with your group…share you own definitions.
2. How does having the “things” named above affect your walk?
3. What happens if we lack these qualities (verse 9)?
4. Which of these qualities is the most difficult for you?
5. How can you make changes in your daily life in order to possess more of these qualities?
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Summer Bible Study 2008
Week 5 (7/27 - 8/2)
1 Peter
Read: 1 Peter Chapter 5
Questions / Discussion:
1. Make a list of all of the instructions that Peter gives to the recipients from the entire chapter.
2. What did you learn about humility?
3. What did you learn about the devil?
4. What does Peter say that God will do after suffering has been endured?
5. In verse 12, Peter instructs the people to “stand firm” in the true grace of God. What do you think this means?
6. If you could make a theme for the entire book of 1Peter, what would it be?
7. What has personally impacted you most about 1Peter?
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Summer Bible Study 2008
Week 4 (7/20 - 7/26)
1 Peter
Read: 1 Peter Chapter 4
Questions / Discussion:
1. How are we instructed to live on earth (hint: verse 2)?
2. What were the desires of the Gentiles? How did they respond to the believers? What is Gods role in all of this?
3. What is the purpose of the gospel (hint: verse 5-6)?
4. Peter gives more instructions on how to live in verses 8-10. Which one of these made the most impact on you?
5. In verse 10 Peter says that each one of us has a special gift that should be used to serve each other. What is your special gift? Are you using it to serve others?
6. In verses 12-16 Peter writes about suffering. What had the most impact on you from these verses?
7. What did you learn about God’s judgement? Where will it begin?
8. Can someone suffer and be in the will of God?
9. Discuss with your group the balance between God’s grace and God’s judgement.
Summer Bible Study 2008
Week 3 (7/13 - 7/19)
1 Peter
Read: 1 Peter Chapter 3
Questions / Discussion:
1. What are the instructions for wives and husbands in verses 1-7?
2. What should be the woman’s focus? Is it forbidden to be concerned about beauty?
3. What does a wife’s behavior have to do with the salvation of her husband?
4. Which instructions in verses 1-6 are difficult for you?
5. What are the 5 qualities that Peter instructs believers to have?
6. Peter instructs that believers are to react in a certain way when treated unjustly. What is your first response when undergoing persecution?
7. What does the Lord do to people who are evil (verse 12).
8. What is the instruction given in verse 15? How is this instruction to be carried out?
9. What did you learn most with this week’s lesson?
1 Peter
Read: 1 Peter Chapter 2
Questions / Discussion:
2. In verse 1 Peter instructs the people that they are to put aside many things. What specifically did he want them to get rid of? Are any of these things issues in your life now or in the past? How can you avoid these things moving forward?
3. Discuss the reference to “pure milk” in verse 2. What is it? Who longs for it? What happens if you have it?
4. Peter refers to Christ as the “cornerstone” in verse 6. What does this mean to you?
5. Why do you think “behavior” is so important to non-believers (verses 12-21)?
6. How do you feel about the instruction to endure mistreatment in verse 20?
7. In verse 19 Peter says that being submissive to unreasonable masters “finds favor” with God. The word for “favor” is the same word that is translated “grace” in other places in the bible. If you look at this verse again and substitute “grace” in for “favor” it is a great word picture of how we can give “grace” to those who mistreat us. When we do this we pass along the grace that we have received (completely undeserved) from Christ.
8. What is the purpose that Peter is referring to in verse 21?
9. What has been the most impactful thing you learned this week? Why?
Week 1
Read: 1 Peter Chapter 1
Questions / Discussion:
1. Who was Peter writing this letter to?
2. What type of situation do you think the people receiving the letter were in (hint: verse 6)?
3. Describe the inheritance Peter discusses in verse 4. What does this mean to you?
4. Peter gives instructions for living a godly life in verses 13-17. Reread these instructions. Which of them was most impactful for you?
5. Read verse 6 - 9 again. How does this relate to the hardships you are enduring currently? How do Peters words make you feel?