1 Peter 1:6-9

Questions to Go Deeper:
Read 1 Peter 1:6-9.
1. What typically brings you joy in life?
2. Discuss what it means to have an unbreakable joy that transcends the temporal joys and sorrows of life.
3. Discuss the reference to the gospel (“in this” in verse 6) and what it is about the gospel that offers a transcendent joy.
4. How can this unbreakable joy, be real in the presence of trials? Discuss how the gospel calls us to and enables us to live with joy and pain at the same time?
5. How can he say that our grief is for a “little while”?
6. Why would trials be “necessary”?
7. What does he mean “grieved by various” trials and what is the implication for us?