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living stones • week 7

• Reviewing 1 Peter• Looking Like Jesus: ! Suffering for Righteousness, 3.13-22• Bringing it Together

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Living in Exi le, Looking Like JesusEschatology Now

• Reviewing 1 Peter

Reviewing 1 PeterLivingStones

The introduction to 1 Peter focuses its message on new-creation Christian life in the middle of an old-creation hostile world, a new life that is to be understood on the basis of "time" and "text." "Time" in that 1 Peter proposes that for the believer, life in the present is to be based on the past and propelled by the future. "Text" in that 1 Peter founds this understanding on Scripture; what is going on in the past, present, and future for God's people in the church conforms to the Word, both written and incarnate.

Reviewing 1 PeterLivingStones

I. Salutation: A Book for Priests in Exile, 1.1-2

II.!Introduction: Coming Salvation, Present Situation, ! Ancient Scripture, 1.3-2.10 A. Salvation and Suffering, Anticipated and Expected, 1.3-12! B.! Christian Conduct meets Prophetic Word ! ! in Eschatological Living, 1.13-25! C.! Christian Mission meets Prophetic Word ! ! in Eschatological Dwelling, 2.1-10

III. Eschatology Now: Living in Exile, Looking like Jesus, 2.11-5.11! A.! Introduction: Holiness and Suffering, ! ! Good Deeds and Glory, 2.11-12 B. Exiles in a Broken Society, 2.13-4.11 1. Living regarding the State, 2.13-17 2. Living regarding Masters, 2.18-20 3. Looking like Jesus: Redemptive Suffering, 2.21-25 4. Living regarding Marriage, 3.1-7 5. Living regarding Antagonists, 3.8-12

living stones • week 7

• Reviewing 1 Peter• Looking Like Jesus: ! Suffering for Righteousness, 3.13-22• Bringing it Together

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Living in Exi le, Looking Like JesusEschatology Now

• Looking Like Jesus: ! Suffering for Righteousness, 3.13-22

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Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’

sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy,

always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet

do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who

revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to

suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

Exiles in a Broken Society 1 Peter 3.13-17Looking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

• Lexically and thematically ties in to previous text, providing a basis for generalizing it (Thrs)

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Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’

sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy,

always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet

do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who

revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to

suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

Exiles in a Broken Society 1 Peter 3.13-17Looking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

• Lexically and thematically ties in to previous text, providing a basis for generalizing it (Thrs)

• Helps to make sense of present suffering in light of Scripture (Pss, Isa)

LivingStones

Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’

sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy,

always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet

do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who

revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to

suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

Exiles in a Broken Society 1 Peter 3.13-17Looking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

• Lexically and thematically ties in to previous text, providing a basis for generalizing it (Thrs)

• Helps to make sense of present suffering in light of Scripture (Pss, Isa)

• Provides a relationship between Christian suffering and Christian witness (i.e. redemptive suffering)

LivingStones

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they

formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this,

now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to

God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who

has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,

authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Exiles in a Broken SocietyLooking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

1 Peter 3.18-22

• Some of the hardest verses to interpret in the NT (Green)

LivingStones

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they

formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this,

now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to

God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who

has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,

authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Exiles in a Broken SocietyLooking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

1 Peter 3.18-22

• Some of the hardest verses to interpret in the NT (Green)

• Questions abound:

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For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they

formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this,

now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to

God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who

has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,

authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Exiles in a Broken SocietyLooking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

1 Peter 3.18-22

• Some of the hardest verses to interpret in the NT (Green)

• Questions abound:• Who was put to death and made alive?

LivingStones

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they

formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this,

now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to

God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who

has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,

authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Exiles in a Broken SocietyLooking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

1 Peter 3.18-22

• Some of the hardest verses to interpret in the NT (Green)

• Questions abound:• Who was put to death and made alive?• What does “in the flesh” and “in the spirit” mean?

LivingStones

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they

formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this,

now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to

God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who

has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,

authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Exiles in a Broken SocietyLooking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

1 Peter 3.18-22

• Some of the hardest verses to interpret in the NT (Green)

• Questions abound:• Who was put to death and made alive?• What does “in the flesh” and “in the spirit” mean?• Who are the spirits and what is the prison?

LivingStones

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they

formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this,

now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to

God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who

has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,

authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Exiles in a Broken SocietyLooking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

1 Peter 3.18-22

• Some of the hardest verses to interpret in the NT (Green)

• Questions abound:• Who was put to death and made alive?• What does “in the flesh” and “in the spirit” mean?• Who are the spirits and what is the prison?• When did Christ preach to them?

