July 19 th , 64 AD
WHY DID NERO START THE FIRE?
TACITUS ANNALS 15:44 “ Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths. Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired. Nero o ff ered his gardens for the spectacle, and was exhibiting a show in the circus,
TACITUS ANNALS 15:44 while he mingled with the people in the dress of a charioteer or stood aloft on a car. Hence, even for criminals who deserved extreme and exemplary punishment, there arose a feeling of compassion; for it was not, as it seemed, for the public good, but to glut one man's cruelty, that they were being destroyed. ”
1 PETER 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ: To the temporary residents dispersed in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
WHAT ARE THE THEMES OF THIS LETTER? 1. How and why to persevere under di ffi culty
WHAT ARE THE THEMES OF THIS LETTER? 1. How and why to persevere under di ffi culty 2. The importance of the Word of God
GOALS FOR 1 PETER SERIES - Goal #1: We would faithfully and accurately teach through 1 Peter
GOALS FOR 1 PETER SERIES - Goal #1: We would faithfully and accurately teach through 1 Peter - Goal #2: You would faithfully study through 1 Peter
WHY FAITHFULLY STUDY THE BIBLE? - Renewing your mind in God ’ s word is the primary way we know and become like Jesus
ROMANS 12:1-2 1 Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
PSALM 1:1-5 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in
PSALM 1:1-5 season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like cha ff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
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