God's Pilgrims Elect and Scattered

I. An Introduction to the Book of 1 Peter

A.  Author
    
    B.  Date of Writing

C.  The Theology of 1 Peter
    
    D.  Location from which it was Written   5:13

II. The Recipients of the Book 1-2

A.  Those in the Mentioned Regions
    
B.  Elect Pilgrims of the Dispersion
      Peter writes from a Jewish perspective, because he was a Jew, yet instead of excluding believing Gentiles from his OT covenantal language – he excludes unbelieving Jews and includes believing Gentiles.

1.  “aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers” – 1:18
    2.  “love the brotherhood” – 2:17
    3.  The obvious contrast between Christian and non-Christian  4:3-4
    4.  “the house of God”  4:17a
5.  “the flock”   5:3
6.  “the brotherhood”  5:9
    7.  the most convincing and important passage of all  2:7-12