“God Promises His Preservation” Lesson Text: I Peter 1:3-5: Series: Standing on the promises: BTC Fall Quarter 2005 September, October, November:

Key Verse: I Peter 1:5:

King James Translation: “Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”

Interlinear Translation: “who by the power of God are being guarded through faith, for salvation ready to be revealed in the time last.”

Strong’s Concordance Translation: “WHO = the, this, that, one, he, she. ARE KEPT = to be a watcher in advance, i.e. to mount guard as a sentinel, to post spies at gate, figuratively to hem in, keep with a garrison. BY THE POWER OF GOD = force, miraculous power, ability, abundance, meaning, might, strength, might wonderful work. UNTO SALVATION = rescue or safety, deliverance, health, save, saving. READY = fitness, adjusted, prepared, made ready, readiness, ready to our hand. TO BE REVEALED = cover off, to take of the cover, disclose. IN THE LAST TIME = contiguity, fartherest, final of place or time, ends of, latter end, uttermost.

Lesson Focus: I Peter 1:3-5:

V3: The Possibility.

V4: The Preservation.

V5: The Power.