{"id":3307,"date":"2026-01-04T08:03:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T14:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=3307"},"modified":"2026-01-04T08:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T14:03:26","slug":"lesson-7-become-lively-stones-1-peter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/04\/lesson-7-become-lively-stones-1-peter\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 7: Become Lively Stones: 1 Peter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"760\" src=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Lesson-7-1-Peter-2-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Lesson-7-1-Peter-2-5.jpg 1008w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Lesson-7-1-Peter-2-5-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Lesson-7-1-Peter-2-5-768x579.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u20141 Peter 2:5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Verse Thought: <\/strong>Read today\u2019s Key Verse. As you read this verse, understand it better with the following definitions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lively stones<\/strong> means \u201c<em>to live as Christians<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Spiritual house<\/strong> means \u201c<em>spoken of things in a higher and spiritual sense, not literal, as in: Christians as the spiritual house or temple of God<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Holy priesthood<\/strong> means \u201c<em>referring to all Christians who are said to offer spiritual sacrifices<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Spiritual sacrifices<\/strong> means \u201c<em>spoken of things in a higher and spiritual sense, not literal, as in Christians in their service, obedience, praise offered to God; an offering or oblation (see Romans 12:1 and Hebrews 13:15-16)<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this lesson, we will learn how to become \u201clively stones\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emphasis: <\/strong>In this lesson, we are to remember the hope we have in Jesus that allows us to become \u201clively stones\u201d, living a Christ-like life: no longer living in the flesh, but according to the will of God. We are to know Christians must learn to think and act discreetly, using sound judgment and become self-disciplined \u2013 in order to resist the devil, for he wants to destroy Christians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lesson Summary: <\/strong>Peter was one of Jesus\u2019 twelve disciples. He became a great leader in establishing the church after Jesus\u2019 ascension. He wrote this letter to the Jewish Christians who scattered during persecutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter began by reminding them of what Jesus had done by his life, death, and resurrection, which gave all Christians a \u201clively hope\u201d: the assurance of salvation and eternal life in heaven. Because of that \u201clively hope\u201d, Peter taught Christians not only how to be holy, but to become \u201clively stones\u201d: just how to live as Christians. He then called upon Christians, as dearly beloved, teaching them how to live: as citizens, employees, in sufferings, with spouses, and in fellowship with other believers, etc. A Christian\u2019s life should be lived so that no one doubts that that one is really a Christian \u2013 and in that life, each Christian is a witness for Jesus, leading others into a life with Christ. Peter gave Jesus as our ultimate example, and then gave Noah\u2019s faith as an example from the Old Testament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, Peter taught to live soberly: to think and act soberly, discreetly, and to use sound judgment and moderation; to be self-disciplined. By standing fast in our faith, living soberly, Christians are enabled to resist the devil, our adversary. And God promised to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Y3Q4 &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Y3Q4-Lesson-7-Questions.pdf\">Lesson 7 Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Y3Q4 &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Y3Q4-Lesson-7-Childrens-Worksheets.pdf\">Lesson 7 Children&#8217;s Worksheets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are teaching this lesson to younger children, the following is a craft idea to help them remember this lesson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Y3Q4-Lesson-7-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3309\" srcset=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Y3Q4-Lesson-7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Y3Q4-Lesson-7-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Y3Q4-Lesson-7-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Y3Q4-Lesson-7-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Y3Q4-Lesson-7-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We decorated a paper with Noah&#8217;s Ark Stickers remembering Noah\u2019s faith as an example from the Old Testament given in 1 Peter 3 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Biblical-Path-Life-Three-Quarter\/dp\/B0DTLMCZW9\/ref=sr_1_1?nsdOptOutParam=true&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\">The Biblical Path of Life &#8211; Year Three, Quarter Four<\/a><\/strong> is available through Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Verse Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. \u20141 Peter 2:5 Key Verse Thought: Read today\u2019s Key Verse. As you read this verse, understand it better with the following definitions: In this lesson, we will learn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1432],"tags":[1442,345,353,80,758,503,1443,947,937],"class_list":["post-3307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-three-quarter-four","tag-1-peter","tag-christians","tag-faith","tag-jesus","tag-lesson-7","tag-live","tag-lively-stones","tag-quarter-four","tag-year-three"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3312,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3307\/revisions\/3312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}