11 Peter on the Great Controversy – Discussion Questions
- Peter the scoffer repents and changes. Remember Peter at the crucifixion of Jesus? “Oh, no,” he cries out. “Not me. I don’t know what you’re talking about. Jesus is nothing to me!” Those weren’t his exact words, but do they reflect his thoughts at the time of his betrayal? Didn’t Jesus had every right to throw Peter out of the fellowship and never speak to him again? Instead, what happened?
- Darkness to light. In two verses of 1 Peter (chapter 1, verses 9 and 10), what does Peter tell us about the transformation of God’s people from darkness to light? When did Jesus accept His people on their journey to the Promised Land? From that time on, the people were obedient to God’s commands and fulfilled His every command. True? Spiritually speaking, are we any different today from the
wandering tribes making their way across the desert? - Peer pressure. Do we church members today ever allow friends and family to pressure us into going where God does not want us to go or doing what God condemns? Have you ever encountered a strong-voiced person or group of people with set opinions about what you and I should do? What does Peter teach is our primary responsibility towards such people? To ignore them? Contend with them? Accept whatever they say? Discuss.
- The more sure word. Why do you think Peter is so concerned in his epistle about the correct understanding of the prophecies in the Bible? Do you and I ever “turn off our hearing” or think about other things because we feel was already know what the speaker is saying? What values does Peter share with his readers that can surely prevent our stumbling as Christians and make us safe to save eternally?
- Scoffers. Have you ever heard scholarly scientists scoff at teachings about the universal power of God? Or Bible scholars poke fun at those who keep the seventh day Sabbath? What about within our church? Do we ever hear words of skepticism about God’s plan for us? Or even about his soon coming? How does Peter address these and other sad points of disbelief?
- Hastening the coming. A lot of us are in a big hurry for Jesus to come and just don’t understand why He’s not here yet. Are you one of those people? What does Peter says about this in 2 Peter 3:13? What is far more important than the timing of the Second Coming? If you don’t accept the Bible’s warnings about the consequences of disobedience to His will, where are you headed? Why?
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Peter betrayed Jesus though he witnessed Jesus doing miracles.In our daily life some of our friends whom we share our secrets can possibly do the same to us. Let us pray to our God to help us to love and protect our friends instead of hutting them after being trusted so much.
Joyce, you have made a good summary!
in question 6, i can see many of us are Christians believing what we believe, but we do not know why are we believing that. Christians great hope is that our Lord Jesus Christ is coming back soon to take us home. But we are just sitting idle as if nothing is going to happen.we are not happy with the coming of Jesus-because we have invested much in worldly pleasures and materials.We are not doing any effort to make sure that we are living according to God's will; we have totally forgotten our duties and responsibilities as the chosen people of God who brought us from darkness.God is giving us another chance to repent, but we are busy making this earth to be our permanent home.Hurrying Jesus to come is in our mouth but not in our hearts--we are not 1.Studying the word of God 2. Praying to ask for forgiveness and promises of Lord-his soon coming. 3. we are not sharing the good news of His soon coming to our beloved ones. May our God help us---starting with me....
Thinking about the marvelous call of God, let's live as people who are owners together with God. We are in our father's world. What do we have to fear? Satan, scoffers who blindly scorn us, the peers who ungodly influence us, or ourselves who unwillingly surrender to God? We ought to daily make an examination to fix a strong connection with the One Who called, loved, and saved us without our inputs. We all live now and will live and win in this battle just because He lives.