Rock Solid Hope - A Study of 1 Peter Lesson 2 - Hope and Holiness 1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. 1. Why is your mind alert sometimes but not others?
2. What kinds of things can cloud our spiritual minds so that they are not alert or sober?
3. Is “getting your hopes up” a good thing? Why or why not?
4. How can you become a person whose hope is set fully on the grace which Jesus gives?
5. Peter advises to put your hope on “the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.” What picture(s) in your mind come up when you think about Jesus’ next coming?
6. What effect does looking forward to a future event have on your ability to deal with present circumstances?
1 Peter 1:14-15 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” 7. Think of some times when you conform to the behaviors or attitudes of those around you.
8. When you refuse to conform to your own evil desires, what’s the cost?
9. We don’t use the word “holy” very often in everyday use. What does it mean that God is