“A Living Hope” Week 4

Week 4 Message

February 16, 2023

Week Four

“Treat People with Honor”

1 Peter 2:13-25

Vs. 13-16 Respect government authorities

Vs. 17 Honor all people

Vs. 18-23 Lessons from slavery

Vs. 24 Jesus took our sins

Vs. 25 He is our shepherd

Discussion Questions 

 

1. Why is it important that we treat leaders with honor and respect? How do you think we are doing on that nowadays?

 

 

 

 

 

2. How does doing good silence ignorance?

 

 

 

 

3. What are some responses to ignorance that don’t work so well?

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Why does Peter tell slaves to submit to masters? What would’ve happened to them if they did otherwise?

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. What does the suffering of Jesus, without complaint, tell us about our responses to suffering?

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Was there a time in your life when you were wandering like a lost sheep? How did the Good Shepherd call you back?

 

 

 

 

 

7. What is the greatest pain in your life right now? In what way could acceptance of the situation provide hope?

 

 

 

 

 

8. Why do we tend to think of hope as the expectation that pain will go away?

Memory Verse: Share 1 Peter 1:13 with someone this week.  Write about how that went below.