Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:10-12
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST AS THE FULFILMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
1 Peter 1:10-12
– Luke 24:25-27, 32, 44-45.
1. The Old Testament prophets preached grace.
– 1:10-12. Notice from verse 10 that the Old Testament prophets prophesied grace. John 8:56.
– NIV takes the first word as neuter, and translates it as ‘circumstances’ (hence ‘time and circumstances’); the ESV takes it as masculine, and translates it as ‘person’.
– read Dan.8:15, 27; 10:12; 12:7-9; see Matt.13:16-17.
– 1:12b and Eph.3:8.
2. The Spirit testifies of Christ in both Testaments.
– 1:11. The Spirit of Christ was in the Old Testament prophets (note Rom.8:9; see Phil.1:19; Acts 16:7; Gal.4:6; see Neh.9:30.
– 1:12; the same Spirit was in the apostles. There is a divine mind behind all of Scripture. The Spirit of Christ testifies to Christ.
3. The focus is on the sufferings and the glories of Christ.
– 1:11. Peter got this wrong in Matt.16:15-17, 21-23.
(a) Psalm 22. Ps.22:1-2, 6-8, 12-18; then Ps.22:29-31.
(b) Isaiah 53. Isa.53:1-4; then Isa.53:10-12.
See that pattern in the life of the Christian – Rom.8:17.