To receive Christ makes us “living stones,” part of the new building God is constructing with Jesus as our cornerstone and peak-stone serving as priests offering daily sacrifices to our God.

Peter summarizes the position of believers and their relationship with the heavenly Father, one characterized by reverence, faith, hope and love.

Peter emphasizes the life of faith in a Savior prophesied in the Spirit-inspired Old Testament, which results in a life of hope and holiness.

Peter reviews the incredible blessings of salvation in Jesus Christ and the “living hope” to which the Father is calling us.

An introduction on the character of Peter, his impulsive nature and how God transformed him, followed by Peter’s greeting to the persecuted churches of the Roman provinces of Asia, Pontus and others.

These two short epistles of John focus on truth, hospitality and faithfulness as a leader.

John summarizes the testimonies to Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God; and then how our faith in Him affects our praying and our walk with God.

John reviews the content of the Christian faith and the testimonies to the truth that Jesus is the Messiah.

“God is love”–the implications and obligations that go with that proposition are John’s emphasis.

Discerning truth from error begins with how one views Jesus and the command to love one another is rooted in God’s very being, for God is love.