1 Peter review concluded

Peter tells us that Jesus Christ is our example to follow.  He suffered in the flesh, because He was human like any other person, but He never gave in to sin.  Once we accept Him as our personal Savior, then we must live with Him as Lord of our life.  We are freed from sin, but not freed to sin.  Peter says that the gospel is preached to the dead, but this means those who are spiritually dead and not physically dead.  Though some people who profess to be Christians pray for the dead and some are even baptized for them, it is in this life alone that we can accept the salvation of Christ.  This is why Peter realized the urgency of reaching out to the lost people of the world with the gospel of Christ, and so must we.  Peter also tells us that when we speak that we are to speak God's word under the leadership of the Holy Spirit and if we minister to the needs of others that we are to do so willingly and not grudgingly.   If God is in control of our life, then we will rejoice in the opportunities that He gives us to help others, and especially in the opportunities He gives us to share the gospel.  Peter tells us to not be guilty of suffering because we have sinned or broken the law.  If we do, there is no honor to God or to oneself because of this.  Finally, Peter tells the elders, the leaders of the church, to serve in such a way that people will want to follow Christ because of the example that they set and never are they to try to force people to believe.  He also says that the elders are never to lead for the sake of filthy lucre, or money.  The leaders of the church must be in the position of leadership because God has placed them there and are never to simply go where the material rewards are the best.