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The Bible Recap

Day 354 (1 Peter 1-5) - Year 5

The Bible Recap

Tara-Leigh Cobble

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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SHOW NOTES: - Head to our Start Page for all you need to begin!- Join the RECAPtains- Check out the TBR Store- Show credits- Listen to the new Scrooge: A Christmas Carol podcast FROM TODAY’S RECAP: - Video: 1 Peter Overview - Article: Is the Priesthood of All Believers Biblical? - Article: A Royal Priesthood in Christ - Article: Does 1 Peter 3:21 Teach That Baptism is Necessary for Salvation? - Article: What is Baptism and Does it Save? - Video: Hebrews Overview - Prep for 2024 episode! - PREcap Email (sign up at the bottom of the homepage!) SOCIALS: The Bible Recap: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter D-Group: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter TLC: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter D-GROUP: D-Group is brought to you by the same team that brings you The Bible Recap. TBR is where we read the Bible, and D-Group is where we study the Bible. D-Group is an international network of Bible study groups that meet weekly in homes, churches, and online. Find or start one near you today! DISCLAIMER: The Bible Recap, Tara-Leigh Cobble, and affiliates are not a church, pastor, spiritual authority, or counseling service. Listeners and viewers consume this content on a voluntary basis and assume all responsibility for the resulting consequences and impact.

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0:00.0

Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

0:07.0

If you're doing our New Testament plan, we've finished our 19th book today, and if you're doing the whole Bible, we've finished book 58.

0:19.0

We haven't heard from Peter in a while.

0:21.0

The last time we saw him was in Jerusalem helping lead

0:23.4

the church that was comprised mostly of Jewish Christians, but since then he's

0:26.8

expanded his ministry to include Gentiles and that's the primary audience for

0:30.6

this letter, specifically Gentile believers who live in what is now Turkey.

0:34.8

Rome is still running the show and Nero is probably the emperor at the time.

0:38.6

He's a renowned persecutor of the church. In fact, he uses Christians as torches at his parties. The Roman

0:45.3

Empire is so wicked that Peter nicknames it Babylon, which was an evil

0:49.3

empire from back in the Old Testament days. Rome is Babylon 2.0.

0:53.7

Put a pin in that.

0:54.8

We'll come back to it in a few days.

0:56.5

Peter writes this letter to churches who are under severe persecution

0:59.6

in the midst of a culture openly rebelling against God in his kingdom.

1:03.0

How would you feel if you were those Christians?

1:05.0

You'd probably feel confused and frustrated and maybe even lean toward despair.

1:09.0

Let's see how Peter addresses them.

1:11.0

He starts out by reminding them that God has chosen them.

1:14.3

This is probably important to hear if you're at a place where you question God's love.

1:18.6

They are gods, Peter says. Right out of the gate, he's aiming toward comfort and hope.

1:23.7

This also connects them to the language used about the Jews in the Old Testament,

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