LivingStones

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they

formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this,

now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to

God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who

has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,

authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Exiles in a Broken SocietyLooking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

1 Peter 3.18-22

• Some of the hardest verses to interpret in the NT (Green)

• Questions abound:• Who was put to death and made alive?• What does “in the flesh” and “in the spirit” mean?• Who are the spirits and what is the prison?• When did Christ preach to them?• How did Christ preach to them?

LivingStones

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they

formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this,

now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to

God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who

has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,

authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Exiles in a Broken SocietyLooking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

1 Peter 3.18-22

• Some of the hardest verses to interpret in the NT (Green)

• Questions abound:• Who was put to death and made alive?• What does “in the flesh” and “in the spirit” mean?• Who are the spirits and what is the prison?• When did Christ preach to them?• How did Christ preach to them?• What did Christ preach to them?

LivingStones

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they

formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this,

now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to

God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who

has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,

authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Exiles in a Broken SocietyLooking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

1 Peter 3.18-22

• Some of the hardest verses to interpret in the NT (Green)

• Questions abound:• Who was put to death and made alive?• What does “in the flesh” and “in the spirit” mean?• Who are the spirits and what is the prison?• When did Christ preach to them?• How did Christ preach to them?• What did Christ preach to them?• Why and how is the illustration of Noah pertinent here?

LivingStones

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they

formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this,

now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to

God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who

has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,

authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Exiles in a Broken SocietyLooking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

1 Peter 3.18-22

• Some of the hardest verses to interpret in the NT (Green)

• Questions abound:• Who was put to death and made alive?• What does “in the flesh” and “in the spirit” mean?• Who are the spirits and what is the prison?• When did Christ preach to them?• How did Christ preach to them?• What did Christ preach to them?• Why and how is the illustration of Noah pertinent here?• What does baptism have to do with anything?

LivingStones

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they

formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this,

now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to

God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who

has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,

authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Exiles in a Broken SocietyLooking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

1 Peter 3.18-22

• Some of the hardest verses to interpret in the NT (Green)

• Questions abound:• Who was put to death and made alive?• What does “in the flesh” and “in the spirit” mean?• Who are the spirits and what is the prison?• When did Christ preach to them?• How did Christ preach to them?• What did Christ preach to them?• Why and how is the illustration of Noah pertinent here?• What does baptism have to do with anything?• How does baptism “save” one?

LivingStones

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they

formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this,

now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to

God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who

has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,

authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Exiles in a Broken SocietyLooking Like Jesus: Suffering for Righteousness

1 Peter 3.18-22

• Some of the hardest verses to interpret in the NT (Green)

• Questions abound:• Who was put to death and made alive?• What does “in the flesh” and “in the spirit” mean?• Who are the spirits and what is the prison?• When did Christ preach to them?• How did Christ preach to them?• What did Christ preach to them?• Why and how is the illustration of Noah pertinent here?• What does baptism have to do with anything?• How does baptism “save” one?• Why does it matter where Jesus is and what He’s doing?

living stones • week 7

• Reviewing 1 Peter• Looking Like Jesus: ! Suffering for Righteousness, 3.13-22• Bringing it Together

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Living in Exi le, Looking Like JesusEschatology Now

• Bringing it Together

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• Concerning 3.13-22:

Christian suffering is neither futile nor ultimately harmful; Christian suffering for righteousness does not violate Scripture but rather fulfills it.

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• Concerning 3.13-22:

Christian suffering is neither futile nor ultimately harmful; Christian suffering for righteousness does not violate Scripture but rather fulfills it.

For the Christian, suffering temporally now provides the basis for witnessing to the nations of our hope, that is, coming salvation (relief) and judgment (vindication). Christian suffering in the present qualifies as “blessed,” which is far different from the eschatological suffering of the wicked.

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• Concerning 3.13-22:

Christian suffering is neither futile nor ultimately harmful; Christian suffering for righteousness does not violate Scripture but rather fulfills it.

Suffering aligns the church with the larger biblical narrative wherein the righteous are oppressed by the wicked but are ultimately vindicated by the righteous judge while the wicked are judged (e.g. Noah, Joseph, David, Esther and Mordecai, Daniel and his friends, Jesus). Suffering for righteousness is what living in exile is about.

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• Next week: 1 Peter 4.1-11

• Please work on your devotionals and study

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